While social video application Vine makes its way to the Windows Phone 8 platform, a third-party app is available for users of Microsoft's smartphones in the meantime.
Last week, at the launch of the new Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said Vine would be available on Windows Phone "soon". However, a Betanews report yesterday revealed Windows Phone users would not have to wait for the Instagram rival, which is currently only available on Android and iOS platforms.
"Prolific Windows Phone developer Rudy Huyn has released the third-party Vine client called 6Sec. The new app arrives in store after a lengthy development and testing phase and, right from the get-go, is touted to provide complete functionality."
6Sec is available as a free download from the Windows Phone store, but a cost of $1.49 (about R14.70) applies if users want to upload more than two videos.
Vine, Twitter's social video app offering deep integration with the micro-blogging platform, was launched in January as part of Twitter's media expansion strategy.
The app allows users to share six-second looping videos (with optional sound) - both on the service and within embedded tweets. The videos play directly inside tweets and in expanded tweets within the tweet stream.
Last month, Facebook upped the app rivalry when its photo-sharing app Instagram expanded into video.
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