diff --git a/apps/tests/layouts/dock-layout-tests.ts b/apps/tests/layouts/dock-layout-tests.ts
index 807d8dbc7..d26349d3b 100644
--- a/apps/tests/layouts/dock-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/layouts/dock-layout-tests.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ export function setUpModule() {
 
 export function tearDownModule() {
     navHelper.goBack();
-    delete testPage;
-    delete rootLayout;
-    delete tmp;
+    testPage = null;
+    rootLayout = null;
+    tmp = null;
 }
 
 export function setUp() {
@@ -212,4 +212,4 @@ export function test_codesnippets() {
     dockLayout.addChild(btnDockedToRight);
     // ```
     // </snippet>
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/apps/tests/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts b/apps/tests/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
index f9df850f8..52bbb5efa 100644
--- a/apps/tests/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ export function setUpModule() {
 export function tearDownModule() {
     navHelper.goBack();
 
-    delete tmp;
-    delete newPage;
-    delete rootLayout;
+    tmp = null;
+    newPage = null;
+    rootLayout = null;
 }
 
 export function setUp() {
diff --git a/apps/tests/layouts/stack-layout-tests.ts b/apps/tests/layouts/stack-layout-tests.ts
index c2366be2c..a011bf091 100644
--- a/apps/tests/layouts/stack-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/layouts/stack-layout-tests.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ export function setUpModule() {
 
 export function tearDownModule() {
     navHelper.goBack();
-    delete tmp;
-    delete newPage;
-    delete rootLayout;
-    delete btn1;
-    delete btn2;
+    tmp = null;
+    newPage = null;
+    rootLayout = null;
+    btn1 = null;
+    btn2 = null;
 }
 
 export function setUp() {
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view-tests.ts
index fa84a5865..d4972357a 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/scroll-view/scroll-view-tests.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ export function setUpModule() {
 
 export function tearDownModule() {
     helper.goBack();
-    delete tmp;
-    delete newPage;
-    delete scrollView;
+    tmp = null;
+    newPage = null;
+    scrollView = null;
 }
 
 export function setUp() {
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/style/style-properties-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/style/style-properties-tests.ts
index 0b00df829..34ed9674e 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/style/style-properties-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/style/style-properties-tests.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export function setUpModule() {
 
 export function tearDownModule() {
     helper.goBack();
-    delete testBtn;
-    delete testPage;
+    testBtn = null;
+    testPage = null;
 }
 
 export function tearDown() {
@@ -362,4 +362,4 @@ function test_native_font(style: string, weight: string) {
         TKUnit.assertEqual((<UIButton>testView.ios).titleLabel.font.fontName.toLowerCase(), (fontName + "-" + fontNameSuffix).toLowerCase(), "native font " + weight + " " + style);
     }
     //TODO: If needed add tests for other platforms
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/data/observable/observable.d.ts b/data/observable/observable.d.ts
index df3546ea6..939e762c2 100644
--- a/data/observable/observable.d.ts
+++ b/data/observable/observable.d.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ declare module "data/observable" {
          * Notifies all the registered listeners for the event provided in the data.eventName.
          * @param data The data associated with the event.
          */
-        notify(data: EventData): void;
+        notify<T extends EventData>(data: T): void;
 
         /**
          * Notifies all the registered listeners for the property change event.
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ declare module "data/observable" {
         _emit(eventNames: string);
         //@endprivate
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/data/observable/observable.ts b/data/observable/observable.ts
index adbcadc19..9404e1f5c 100644
--- a/data/observable/observable.ts
+++ b/data/observable/observable.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class Observable implements definition.Observable {
         this[data.propertyName] = data.value;
     }
 
