Windows Phone 7 Twitter integration coming this year

By Tom Warren, on 14th Feb 11 3:11 pm with 6 Comments

Microsoft revealed on Monday that it plans to integrate Twitter into the Windows Phone 7 people hub.

Microsoft announced several new Windows Phone 7 features coming in 2011, including a “dramatically enhanced” browser experience based on Internet Explorer 9; additional multitasking capabilities; support for Microsoft Office documents in the cloud; and the addition of Twitter to the People Hub. The expanded capabilities announced today include:

  • Copy and paste functionality via first major update, coming in the next month
  • Twitter integration directly into the People Hub in 2011
  • Support for Office documents in the cloud in 2011
  • Dramatically enhanced Web browser experience based on IE9 in 2011
  • A new wave of multitasking applications in 2011
  • Targeting significant volume of Nokia Windows Phones in 2012

Twitter integration for Windows Phone 7

  • http://www.seriousinternets.com Tim Smith

    This and skydrive were two huge things on my wishlist.

  • http://www.seriousinternets.com Tim Smith

    This and skydrive were two huge things on my wishlist.

    • http://twitter.com/polaromonas Sorawit Pai

      I know right? The SkyDrive thing should even have come out on the first release!

    • GP007

      That would be nice but there’s probably way more backend work you have to do to support that, not just the client side on the phone.

  • GP007

    Can you get more shots? Or are these just from MS directly?