> What’s more, as Ars Technica’s Peter Bright points out, that release date is looking shaky because Microsoft has been delaying the release of its SDK for thir

> What’s more, as Ars Technica’s Peter Bright points out, that release date is looking shaky because Microsoft has been delaying the release of its SDK for third-party developers to build apps for the phone. That's perhaps the scariest portion to me- Windows Phone 8 is a fairly significant change from WP7 (whole new OS, many new APIs). Normally the SDK is released a good number of months ahead of the release to allow time to incorporate bug fixes from developers. If they are to release in late October then they go into serious lockdown by late September. Almost no time for any developer feedback. Plus, slipping past late October puts holiday devices at significant risk. Unless they are withholding it to keep new features under wrap, but this makes no sense as it is sure to impact the quality of the release.