Twitter may have taken its own sweet time before launching official apps for smartphone platforms such as the iPhone and Google Android. But just days after phones with Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system started to ship in select parts of the world, Twitter has unveiled its new Windows Phone 7 app. There’s no more playing catch-up. The official Twitter app is officially one of the first Twitter apps to launch for this new platform.
As you’d expect, the mobile app supports viewing messages from your timeline as well as direct messages, mentions, and lists. You can also view suggested users, and Twitter for Windows Phone 7 allows you to navigate Twitter without logging into an account. If you don’t have an account yet you can create one using the mobile app.
The mobile app takes advantage of Microsoft’s new Metro user interface, with a series of menus you can swipe through at the top of the screen and detailed information below. You can also move between views by swiping left and right, for instance moving from the timeline view to the mentions or direct messages view.