[Aalok05]

Telegram coming to Windows Phone in January - promises to be faster and more secure than Whatsapp | Windows Phone Central

Read the wpcentral news article attached . Telegram tweeted that it would come to windows phone around January . It is January , so what about telegram?

[Laura Knotek]

Maybe they couldn't get the necessary funds.

[Aalok05]

Could be ..because its totally free

[skvadus]

There was announced a challenge for the best telegram application which ended at jan 9. They got 19 different apps from participants and within 2 weeks(from jan 9) winners will be selected, so just wait a bit.

[Aalok05]

Woah..thanx for that info

[rockstarzzz]

....its February. Who was the winner?!

[DBZo07]

I tweeted them, a guy told beta app gonna come by 5th Feb. Its not reliable source though.

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[th0mas96]

nope, the betas are on store by now (yesterday). B-Gram, Chatz, Fluorogram and Migram are currently available, but still in beta stage. Currently I personally think Migram works the best..

[Lance_WPCentral]

Apps that are to be released on a particular said date basically never happen. There is always a delay for some reason or the other. This is the trend I have noticed with Windows Phone.

[rockstarzzz]

nope, the betas are on store by now (yesterday). B-Gram, Chatz, Fluorogram and Migram are currently available, but still in beta stage. Currently I personally think Migram works the best..

I noticed all 4 of them recently. However Migram is the only one that is recent - Chatz and B-Gram were floating about earlier. Having said that, these are all unofficial ones. We were hoping for an official beta on 1st.

If these non official versions are anything to go by, then Telegram is no different saga than any other IM apps on WP store. I would rather use built in Skype messenger than this as it does same sort of cloud sync and still can't attach anything but photos. Whatsapp is miles ahead of what it can do on WP considering all the odd API restrictions that Telegram is facing currently.

[andrewpey]

One of beta clients will be chosen by Telegram team as official in a few weeks after February 23rd.

[DBZo07]

How sad, all unofficial clients are not upto the mark

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[rockstarzzz]

One of beta clients will be chosen by Telegram team as official in a few weeks after February 23rd.

None of these beta versions are anywhere closer to WP quality!

I hope Telegram chooses none at all and if it does, it makes it better - a thousand times than what it is right now.

[DBZo07]

I doubt security if any unofficial versions are made official! Disappointing.

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[andrewpey]

None of these beta versions are anywhere closer to WP quality!

They are all in alpha stage and active development right now, so...

[george.matar]

any news? i thought the app should have been out by now!

[DBZo07]

Telegram couldn't gv us better.. Other than unofficial junk.

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[Aalok05]

Those apps suck . All of them

[JMBasquiat]

Actually Migram is pretty good for an unofficial app. It supports encrypted chat, self-destruct timer, etc. I'd like to see more customization options - including our own background - and some speed optimizations. Push notifications are not always reliable either, though they're pretty good.

[Aalok05]

Migram takes hell lot of time to load messages . Its UI is garbage

[ali80]

I have migram and it seems the push notification doesn't work

[chenhogi]

I have migram and it seems the push notification doesn't work

Tried several, and don't get push notifications in any of them.

[JMBasquiat]

Migram takes hell lot of time to load messages . Its UI is garbage

With an open API, you're always free to write a better client.

Don't forget to show us your work.

[DBZo07]

With an open API, you're always free to write a better client.

Don't forget to show us your work.

agreed.
Telegram can't afford to spend on windows phone version. But things will get better, lets wait.

[JMBasquiat]

They also didn't write their Android client, just like with WP they had people compete and then announced that the winning entry is the official one. The same thing will happen with Windows Phone.

Though I have to admit, their iOS app is just beautiful.