• Windows Live Messenger goes live

    Posted on June 19, 2006 at 21:46 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Microsoft has just posted the new, improved Windows Live Messenger, and you can download it now.

    It’s a decent enough program, with many interesting features: PC-to-PC calling (much like Skype); PC-to-telephone calling (much like Skype – do you see a pattern here?); SMS text messaging (much like Skpe); live video calls with 640 x 480 screen resolution, if your connection can handle it (twice as big as… oh, you know).

    Unlike Skype, the new Live Messenger also includes Windows Live Alerts which look a whole lot like simple text RSS feeds, to my untrained eye.

    The one feature you won’t get? The long-promised ability to use Windows Live Messenger with Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Of course, Trillian has been interoperating forever – in spite of Microsoft’s, Yahoo’s and AOL’s, uh, co-operation.

    If you and your friends are all committed to MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger represents the next step forward. If you aren’t so easily swayed by cutesy icons and rumbling desktops, try Trillian. And if you want to make a call, for heaven’s sake, get Skype. You’ll even get free calls from the US/Canada to any phone in the US/Canada.

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