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Asked: 2026-06-13T09:53:17+00:00

What is the device driver model for Windows Phone 7/8 ? I heard sometime

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What is the device driver model for Windows Phone 7/8 ? I heard sometime back Windows using same philosophy as in iOS where in app can run both on desktop and mobile so I was in impression both Windows 7 (Desktop) and Windows Phone 7 will have common device driver model may be WDF (Windows Driver Foundation)?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You missed something.

    There are:

    • Windows Phone 7 applications. You can run them only on WP7 and WP8 devices (or in Emulator on desktop pc).
    • Windows Phone 8 applications. They can run on WP8 device and in Emulator.
    • Windows 8 (aka WinRT, Windows Store) applications. They can run on Desktop PC under Windows 8 pro and on portable pc under Windows 8 RT.

    Also, WP8 and WinRT apps can use similar API, so you can have shared dlls. But you will have diffetent builds for both platforms.

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