"Ahead" shown on a real WP7 phone

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By Daniel Rubino
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Not much news here, but it's always fun to see a software developer get a chance to see their work on actual hardware.

As we've been reporting, new Windows Phone 7 developers are stuck using their computers for demonstrations or even paper cut-outs. This will be changing in a few weeks as Microsoft reveals plans for developers to get their hands on actual devices to better gauge performance (currently, the emulator uses your PCs graphics to simulate a phone--not exactly a great metric).

Developer Julien Dollon, who has made a great time-management program "Ahead", recently got a chance to get his app on a phone (Samsung Omnia HD). Although it may have looked a bit boring before, it's always cool to see it on an working phone. Makes it a bit more, you know, real.

Daniel Rubino
Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.