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Zune HD development limitations


I'm wondering if I can write something like reading app (to turn my Zune HD into the Amazon Reader)

Can I write applications?

How am I limited with API? Can I use network and FS? Can I embed a browser to the app? Can I use XML parser, XSL, etc? Are something like Windows Forms there?

How am I limited with development, do I need to do some terrible things which are needed to develop for iPod?


Solution

  • From my own experience:

    Can I write applications? Yes.

    Can I use network and FS? Nope.

    Can I embed a browser to the app? No.

    Can I use XML parser, XSL, etc? Yeah.

    Are something like Windows Forms there? No. (I had to implement a basic toolkit by hand, pretty interesting experience)