My first Windows Phone 7 app: Colorify

In plain words

Colorify is a Windows Phone 7 application developed during an internship at Microsoft to explore C# and Silverlight programming. The app was created to understand the Windows Phone 7 SDK, its design principles, and Microsoft's approach to mobile app development. It was built as an entry for the #WPAppItUp student contest organized by the Windows Phone Team.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

During my internship at Microsoft, I decided to create a Windows Phone 7 app in my spare times. The reasons I started this were to get familiar with C#, Silverlight and getting the idea behind Windows Phone 7 SDK, how it is designed and Microsoft’s approach to developing mobile apps from developers’ point of view. With this app I’m participating to #WPAppItUp contest organized by

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