How to get started with Windows Phone 7 development?

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I've got many questions on the future of Windows Phone development now that Windows Phone 7 has been announced. Windows Phone is the successor to Windows Mobile 6.x, and the new release, scheduled to late 2010, will change many things in development. For instance, development will be done with Silverlight and XNA Studio, not with Windows Forms for Windows Mobile.

If you are interested in the topic, then check out the new web portal for Windows Phone 7 development. From there, you can download a CTP version of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone (click to appropriate version on the left to see the Download button).

I'm currently working on an article for the Finnish Prosessori magazine about this topic, so check your mail in the coming weeks.