Since the device has a USB port, we can connect it to the computer. Unfortunately, it does not show up in the explorer--we cannot access the filesystem, for instance. However, we can use this to deploy our app to the device. All you have to do in Visual Studio is select as target Device and it will deploy it through the USB cable. As I said before, this is slightly faster than using the Wi-Fi connection, but it gives you fewer options to walk around during debugging.
Deploying through USB
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