Twitter releases app for Windows phone

Twitter has announced it will launch an official mobile app for Windows Phone, with the app to be made available on all Windows Phone 7 gadgets immediately.

In a statement, the company said the app is fast and it has “all the features that you’d expect from Twitter”. New features include “pivots”, which mobile product manager Leland Rechis says plays a key part in the user interface.

“Pivots allow you to swipe left or right to view different categories or types of information within a single application…For example, in Twitter for Windows Phone, you can swipe left or right to move from your timeline to mentions to direct messages,” he says.

“The platform’s design and user interface, which is called Metro, is especially great for Twitter users because it’s simple and easy to use.”

Twitter has been focusing on its mobile strategy since earlier this year, when it acquired Tweetie and made it the official Twitter iPhone App. Twitter for Android came out shortly afterwards, and a new version of Twitter for iPad has drawn praise as well.