Χθες η Microsoft διεθεσε το πολυαναμενομενο Windows Phone SDK 8.0. Πλεον οσοι developers θελουν να αναπτυξουν εφαρμογες για κινητα και tablet με Windows 8 λειτουργικο μπορουν να το πολυ ευκολα και μαλιστα μεσα απο το περιβαλλον του Visual Studio. Αυτο που ισως ξεχωριζει ειναι οι emulator για συσκευες που δινουν την δυνατοτητα διαφορετικης οθονης. Στα αρνητικα οτι θα πρεπει να εχετε windows 8 64bit για να το εγκαταστησετε.

Τα κυρια στοιχεια του ειναι τα παρακατω:

The SDK includes the following components:

• Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone – Easily design, develop, build, debug and validate your Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.1 apps, taking advantage of the familiar Visual Studio environment. If you are already using a non Express Edition of Visual Studio 2012, the Windows Phone 8 Add-in for Visual Studio lets you develop apps alongside your Windows 8 store, web, cloud, Xbox and other apps.
• Windows Phone Emulators – The SDK includes new Windows Phone 8 Emulators in 3 screen sizes (WVGA, WXGA and 720p) with 1GB RAM and an additional 512MB RAM version of WVGA for validating your Windows Phone 8 apps on different targets. A machine running Windows 8 with SLAT enabled is required to be able to run these emulators. The SDK also includes the older Windows Phone 7.1 Emulators (512MB RAM and 256MB RAM) to support development and testing of Windows Phone 7.1 apps and these will also work on non-SLAT machines.
• Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone – Blend is a professional designer tool for building immersive UI experiences for Windows Phone apps and is included as part of the SDK. Both 7.1 and 8.0 apps can be targeted using this designer.
• Microsoft Team Explorer – Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) Client allows you to take advantage of the powerful ALM and Source Control capabilities of TFS for advanced application development.
• XNA Game Studio – Enables you to continue developing games for existing Windows Phone 7.1 devices, along with desktop and Xbox 360.

Μπορειτε να το κατεβασετε απο εδω: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471