Clarity Consulting - Powermote: WP7 remote control for PowerPoint
“This is a preview of a quick app I built for Windows Phone 7 to remotely control a PowerPoint presentation from a WP7 device.
The app consists of a PowerPoint add-in that hosts a WCF service. The add-in creates a ribbon menu item to connect to the phone. Clicking “Connect to Phone” sends a push notification to the phone via the Microsoft Push Notification Service. The phone then sends a request to the WCF service hosted in PowerPoint to request data about the presentation along with URIs for the slides images that the add-in saves out as thumbnails. It’s definitely easier to build office add-ins with VS2010 and Office 2010.
On the phone you can use a swipe gesture or the buttons to change slides . It also includes a timer and displays the notes for the slide. Here is video of the application controlling a presentation.
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While all the tech pundits I listen too seem to be writing off Microsoft and Windows Phone 7, I feel they are missing the boat. But then again, they are not developers… They don’t see the draw that WinPhone7 (WP7) will have for .Net developers. The fact the dev tools are, and will remain, totally free. That the OS and tools are built on a foundation of a modern framework. That for the .Net Dev, developing for it doesn’t mean relearning everything. That the framework does much of the drudge gunk, letting the dev focus on development. That the OS has been re-thought from ground up… that… that… that…
Success is by far not assured, but the… cough… magic… cough… we’ll be able to knock out for WP7 will, well, knock people’s socks off.
Related Past Post XRef:
Windows Phone Developer Training Kit, now April and VS2010 RTM Fresh…
Windows Phone 7 in 7 – Learning how to develop for Windows Phone 7, in 7 minute blocks… [Coming soon, starting April 5th]
Windows Vista + SideShow + Windows Mobile = PowerPoint Remote Controller
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