The recent release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update
Here's some useful information from the documentation team:
The recent release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update includes bug fixes, a new emulator, and utilities. Alongside the release of the tools we have also published an update to MSDN that focuses on documenting key aspects of this release, known issues/limitations and additional content for developers. The highlights of this release are listed below and also available in the What’s New topic on MSDN.
RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
§ NEW DOCUMENTATION
o Release Notes for the January 2011 Update
o How to: Test Copy and Paste in Windows Phone Emulator
o Deploying and Testing on a Physical Windows Phone Device
o Troubleshooting Windows Phone Developer Tools
o Frame Rate Counters in Windows Phone Emulator
§ Keyboard Input Scope Sample
§ Model-View-ViewModel Pattern Sample
§ Silverlight Sound Sample
o Bing Maps Silverlight Control – Working with Pushpins in the Map Control
o Bing Maps Silverlight Control – Setting the Map View
§ UPDATED DOCUMENTATION
o Performance Considerations in Applications for Windows Phone
o Bing Maps APIs are now included in the class library reference
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps.AutomationPeers
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps.Core
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps.Design
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps.Overlays
§ Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Maps.Platform