IM Buddy is the first Yahoo Messenger chat client for WP7 and the IM Buddy uses published SDKs to talk directly to Yahoo’s server without any intermediate platform. The application allows you to login with your Yahoo ID and connect and chat with your friends from your phone.

Features at a glance:

• Allow Connect on Start (AutoLogin)
• Allowing viewing of offline contacts
• Receive and display offline messages after signing back in
• Display of online contacts image in contact window
• Display of contact image in chat window
• Option to Logoff on Close (instead of appearing online)
• Toast-like notifications
• Allow user to change presence status
• Autocomplete/word correction enabled
• Use chat keyboard to utilize smileys shortcut
• Message timestamps (grouped to save screen space)
• Allow user to send a BUZZ