Microsoft released Windows Phone 7.8 SDK

Windows Phone 7.8 update will be unleashed soon and Microsoft has thought to please developers releasing the Windows Phone 7.8 SDK . 

With Windows Phone 7.8 SDK the developers will  be able to create new applications but also can optimize them to take advantage of the new features in the new Start Screen of Windows Phone 7.8.

By downloading the Windows Phone SDK 7.8, developers will have two new emulators to test the various applications that differ in the emulated RAM (512 and 256 Mb), but both have the 8878 build of Windows Phone 7.8. Microsoft also points out that those who have not yet installed the update 7.1.1 SDK will not have to worry because it will be added automatically.

Of course, all applications designed for Windows Phone 7.5 will be compatible with this update and vice versa because they are not big changes were made except the addition of new emulators to exploit the tiles resizable. 

"What’s in the update 

The Windows Phone SDK update adds the following capabilities to your machine:

• Windows Phone 7.8 emulator: This OS image emulates your app running on a 512-MB device running Windows Phone 7.8 (build 8858)

• Windows Phone 7.8 256MB emulator: This OS image emulates Windows Phone 7.8 (build 8858) running on a 256-MB device

• If you’re running a Windows Phone SDK 7.1 installation, the update will also download and install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 update onto your machine as part of the update 

• (again, only applicable to Windows Phone SDK 7.1 installations)

Along with what is installed, it’s also worth calling out what isn’t in the Windows Phone SDK update:

• The update does not change your existing Windows Phone OS 7.1 emulator images—you can still develop and debug your apps on a phone running the standard Windows Phone 7.5 image

• There are no new APIs available to Windows Phone apps in Windows Phone 7.8

Download links: 

Windows Phone SDK 1.7 (7.1 or 7.1.1)

Windows Phone SDK 8 

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