Ratings are high and Yahoo! Messenger users that also have iPhone are eager to get ahold of “Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone.” My war with Yahoo! Messenger just got a bit uglier.

Why do I have a war right now? Because I am a Windows Vista user that used to use Yahoo! Messenger. When Yahoo! Messenger promised a version just for Windows Vista, it was the greatest thing ever for me! Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Preview was way better than the Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 BETA that still glitched way more than the Vista version. Then no more than 6 months, after Yahoo! Messenger for Vista was in the BETA stage, it was pulled away from all Vista users. That is why I have a war. :)

Now I’m sure that Macintosh is smaller than Microsoft yet Yahoo! seems to love Mac more. Better features are in Mac version’s of Yahoo! Messenger compared to the Windows’ version. But my little puny war just got a bit of a steroid boost from this news.

What is my prediction? Yahoo! Messenger can’t pull away this “app” from iPhone users because of a few factors that can or will destroy Yahoo! financially.

Yahoo! and AT&T are buddies. What do I mean by that? AT&T teamed up with Yahoo! to push out versions of software and programs that name both companies. AT&T also sells the iPhone for Mac. Now since AT&T sells the iPhone and Yahoo! is teamed up with AT&T that just makes the perfect wedding and perfect software for each other. Not only that, when you get AT&T’s DSL, they also give you “Internet Explorer for Yahoo!” “Yahoo! Messenger for AT&T” and an antivirus software that Yahoo! ALSO has. Yahoo! scratches AT&T’s back and AT&T scratches Yahoo!’s back.

My prediction, Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone isn’t going to be pulled from iPhone users like Yahoo! Messenger for Vista was for Vista users…

If you are a Vista user, be angry that Yahoo! pulled out a version that was compatible to YOUR computer. Share the love, show what you got to say in a comment below or comment on Yahoo! Messenger’s blog here.