[capnfabs]

Can't go past "Programming for Windows Phone" by Charles Petzold, and you can get it as a free download.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/10/28/f...

Might be a little hard if you've never worked in .NET before, but the author has recommendations on what to do in that scenario.

I found it to be incredibly helpful.

[replax]

Ah, great! Thank you very much. Looks exactly like what I needed. He does include a link to a book on .NET basics for C/C++ programmers, too!