Anyone that has been following the plans for Windows Phone 7 knows that Microsoft had big plans for social networking. Out of the gate there will be built in Facebook integration in Phone 7. When everyone was writing their reviews about the DEV device released this week there seemed to be something missing from them all. For whatever reason, there was no Twitter on the phone yet. Now we know that Microsoft had plans to pull the feed in via Windows Live. But, it turns out Twitter (the company) is the reason that that functionality is not there at all.
According to an article on wmexperts.com, Twitter had changed their “Terms of Service” in June and have blocked companies like Microsoft from accessing via services like Windows Live. It is nice to hear that Microsoft is working with Twitter to find a solution. You can’t help but wonder if Twitter is extorting Microsoft here, knowing how important this feature was for them. Now before anyone panics there are third parties working on Twitter apps for Phone 7. But there is always something to be said for built in features.