hi -the emulator does take keyboard input - press page down once you've selected a textbox. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh134796%28v=express...

Just press 'page up' and the Windows Phone emulator will let you type with your keyboard. It does get annoying when you have to do this every time, but I think the Windows Phone emulator beats Android's significantly in terms of speed and stability.