Windows Phone 8 SDK Arriving at Visual Studio 2012 Launch Event

The Windows Phone 8 SDK would be released on September 7th when an embargo on information about the Windows Phone sessions during Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia, would be over.

The speculation has shifted to a September 12th launch of the software to coincide with the launch of Visual Studio 2012. On September 5th, Nokia and Microsoft are expected to introduce two Nokia Lumia smartphones that will run on Windows Phone 8, but it is not known when the phones will be actually launched.

Moreover, with Windows Phone 8 handsets expected to hit the market within a few weeks, it is likely that there will be little initial software development that will allow users to take advantage of the cool new features in Windows Phone 8.