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Windows Live Chat on Windows Mobile
By Nick Hodge | October 16, 2007
Imagine: you are out having a pleasant dinner with your parents-in-law. One thing leads to another, and you start playing with your new toy: Windows Mobile 6.0 and my new Palm Treo 750.
Minutes before leaving the house, I had downloaded and installed the Windows Live client for Windows Mobile into my Treo, and had yet to log in to the service.
Over dinner, when the conversation turned to something where I could merely "nod", I un-pocketed by Treo 750 and signed in.
| Appearing on my "Today" screen was my Windows Live login details: |  |
| Ooh, Messenger sign in. Tap here to sign in, let's sign in and see who is online. |  |
| I nod politely |  |
| At 6:10pm on a Friday, Sydney time only my European friends tend to be online. In this instance, Paul Foster fellow enthusiast from the UK is online, so I start up a quick chat.
The Contacts are exactly the same as your desktop and web list. No matter where I am, with my trusty Treo I can chat with them. |
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| Yes, in our chat we refer to each other as "dude" as it sounds cool.
Notice the little "Voice clip" option at the bottom left? By clicking on this, I was able to send a quick "G'day" to Paul. |
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A voice clip? Yes, just like the desktop version of Windows Live Messenger on your PC.
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I demonstrated this to my parents-in-law to show them I was a worthy husband for their daughter. Thankfully, they were impressed.
Oh, and thanks to Paul Foster for his assistance.
Topics: technology, thegeekstories, treo, windowslive |
October 16th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
[...] Windows Live Chat on Windows Mobile [...]
October 17th, 2007 at 10:16 am
[...] not on my laptop, using Windows Live on my Treo, I can chat over the Telstra NextG [...]
October 24th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Do you have a link to download the Mobile Client - couldn't find it !
December 29th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
try http://mobile.live.com/
January 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Did you have any issues getting NextG to work once you upgraded you 750 to WM6? Mine is working OK but will only pick up 3g not NextG after I upgraded.
January 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Graeme; is it a "labelling" thing; not saying "NextG"
I assume it is connected to Telstra as the network OK?