Nokia Messaging for IM offers a desktop-like IM experience on your Nokia device. You can stay in contact with your friends across multiple communities at the same time, easily switch between them and customize your status by community. This client is designed for the Nokia Touch Devices. Key features * Chat with your friends on the Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi communities, preview new messages in the Chat homescreen widget, set your own avatar and log in as invisible so you see everyone but they see you as offline. It also notifies you of new messages even when Chat is in the background.
Nokia put this up on Beta Labs this week, a full redesign for the N97 and N97 mini. If youre on a 5800, X6, 5530 or 5230, Beta Labs says testing isnt finished on those yet, so expect it to be more unstable. The client is written in Web Runtime and Nokia is upfront about it: “we’re really proud of the look and feel, but we know we need to do more for the client performance”. Upcoming firmware updates will increase client speed, they say.
Theres a demo video on the Beta Labs page, and bug reports go straight to the team there. We’re loading it on our N97 now. Stay tuned.
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