Windows 8 Apps and flex

I'm just starting into the world of Flex as my chosen environemnt to really focus on for developing apps for Cloud applications, and creating applications taht all for easy data access across platforms and devices.
However I see Windows 8 apps as almost untouched and open season for great apps as the Surface and more Win 8 mobile devices come out. Is there a roadmap for developing Win 8 apps (Metro) or for Windows phone?
thanks.

This should be helpful for you:
[Windows 8 Recovery & Repair|http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB2A03ES0000R01.htm]
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