Windows Live Messenger comes to Nokia Messaging service

21 Nov
2009

Is this good news or what? Nokia has added Windows Live Messenger support for Nokia users via Nokia Messaging service. It took the Finnish mobile maker a long time do so, but finally they have done it. Now, Nokia users can access the world’s most popular instant messaging service via Nokia Messaging IM application.

Nokia Messaging offers a desktop-like IM experience on your Nokia device. You can stay in contact with your friends across multiple communities, easily switch between and save conversations and login invisibly.

This is how it was announced in a Nokia Press bulletin

The world’s most popular instant messaging service, Windows Live™ Messenger, is now available via Nokia Messaging. Accessible through the Nokia Messaging Chat application, people worldwide can have multiple conversations simultaneously, change their status and personal messages, and manage their Windows Live buddy lists straight from their homescreen.

Windows Live Messenger for Nokia Messaging features

Windows Live Messenger brings various features which includes a few from the desktop version as well. Features are:

Tabbed chat windows.
Call directly from the buddy list.
Notification of new messages, when the application is running in the background.
Invisible Login (Remain sign-in but appear invisible to your contacts).
Grouped contacts.
Emoticons.
Sound.
Save conversations to remember your chat sessions.

Nokia E72 is the first handset that brings native support for Windows Live Messenger. Users owning Nokia E63, Nokia E71 and Nokia E75, can get this service by downloading Nokia Messaging IM from Ovi Store.