-    public notify(data: definition.EventData) {
+    public notify<T extends definition.EventData>(data: T) {
         var observers = this._getEventList(data.eventName);
         if (!observers) {
             return;
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@ export class Observable implements definition.Observable {
     public toString(): string {
         return this.typeName;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
index c0e2773ed..f7af56631 100644
--- a/gruntfile.js
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 outDir: localCfg.outModulesDir,
                 options: {
                     fast: 'never',
+
+                    // Resolve non-relative modules like "ui/styling/style"
+                    // based on the project root (not on node_modules which
+                    // is the typescript 1.6+ default)
+                    additionalFlags: '--moduleResolution classic',
+
                     module: "commonjs",
                     target: "es5",
                     sourceMap: false,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b5ab85e1..5f197671c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
     "grunt-exec": "0.4.6",
     "grunt-multi-dest": "1.0.0",
     "grunt-shell": "1.1.2",
-    "grunt-ts": "4.2.0",
+    "grunt-ts": "5.0.0-beta.5",
     "grunt-tslint": "2.4.0",
     "mocha": "2.2.5",
     "grunt-simple-mocha": "0.4.0",
     "grunt-env": "0.4.4",
     "chai": "3.2.0",
-    "typescript": "1.5.3"
+    "typescript": "1.6.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts b/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
index b2f9a1b0f..d7998e0cc 100644
--- a/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ export class Animation extends common.Animation implements definition.Animation
                         value: Animation._affineTransform(CGAffineTransformIdentity, propertyAnimations[i].property, propertyAnimations[i].value),
                         duration: propertyAnimations[i].duration,
                         delay: propertyAnimations[i].delay,
-                        iterations: propertyAnimations[i].iterations,
-                        iosUIViewAnimationCurve: propertyAnimations[i].curve
+                        iterations: propertyAnimations[i].iterations
                     };
                     trace.write("Created new transform animation: " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(newTransformAnimation), trace.categories.Animation);
 
@@ -299,4 +298,4 @@ export class Animation extends common.Animation implements definition.Animation
 
         return result;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ui/builder/component-builder.ts b/ui/builder/component-builder.ts
index 3878a4d38..cfb2d9ecc 100644
--- a/ui/builder/component-builder.ts
+++ b/ui/builder/component-builder.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
-import bindable = require("ui/core/bindable");
 import types = require("utils/types");
 import definition = require("ui/builder/component-builder");
 import fs = require("file-system");
@@ -101,8 +100,6 @@ export function getComponentModule(elementName: string, namespace: string, attri
     }
 
     if (instance && instanceModule) {
-        var bindings = new Array<bindable.BindingOptions>();
-
         for (var attr in attributes) {
 
             var attrValue = <string>attributes[attr];
@@ -136,7 +133,7 @@ export function getComponentModule(elementName: string, namespace: string, attri
             }
         }
 
-        componentModule = { component: instance, exports: instanceModule, bindings: bindings };
+        componentModule = {component: instance, exports: instanceModule};
     }
 
     return componentModule;
diff --git a/ui/button/button.android.ts b/ui/button/button.android.ts
index 55d1defbf..199fba08b 100644
--- a/ui/button/button.android.ts
+++ b/ui/button/button.android.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import common = require("ui/button/button-common");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 global.moduleMerge(common, exports);
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
 
         this._android = new android.widget.Button(this._context);
 
-        this._android.setOnClickListener(new android.view.View.OnClickListener({
+        this._android.setOnClickListener(new android.view.View.OnClickListener(
+            <utils.Owned & android.view.View.IOnClickListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -34,4 +36,4 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
             }
         }));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts b/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
index 34ea427e5..5fd09f310 100644
--- a/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
+++ b/ui/date-picker/date-picker.android.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 import types = require("utils/types");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 function onYearPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var picker = <DatePicker>data.object;
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ export class DatePicker extends common.DatePicker {
 
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
 
-        this._listener = new android.widget.DatePicker.OnDateChangedListener({
+        this._listener = new android.widget.DatePicker.OnDateChangedListener(
+            <utils.Owned & android.widget.DatePicker.IOnDateChangedListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -107,4 +109,4 @@ export class DatePicker extends common.DatePicker {
         this._android.setCalendarViewShown(false);
         this._android.init(0, 0, 0, this._listener);
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts b/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
index 87221d5f2..0ac62c48b 100644
--- a/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
+++ b/ui/list-picker/list-picker.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import common = require("ui/list-picker/list-picker-common");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import types = require("utils/types");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 global.moduleMerge(common, exports);
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ export class ListPicker extends common.ListPicker {
 
