New Nokia Messaging Beta for IM Now Available for Touch-based Devices

Posted on May 28 2010 - 12:21pm by Jonne Eilimö

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Nokia just released a new beta of the Nokia Messaging for IM.

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.  Highlights include:

  • Chat with your friends on the Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi communities.
  • (new!) Easily change your custom status, avatar (picture) and switch between conversations and communities with just a few taps on touch-based devices.
  • (new!) Preview new messages in the Chat home screen widget.  When signed in to multiple communities, the widget will cycle between them.  You can also change your presence within the widget itself.
  • See your friends’ avatars and set your own using the camera or an image from your gallery (for Windows Live Messenger (new!), Gtalk (new!) and Ovi communities).

The new touch-based beta client is available for the Nokia N97 mini and Nokia 97.  It has not completed a full testing cycle on the Nokia 5800 and Nokia X6 but has passed the early tests – so give it a try.

Read More and Download instructions: Nokia Beta Labs



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Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently he is using a Nokia Lumia 920.