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Getting ready for Windows Live Mobile July 05, 2006 [MS Smartphone] | By Lutzh Haedrich. Windows Live is coming into your pockets - Microsoft is working on the transfer of the Windows Live services from desktop to Windows Mobile. We show you what it looks like and what it can do for you!  The days of the (good) old MSN Messenger on Windows Mobile devices are nearly over. Since Windows Live has popped up on the desktops around the globe, with an variety of services behind it like Live Messenger, Spaces, Live.com etc., more and more people got addicted by the viral way of communicating new features via the well known invitation system. So it was about time to transfer the fresh look over to Windows Mobile. While the most people still wait for the invitation to the download of Windows Live Mobile client (code name: Windows Mobile 10.7), msmobiles.com is already one step ahead. See our screenshots and read our descriptions of what you can expect from Windows Live Mobile for Smartphone!  The installation of Windows Live Mobile is done in a fiew clicks. A tipp for those who often need to re-install stuff on their smartphone: After the the installation via desktop the CAB file of Windows Live Mobile is available in your PC's Active Sync folder - in my case: "C:\Programme\Microsoft ActiveSync\Windows Live Mobile". Set write protection with the right mouse key to the file "WindowsLive.Smartphone_50_arm.cab" (write protection takes care that the file is not deleted after you install it on your device!), then copy it over to your smartphones storage card and there you have it when ever you need it!  After the successful installation of Windows Live Mobile it first checks your connectivity (1.). Now we take a closer look at the brand new Windows Live Messenger client. It starts (2.) and you can enter your Windows Live account details (3.). You can choose if you want to be signed in as "available", "busy" or even "offline" (4.). Picture 5 shows your messengers contact list just like you know it from your Windows Live desktop client. Doing "a mouse over" on any contact it shows up contact details like nick name, mail alias and user image (6.). You can start an conversation by clicking any contact. The contact's image is shown on the bottom (7. + 9.), you also see your active conversations there. As you can see on image 8 Windows Live messenger mobile now also supports smileys. You can choose smileys from the list of symbols you get by pressing the #-key or you type them in manually ;-). By the way: Windows Live Messenger Mobile now also supports the "Rrring!"-feature. People can send you Rrrings! and your device responds vibrating...  Now we'll check the other Windows Live Mobile features. After signing in you see your Windows Live contacts list (1. - the same you see in Windows Live Mail, can be messenger contacts as well as Live Mail contacts). The "mouse over" shows contact details again, including phone numbers, direct link to the user's Windows Live Spaces, user image and so on (2.). Image 3 shows your Windows Live Mobile inbox - actually it's your standard inbox enhanced by the Windows Live Mail account. One click to the right send's you to your Live Messenger details (4.). Another click to the right moves us into the news area (5.). Here you find the stuff you have signed up for, so called filters (6.). You can read the stuff under tabs like "News", "Lifestyle", "Sports" and so on. You can also add rss feeds that you would like to see there (7. + 8.). Image 9 shows the Live Search - including local search if available in your market!  The icons of Windows Live Mobile on top of the Qtek 8500's today screen - left icon for Windows Live Mobile, the one next to it for Windows Live Mobile Messenger. So, do I like Windows Live Mobile? Yes, I do. Because it's fresh and has much more features than the good old MSN Messenger in Windows Mobile. One thing is missing (not for me, but for someone I know!): You still can't send hand written notes from Tablet PC's to this version of Windows Live Mobile Messenger. I can live with this, since I don't think that any hand written messange would be readable on an smartphone screen at all... It would be good to see an today screen plug for Windows Live Mobile that shows the status of messenger, mail and news items that have arrived but I am very sure that the guys in Redmond are working on this anyway... By Lutzh  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 10 Comments ]
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