Windows Phone 8 SDK Available

Submitted by Christopher Groux; October 31, 2012


When it comes to the mobile market, it's no secret that Windows phones are somewhat lagging behind the competition. As of writing, the statistics show that a total of 120,000 apps are available on the Windows Phone store, and while this may sound like a lot of choices for consumers, it is nothing compared to the 1.4 million aggregate sum of what can be found on the App Store and Google Play. Sure there are plenty of garbage apps to be found on both of these larger stores, but from a comparison standpoint Microsoft is very far from being able to say "there's an app for that."

 

 

 

With that being said, through an announcement at BUILD 2012 Steve Ballmer has officially stated that the first build of the Windows Phone 8 SDK is now available for anyone who wants to try it out. To get started, head on over to this link and check to see if your current system is compatible with the tools. Obviously to get things started, you're going to need to be running any version of Windows 8 in 64-bit with 4GB of hard drive space and 4GB of RAM. Additionally to use the phone emulator you will need to have Windows 8 Pro or greater. Overall, this small and somewhat untested market could be a great way for some of you new devs out there to spread the word about your work.

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Tags: microsof, windows 8, windows 8 sdk