Mango Beta 2 for WP7 available for developers

I received an invitation to participate in the WP7's Mago 'Beta 2' program; unfortunately, I don't have a WP7 device (I use the emulator to develop). So, at least it seems that MS may be ready to roll out the first WP7.5 aka Mago phones by the end of the year.

WP7 gets Visual Basic support

Microsoft released Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools early this week.

Microsoft stated, "This release doubles the developer audience for Windows Phone, by enabling Visual Basic developers to create applications for Windows Phone, as well as C#". This release is available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. However, it  is currently only for Silverlight projects; the tools do not support projects built on the XNA Framework.

Download Tools Here