Starting out for the very first time with Windows Phone app development? The Get Ready page lists all the resources you need to get ready for your Windows Phone app development in one place. Think tools, training, design guidance, the works!
Daily Tips are available on the 30 Daily Tips page.
App Hub Tokens
Don't have an existing App Hub account? Up to 300 tokens are available during this campaign for 30 to Launch participants
who do not have an existing App Hub account. Request a token by doing the following
(please read Official Rules for more details):
"Like" the Microsoft User Community on Facebook OR tweet about 30 to Launch.
For your tweet to qualify, you must reference the tag #30tolaunch AND include the following in the body of your tweet: I am participating in 30 to Launch to build a Windows Phone app! Rules: http://aka.ms/f1i1lr.
We reserve the right to remove any inappropriate tweets.
Provide a short description of the app you plan to create and submit through the online form by clicking on the "I’m Done" button for Week 2 for your 30 to Launch Windows Phone app on the My 30 to Launch Idea page.
You can request a token at any time starting Week 2 or Day 8 from your start date until supplies last but the request process is associated with the "I’m Done" button for Week 2 in your 30-day schedule.
Daily Tips are available on the 30 Daily Tips page.
Need a Windows Phone device for testing? Here is how you can get a Nokia Lumia 800
- not only for testing but yours to keep.
Participants that submit a qualifying .Xap file in their specific Week 3 phase - that is between Day 15 to Day 21, - and meet the criteria for the Early Bird Incentive described in the Official Rules will receive a Nokia Lumia 800 device subject to a cap of 250 devices per month in May and June.
The process is as follows:
The first 250 qualifying .Xap files each month in May and June that meet the following criteria will be sent
a Nokia Lumia 800!
Your .Xap file must show a Windows Phone app in development that:
It must represent the same app you plan to submit as your contest entry and must be “new” meaning it has not been previously submitted or published.
Daily Tips are available on the 30 Daily Tips page.
Don't forget the contest and the opportunity to win the kick Back and Code package!:
A shortlist of the top twenty qualifying 30 to Launch Windows Phone apps submitted during this campaign will be picked based on the peer voting phase (see below). A judging panel will then pick four winners based on the use of live tile and secondary tile (n/a for game apps), market potential, innovation and originality of the apps and use of additional Windows Phone 7.5 capabilities.
Daily Tips are available on the 30 Daily Tips page.
It's the last two days to get your app submitted to the Windows Phone Marketplace for the App Contest!
Once your app is published, be sure to come back and update the My 30 to Launch Idea page with your published app URL within 45 days from your sign up date. Only qualifying submissions with published URL's updated in the My 30 to Launch Idea page within the 45 day timeframe from sign up will available for Peer Voting and entered for judging.
Daily Tips are available on the 30 Daily Tips page.
Participate in the [Your App
Here] Advertising Campaign from Windows Phone & Nokia.
Selected apps will be showcased in our Windows Phone and Nokia ad campaigns including
banner ads, placement in Windows Phone Marketplace, public relations press outreach,
events and social activities.
Starts July 30, 2012:
After your app is live on the Windows Phone Marketplace, the 30 to Launch Community will vote for their favorite app! In order for your app to be considered for one of the four Grand Prizes, you must vote for one other 30 to Launch app which is not your own. Use the "I’m Done" button for the voting phase on the schedule within the My 30 to Launch Idea page starting July 30. Be sure to submit your vote between July 30 and Aug 13, 2012. Tweet about your app and spread the word using #30tolaunch so other 30 to Launch participants can hear about your app!
