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Microsoft announces Windows Phone 7 Series dev partners: Sling, Pandora, Foursquare and more

Microsoft just dropped its first press release of MIX 10 on us, and in addition to detailing the Sliverlight and XNA-based Windows Phone 7 Series development situation, we've also got a list of launch software partners and some screenshots of apps in action. There's some heavy hitters here, and everything from games to enterprise apps are represented -- notables include the Associated Press, Citrix, EA Mobile, Foursquare, Namco, Pangeonce, Pandora, Seesmic, Shazam, and Sling. We're slated to see some demos of these in action, we'll let you know how things look.

Gallery: Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series apps

Updating with impressions after the break!

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series apps

So we just saw the Netflix app, which was a bit of an expected surprise, and now we're checking out Foursquare. All of these apps feature the "app bar" at the bottom of the screen, which places options in the same place in every app. Foursquare is pretty much Foursquare, only integrated with Bing maps. Next up was Shazam, which works.. exactly like Shazam, only with the slick WP7S Metro UI.

Now we're seeing the MLS app, which is going to be the main demo for push notifications. MLS will have live stats, real time scores, and live clips of games in progress. You can set up notifications within app for things like your favorite team scoring a goal or winning a match, and the notification pops down from the top of the screen. You can then click on the notification and it'll switch you back to the MLS app. Yeah, it's a lot like the iPhone's model with app-to-app switching -- we'll have to see how this works with multiple apps open.

• The Associated Press
• Archetype International
• AWS Convergence Technologies -- Weatherbug
• Citrix Systems
• Clarity Consulting
• Cypress Consulting
• EA Mobile
• Fandango
• Foursquare
• frog design
• Glu Mobile
• Graphic.ly
• Hudson Entertainment
• IdentityMine
• IMDB
• Larva Labs
• Match.com
• Matchbox Mobile
• Microsoft Game Studios
• Namco
• Oberon Media
• Pageonce
• Pandora
• Photobucket
• PopCap Games
• Seesmic
• Shazam
• Sling Media
• SPB Software
• Stimulant
• TeleCommunications Systems
• Touchality
• Vertigo Software

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Netflix announced for Windows Phone 7 Series

By Chris Ziegler posted Mar 15th 2010 at 1:27PM

We just got a quick at Netflix for Windows Phone 7 Series, one of the third-party apps Microsoft's showing off here at MIX10, and it looks... well, very Netflixy -- it's red to the bone. Unlike other mobile Netflix apps, this one's got Watch Instantly support and it looks great -- a real testament to the capabilities Microsoft's bringing to the table with it Silverlight-based dev platform. Video shortly!

Netflix announced for Windows Phone 7 Series