Windows Phone - Application Platform Overview

Hello

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402531(v=VS.92).aspx

Points of interest :

• Architecture :

• Runtimes : 

• Silverlight, XNA (games), Windows Phone Framework , Common Base Class Library
• Windows Phone Framework : Sensor, Radio, Camera, Notification, Browser
•   Quick migration of application developed on Silverlight\XNA to Windows Phone

• Tools :  Visual studio, Expression blend, Phone emulator, XNA Games, ...
• Cloud Services : Notifications, Location, Feeds, Social,  Maps, Windows Azure , .... 
• Portal Services : Marketplace, Publishing, Update,....

Nathan