Windows Phone 8 Live Blog

We're here, live in San Francisco for Microsoft's full unveiling of Windows Phone 8. The live event kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET, but we're getting the live chat going early. Join in on the live blog and chat action below! You can also visit our enhanced full-width live blog at live.mobilenations.com and a live video stream is also available (requires silverlight).

Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007 when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and wearable tech. He has reviewed laptops for over 10 years and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, Arm64 processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, performed polysomnographs in NYC, and was a motion-picture operator for 17 years.