Carl and Richard talk to Thomas Gravgaard about building Unity 3D games for Windows Phone 7 using FFWD. Unity 3D is a set of tools for building games that run on Windows, Mac OS, web, iOS and Android - but not Windows Phone 7. Thomas created an open source project on GitHub to convert Unity 3D applications to XNA for running on Windows Phone 7 and XBox XNA games.

Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about his views on where UI design is going. Billy talks about Metro, Microsoft's UI for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 (irrespective of the games being played with names). As Billy says, design is here to stay, and we need to think more about it. It's not just about controls, its about how your applications organizing your business. Businesses have adapted to software, and now software is changing - time to exercise the other side of your brain!

Carl and Richard talk to Peter Kuhn about what Silverlight developers need to know about building applications in XNA on Windows Phone 7. Peter digs into the differences between XNA and Silverlight - they both use C# and some common low level libraries in Windows Phone 7, but that's where it ends. The conversation also digs into how to build hybrid apps, using the best of Silverlight and the best of XNA together.

Carl and Richard talk to Steve Souders about making mobile web apps run faster. Steve talks a bit about the general issues around web page performance, including how some of the new features of HTML 5 are improving performance. The conversation then turns to tools for testing mobile web performance. Steve gives us a huge list of web sites to test your mobile web performance - check 'em out in the show links!

Carl Franklin steps up to the plate to be the guest on this episode of The Tablet Show, talking about what's new in the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 for developers. WinRT has made a big jump from the Developer Preview to the Consumer Preview, and it takes a rethink to your application design. Carl goes through the changes the .NET folks will care about, like how reflection and system.io has changed. Check out the links for tons of resources to get going with WinRT on the Consumer Preview!

While at DevConnections, Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka about his experiences with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The conversation digs into how tablets are already penetrating the enterprise and the advantages that Windows 8 will have in that space. Rocky discusses how metro mode is not just for touch and does a fine job with Line-of-Business apps, just like Silverlight has done for years.

Carl and Richard talk to James Williams about building games in HTML 5. The conversation starts at the beginning - what does it mean to build a game? What are vertexes and shaders? How do you draw a 3D object and then put it into a web page? James leads the boys through the whole idea of building games in HTML 5, where old game design meets the new technologies in browsers.

Carl and Richard talk to Kate Gregory about C++ in Windows 8. Kate talks about how the combination of C++11 and WinRT brings C++ developers to the forefront of development in Windows 8. The latest version of C++ brings lambdas, async and auto var behavior to the language, making complex development far more manageable. The playing field is really levelled in WinRT between HTML 5, C++ and C#!

Carl and Richard talk to Chris Love about building enterprise applications for mobile devices. Chris digs into his projects for mobile devices, talking about the challenges of single-sign on, native apps vs. HTML 5, and so on. The conversation also explores the potential of cross-platform tools like MonoTouch and Mono for Android as well as PhoneGap. Chris then talks about his current favorite solution to the problem - a hybrid application with a native peice that utilizes a browser to embed functionality that can be updated without rolling out a new client every time.

Carl and Richard talk to Nick Landry about using location data in mobile development. Nick talks about a few of his projects using location data in the enterprise for analysis, with mobile devices, to support salespeople and so on. The discussion digs into the differences between the different map source data as well as the potential for future services.