Buienradar, the most used service in the Netherlands to check the current weather in real time, is available for Windows Phone 7. You can see in the screenshots that the used building blocks are the same as Buienradar for Windows Mobile 6.x.
Facebook for Windows Phone 7 in Marketplace
I was a little suprised to see a tweet of Maarten Sonneveld about the availability of a Facebook application for Windows Phone 7 in the marketplace.
Facebook is already integrated in Windows Phone 7 so why a separate Facebook app just like on Windows Mobile 6.5 ? For example sending private messages don’t need to be part of the deep integration.
Some other Windows Phone 7 applications to check out are:
Foursquare for Windows Phone 7 in Marketplace
Zune software 4.7 was released last week and allows you to connect your Windows Phone 7 device to your Windows PC. You can sync multimedia like pictures, music, video or your favorite podcasts. And of course you can download and install applications like Seesmic for Windows Phone 7 or Foursquare from the Zune Marketplace.
Seesmic Twitter client for Windows Phone 7 in Marketplace
Windows Phone 7 is announced last week, and the Zune Marketplace is filled with quality applications. The Seesmic Twitter client is added today to the Zune Marketplace, which means a well known Twitter client available for Windows Phone 7.
Windows Phone 7 Prototype – Matthijs Hoekstra has one (in paper) !
Matthijs Hoekstra, Developer Evangelist @ Microsoft, who is working on the developer side of SharePoint and Windows Phone 7, sent out a tweet today that he got his Windows Phone 7 Prototype !
If you look closely it is a paper Windows Phone 7 Prototype, so you can get a Windows Phone 7 yourself !
You might ask yourself who would spent his time on developing a paper Windows Phone 7 mock-up? Please take your time to read the background story of Håkan Reis, Consultant at Jayway, in the quest “to figure out what text size to use on the Windows Phone to make it readable.”
If you are a developer in the Netherlands working on the SharePoint- or Windows Phone 7 platform, you should certainly check the Microsoft Blog of Matthijs Hoekstra !