Screen capture tip for Windows Phone 8: hold down the power button while you press Start

Developing Windows Phone 8 applications, and thinking how would you take screenshots from a real device? Definitely, you could take them from the emulator, but this isn't the same as a real device.

Shortly put, taking a screenshot (screen capture) in Windows Phone 8 is super-simple: press and hold the power button while you press Start. And, it's all documented here. It works fine on Nokia Lumia phones, for instance: the screen flashes a little, and PNG image will be saved to your camera roll.

Windows Phone 7 didn't have a similar capability, so at least personally, I used an unofficial XNA application to do the trick for me. Worked fine. :-)

A final little tip for Windows 8 tablet: to get to the desktop "Ctrl+Alt+Del menu" without a keyboard, try the same button combination as on Windows Phone 8. Cool!