Microsoft announced some really cool technology at the MIX10 conference this week. I may write a more in depth post about what I found most interesting, but for now I want to talk about something more specific.

Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s new offering in the mobile market. It hasn’t been released yet, but the demos look fantastic, and the development tools are available. After watching a few videos and seeing how easy it is to create an application for the WP7, I decided to download the tools and try it for myself.

Here is a screenshot of the result.

I only spent a few hours developing this application, so it isn’t fantastic, but I accomplished what I set out to do. I’ve created a functional Windows Phone 7 application!

If you want to see the source code, you can download my Visual Studio 2010 project here. Keep in mind that there isn’t excessive documentation for WP7 application development, so my design practices may not be perfect.

[Note] I fixed an issue that keeps the application from launching. If you can’t get it to run, try downloading it again.

You can learn more about Windows Phone 7 and download the developer tools at the Windows Phone 7 developer website.