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
 
-        this._formatter = new android.widget.NumberPicker.Formatter({
+        this._formatter = new android.widget.NumberPicker.Formatter(
+            <utils.Owned & android.widget.NumberPicker.IFormatter>{
             get owner(): ListPicker {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ export class ListPicker extends common.ListPicker {
         });
         this._android.setFormatter(this._formatter);
 
-        this._valueChangedListener = new android.widget.NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener({
+        this._valueChangedListener = new android.widget.NumberPicker.OnValueChangeListener(<utils.Owned & android.widget.NumberPicker.IOnValueChangeListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -106,4 +108,4 @@ export class ListPicker extends common.ListPicker {
         this._editText.invalidate(); //Force the EditText to redraw
         this.android.invalidate();
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts b/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
index 1668928b3..764fb33c7 100644
--- a/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
+++ b/ui/list-view/list-view.android.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import color = require("color");
 import definition = require("ui/list-view");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 var ITEMLOADING = common.ListView.itemLoadingEvent;
 var LOADMOREITEMS = common.ListView.loadMoreItemsEvent;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export class ListView extends common.ListView {
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
 
         // TODO: This causes many marshalling calls, rewrite in Java and generate bindings
-        this.android.setOnScrollListener(new android.widget.AbsListView.OnScrollListener({
+        this.android.setOnScrollListener(new android.widget.AbsListView.OnScrollListener(<utils.Owned & android.widget.AbsListView.IOnScrollListener>{
             onScrollStateChanged: function (view: android.widget.AbsListView, scrollState: number) {
                 var owner: ListView = this.owner;
                 if (!owner) {
diff --git a/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts b/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
index 2a05b0e83..f6a303011 100644
--- a/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/search-bar/search-bar.android.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
 import color = require("color");
 import types = require("utils/types");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 var SEARCHTEXT = "searchText";
 var QUERY = "query";
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends common.SearchBar {
         this._android.setIconified(false);
 
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
-        this._android.setOnQueryTextListener(new android.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener({
+        this._android.setOnQueryTextListener(new android.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener(<utils.Owned & android.widget.SearchView.IOnQueryTextListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends common.SearchBar {
             }
         }));
 
-        this._android.setOnCloseListener(new android.widget.SearchView.OnCloseListener({
+        this._android.setOnCloseListener(new android.widget.SearchView.OnCloseListener(<utils.Owned & android.widget.SearchView.IOnCloseListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -156,4 +157,4 @@ export class SearchBar extends common.SearchBar {
     get android(): android.widget.SearchView {
         return this._android;
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/ui/switch/switch.android.ts b/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
index 4363c6acf..eeb431eff 100644
--- a/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
+++ b/ui/switch/switch.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import common = require("ui/switch/switch-common");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 function onCheckedPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var swtch = <Switch>data.object;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export class Switch extends common.Switch {
 
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
 
-        this._android.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener({
+        this._android.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener(<utils.Owned & android.widget.CompoundButton.IOnCheckedChangeListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ export class Switch extends common.Switch {
             }
         }));
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts b/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
index d966c6b30..5bdc491eb 100644
--- a/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
+++ b/ui/time-picker/time-picker.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import common = require("ui/time-picker/time-picker-common");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import proxy = require("ui/core/proxy");
+import utils = require("utils/utils")
 
 function onHourPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var picker = <TimePicker>data.object;
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export class TimePicker extends common.TimePicker {
 
         var that = new WeakRef(this);
 
-        this._listener = new android.widget.TimePicker.OnTimeChangedListener({
+        this._listener = new android.widget.TimePicker.OnTimeChangedListener(
+            <utils.Owned & android.widget.TimePicker.IOnTimeChangedListener>{
             get owner() {
                 return that.get();
             },
@@ -80,4 +82,4 @@ export class TimePicker extends common.TimePicker {
             this._isSettingTime = false;
         }
     }
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
+} 
diff --git a/utils/utils.d.ts b/utils/utils.d.ts
index c54596630..2f82dbacf 100644
--- a/utils/utils.d.ts
+++ b/utils/utils.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 
     export var RESOURCE_PREFIX: string;
 
+    //@private
+    /**
+     * Used by various android event listener implementations
+     */
+    interface Owned {
+        owner: any;
+    }
+    //@endprivate
+
     /**
      * Utility module related to layout.
      */