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Windows Live Messenger is now a staple of the scene of instant messaging. It is often called "MSN", as it was formerly known as MSN Messenger. While many customers are on the market uses (Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger ...), they do not have a work for community which seems to be so important. The different services under the brand Windows Live account now has 22 million users.

Behind the protocol is proprietary and closed WLM protocols, which does not preclude alternative that clients can use. Until now, you could use additional services like Meebo, eBuddy on Android. After the success of the application for iOS (1.5 million downloads over the last six months), a formal application will arrive on the Market.

The publisher is responsible for the application on the Windows Marketplace (Windows phone 7). Therefore, we can expect a good quality application this time.

Windows Live Messenger for Android will be in the form of two tabs. The first, called Contacts, look to the client PC, with all your contacts, groups, and their availability and status. You can also set a mood message, and quickly change your avatar. You can also manage your friends, add new block managemts.

The second tab, Conversations which will display all conversations engaged with one or more friends. It is possible to access the Hotmail (via webview). It is also possible to access its list of emoticons. However, all features are not implemented. Conversations audio (VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol) and videoconferencing will be available:

"In this area, we are rather in a partnership approach with operators. We do not want to risk penalizing the user by offering a service that could earn them any nasty surprises on their bill" Said by the marketing manager for mobile services of Microsoft.

It will be the same for file transfer and synchronization with Windows Live services. That will not stop quickly see the arrival of novelties like simultaneous connection to a PC and Android.

The application will be available on Monday on the Android Market. All terminals of Android 1.6 + (and even Android 3.0) will be compatible with this brand. Notice the lightness of the tool, with less than 1 MB to download.