It would seem Kik, everybody’s almost favorite free messaging service — except those on a BlackBerry , perhaps — has added Windows Phone 7 to its list of supported platforms. What’s Kik you ask? Well, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Kik’s an instant messaging app with BBM -like features such as message status which lets you know if your message has been read, received, or if whomever you messaged is typing back. Throw in photo sharing and the fact that it is free, and well, you get the idea. While any mobile messaging app of this sort requires some selling on the part of the early adopters we’d guess by the uptake on both Android and iOS that Kik will quickly become a pretty hot property on the Windows Marketplace . So tell us, are you as hip and cool as Jon and Jessica and “down” with this type of service? Feel free to let us know in the comments below. Windows Phone 7 gets its Kik, too originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink