I went to the Microsoft web site download page for development (maybe there is a seperate page for design) and I could not find a place to download Expression Blend. Does this mean it is being phased out? Is Visual Studio 2010 somehow replacing Expression Blend?
What if I needed to use an earlier version of Experssion Blend because a customer's hand held devie is customized for it? How would I get it?
It's not being phased out. Expression 4 has been released a few weeks ago: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/
Considering using an earlier version, I'm not sure if you can buy it anymore (it has never been free) on Microsoft website (contact them, they'll know more about it) but you can try not to use new features if you're developing for Silverlight and targeting an older version, for example.