One of the first applications that I write for a new platform to learn the ropes is an RSS reader. That rule holds true for Windows Phone 7. The great thing about the Windows Phone 7 SDK and the .NET 4.0 platform is that everything you need to work with RSS or any other syndication feed is ready for you right out of the box! With Android development, you need to parse the XML and return values yourself. For just reading an RSS feed, it’s a nightmare. The references don’t, however, show up in Visual Studio 2010 automatically, so you’ll need to add them manually. I’ll go over it all in this guide to programming RSS feeds in Windows Phone 7.