Windows Live Messenger arrives for iPhone, Swype to talk with Apple

Microsoft has brought its chat client, Windows Live Messenger, to the iPhone as a free App Store download, while Swype hopes to bring its predictive touchscreen typing technology to the iPhone and iPad.

Windows Live Messenger

Microsoft on Monday released Windows Live Messenger for iPhone, a 7.2MB free download available from the App Store. The software allows users to instant message friends on both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.

Users can also view and comment on friends' photos and status updates from Windows Live, Facebook and MySpace, and see what Messenger friends are sharing on Flickr, YouTube, and a number of other social and photo sharing sites.

Features of the application, according to Microsoft, include:

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45 Comments

hezetation

said about 13 years ago

Saw Swype on HTC this weekend. Apple either needs to buy into this or invent something better cause it really is stinking awesome. First time ever I looked at another phone & thought, "I wish my iPhone did that."

tailstoo

said about 13 years ago

Something tells me that Apple isn't interested in paying royalties on a new way to input text...

kiwee

said about 13 years ago

Swype does seam like an interesting approach.

I doubt they would pay royalties. They would just buy the company or pay an undisclosed sum..
The company would have a choice. Take the XX million. Or we scrap it..