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Windows Live Messenger for Xbox 360 coming soon but for Windows Mobile 5.0 - never April 09, 2007 [General] | By Edward J. R. While users of Windows Mobile 5.0 will never get Windows Live for Windows Mobile but instead they will have to buy a new phone with Windows Mobile 6, that has Windows Live pre-installed in ROM... owners of Xbox 360 will get Windows Live (Messenger) next month! Once again Microsoft is neglecting Windows Mobile! Interestingly the availability of Windows Live Messenger both for Xbox 360 and Windows Mobile (6 only) will be the only synergy between these 2 Microsoft platforms! Previously Microsoft promised that XNA will offer game development capability for Xbox, PC and (!) Windows Mobile but later on Microsoft dropped XNA for Windows Mobile altogether! Also: Windows Mobile devices still can't be directly connected to Xbox 360. Microsoft totally squanders synergy opportunities... and this whole merger of departments where Xbox and Windows Mobile ended up in one common super-division - Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division - is pure fiction. Information from Microsoft follows. * * * * * Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360, Expanding the Largest Social Network on Television Xbox 360 owners can connect with more than 260 million Windows Live Messenger users on Xbox 360, Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices beginning the week of May 7. Your Xbox LIVE friends list is about to get a whole lot bigger. Microsoft Corp. today announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360, connecting friends across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices. With this update to Xbox 360, friends and families can easily connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts. Beginning the week of May 7, 2007, the Xbox 360 Spring Update will provide Xbox 360 owners worldwide with access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network. Members of the 6 million-strong Xbox LIVE community currently send more than 2 million text and voice messages a day and can now use Windows Live Messenger to text chat with up to six people on their contact list at one time, while playing games, listening to music or watching movies. Text chat adds to the variety of options friends and families already have to communicate with on Xbox LIVE, including voice and video chat. Current relationships on Windows Live Messenger and Xbox LIVE will be unified on Xbox 360 and users will see at a glance if their existing friends on Windows Live Messenger have gamertags, instantly expanding the breadth of connected experiences they can share online. “Bringing the largest IM community in the world, Windows Live Messenger, to Xbox 360 makes sense, as Xbox LIVE has really become the largest social network on television,” said Jerry Johnson, product unit manager of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. “For our growing community of 6 million on Xbox LIVE, using Xbox 360 is a very social, connected experience. They are using Xbox 360 to play games, music and movies while simultaneously communicating with one another through video, voice and text chat. With this announcement we are simultaneously expanding the access of Xbox LIVE users to existing friends and family while introducing Windows Live Messenger users to the benefits of Xbox 360.” To learn more visit original source of this story.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 5 Comments ]
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