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Just in time for the launch of Windows Phone 7, Twitter has announced their own dedicated app for Microsoft’s brand new mobile platform. Features include the timeline for friends you follow, suggested users you might want follow, direct messages, user-made lists, and takes advantage of the Pivots system to switch between those categories with sidewards swipes. As you can see, Twitter for Windows Phone fits right in with the native Metro user interface.
It’s cool that Twitter is taking direct control of official clients on mobile platforms these days, but that’s not stopping third parties from trying to do better. Seesmic has been vocal about their participation on Windows Phone 7, with other competition likely on the way. As far as other social networks go, Facebook has a Windows Mobile client, but hasn’t mentioned anything about Windows Phone, nor has LinkedIn.
Curious about Windows Phone in general? Take a look at our review of the whole OS, or a few specific handsets, like the HTC Surround or the Samsung Focus. It’s for sure nice, and definitely a step in the right direction, but there’s still a lot of maturing to do.
[via Twitter Blog]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
