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Main reason - I am making a typing oriented app, and it so TOUGH to type on the emulator as it doesnt take keyboard input. And I felt the options were limited compared to the Android emulator.

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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.

> speed and stability

Speed yes, but stability? I've never had the Android emulator crash, and haven't heard of (m)any cases of it either.

Also, is the WP8 a simulator or an emulator?

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...

Thanks, I didn't know that. Though it is going to be clumsy on my MBP.

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