MS announces Visual Basic to Windows Phone 7

BANGALORE, INDIA: Software giant Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Basic on Windows Phone 7. The announcement comes after the company went final with the Windows phone developer tools.

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"Ever since we first announced the application platform for WP7, there was a loud chorus of Visual Basic developers asking if and when they would be able to build apps for Windows Phone," said Brandon Watson, director of developer experience for WP7, Microsoft in a blog post.

Watson added, "We’re not formally announcing the schedule for when Visual Basic will be fully supported. We’re giving VB developers early access to the Windows Phone 7 platform so that they can start thinking about what amazing apps they want to build."

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This is a CTP, which means we want to give you early access, and are hoping to solicit feedback, but this is not a final implementation, and you should not expect anything you built to be commercial ready, he added.

Interested developers can download the Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools.