With 150 million monthly active users, Instagram is one of the biggest social photo sharing app service. So, the unavailability of the Official app on Windows Phone platform makes it difficult for many smartphone users to make the switch from iOS or Android platform.
Nokia started a campaign on 4th March 2013 to bring Instagram Official app to Windows Phone platform with an app #2InstaWithLove which allows Windows Phone community to speak directly to Instagram and the Instagram community in a way they can respect…through the use of beautiful photography.
Windows Phone developers like Daniel Gary and Rudy Huyn did a great job by developing third party apps like Instance and 6tag using reserve engineering of the iOS app codes which allowed Windows Phone users to upload images on Instagram servers. These app weren’t 100% legal, but Instagram team didn’t object. So, these apps gave some hope to WP users. Then came Hipstamatic Oggl app with the release of Nokia Lumia 1020 and subsequently to other Lumia devices which allowed us to upload images to Instagram timeline legally. But the app didn’t allow browsing our Instagram Timeline or like/comment..
But at last, Nokia announced in Nokia World 2013 that the official app is finally coming to WP store. But they didn’t give any timeline for its arrival. Today, we got a tweet from Nazwil that the app will launch in the month of December 2013. But then after sometime, Nazwil reported back again with an apology that the app is releasing within a week.
The First tweet:
#Instagram for #WindowsPhone will be released in December! #InstagramWP #InstagramOnLumia pic.twitter.com/3SHmYofy3p— Nawzil (@Nawzil8) November 17, 2013
The second tweet:
I was wrong about #InstagramWP release date. But the good news is it's coming sooner. It's coming in a week! #Instagram #WindowsPhone
— Nawzil (@Nawzil8) November 17, 2013
Well, Its a good new for all WP users. And lets keep our finger crossed.
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