I can't seem to get my Windows Phone 8 app to successfully connect to my wcf service, and I'm wondering if it is because I haven't yet started paying to host the wcf service online. I can connect to the service when I use the WP8 emulator, but not when I load the app onto a device. Should the device be working or do you think it's because I am not yet hosting the service online?
Maybe that's because your wcf service is accessed through localhost when using the emulator.
Then, your device has no access to localhost, if I'm not mistaken, which could explain why your device could not connect to the service.
The way to solve this could be to host your service online, as you've already figured.