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Press F5 to run the project. The Windows Mobile 7 Phone emulator appears,
and initially it has a blank screen. But if you look in the status bar at lower-left
in Visual Studio, you see that Visual Studio is connecting to the Windows
Phone 7 emulator and then deploying the application to the phone. After
several seconds, you should see the phone populate with the list of topics for
Scott Klein, as shown in Figure 7-18.
Figure 7-18.
Book listing on the Windows Mobile Phone 7 via OData
Now that you've completed this example, you should agree that this is really cool. Getting data on
your mobile device has never been easier.
Conclusion
This chapter discussed several topics surrounding OData and SQL Azure. OData is an open protocol for
sharing data, providing a way to increase the shared value of data and enabling applications to use a
broader set of data. By enabling SQL Azure to expose its data via the OData protocol, myriads of
applications can take advantage by consuming that data easily and efficiently.
