Yahoo Messenger, despite being kind of old school, is still a widely used service around the globe, and on Android and iOS is in the top 100 most downloaded social apps.
I've been using the service for years on my Blackberry, and really miss it on Windows Phone.
Which brings me to ask, why hasn't Yahoo developed a Messenger client for Windows Phone already?
Both Nokia and Microsoft are in partnerships with Yahoo for messaging. Yahoo powers all of Nokia's @nokiamail and Nokia Chat services for their S40 and S60 and Symbian^3 devices as well as the web based counterparts. Yahoo even uses Bing to power it's search engine.
Previously Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger were interoperable, you could talk to contacts from either service and it was great.
Logic would dictate that Yahoo would WANT to be a part of Microsoft's ecosystem. Yahoo even offers Lumia 920's to it's employees.
Yahoo has already brought their Cricket and Sports apps to the platform... Does anyone know if Messenger is in the pipeline?
I've been using the service for years on my Blackberry, and really miss it on Windows Phone.
Which brings me to ask, why hasn't Yahoo developed a Messenger client for Windows Phone already?
Both Nokia and Microsoft are in partnerships with Yahoo for messaging. Yahoo powers all of Nokia's @nokiamail and Nokia Chat services for their S40 and S60 and Symbian^3 devices as well as the web based counterparts. Yahoo even uses Bing to power it's search engine.
Previously Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger were interoperable, you could talk to contacts from either service and it was great.
Logic would dictate that Yahoo would WANT to be a part of Microsoft's ecosystem. Yahoo even offers Lumia 920's to it's employees.
Yahoo has already brought their Cricket and Sports apps to the platform... Does anyone know if Messenger is in the pipeline?