Well now that TA (Team Arena) has confirmed that the N-Gage will not support the N73 and N93 this means the users who have these devices, and are currently waiting for N-Gage to become available, will now have to upgrade to a newer more advanced handset.

However if this was announced a year ago this would have been even worse news then than it is now, mostly because the other devices, such as the N95 and the N81 were still heavily priced and were harder to get hold of in certain countries but now there is a variety of different devices to choose from including newer Xpressmusic edition phones.

This also means that people caught playing N-Gage games on N73’s and N93’s will most likely get banned from the N-Gage Arena as this would mean they have a modded application (or device) which of course is illegal.

Anyway if you want to check out the full statement from Redrum you can read it here.

The Nokia Beta Labs really stand for funny, useful and inoviate applications. Now they introduced Nokia Magnifier. It uses your phone camera as a magnifier to improve the readability of fine prints such as billings or bookpages. Nokia Magnifier has a built in stabilizer to reduce the effects of a shaky hand and negative filter enabling users to switch from light to dark backgrounds improving readability. By using the existing camera technology, users can also snap a picture of the enhanced image for later reference. Of course this application is free for download. However, it doesn’t work on the new S60 Feature Pack 2 devices devices but only on devices like the N95, N82 or the E90.

I am a user of Nokia mobile-phones for several years by now. Actually I had many problems with the build-quality and other issues of all the phones by Nokia I have used. Unfortunately the time has gone by and not much except the features has changed. So I decided to write a post about all the issues I am „enjoying” with the company Nokia.

1.) The build quality

We all know that many Nokia mobile phones have issues with the build quality. Some very significant issues are the wobbly slider of the N95, the internal keyboard of the E90 that touches the huge internal screen and the chrome of the N76 which is peeling off.

2.) Bugs & Firmware updates

Some of the newer models, e.g. the N96, are having many problems with the software. Thus Nokia is releasing firmware updates to improve the general stability of a device but also to fix those bugs. If you don’t want to use a phone full of bugs you need to update your firmware. With a fast internet connection this shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes. The update itself isn’t the problem as you can see, but if you’re updating your phones’ firmware all the userdata and applications on the internal memory will be deleted, which means that you have to reinstall all the applications, setup the device as if it was taken out of the box for the first time, and finally all your messages and so on will be deleted for ever.

3.) Nokia’s service

Since most of the users don’t want buggy, ugly or wobbly phones they’re bringing them to a Nokia Service Center or back where they’ve bought them. There are reports that users have been waiting on their fixed phones to come back for over two months. I also experienced this long waiting-time with my N95-1, I waited three weeks for it to come back.

4.) User experience

Doing everything manually (update your applications, sync your contacts with your memorycard, etc.) can be very annoying after some time. There’s not much eye-candy and so the whole device seems to be made without any „love”.

Suggestions for Nokia on how to make all the things better:

1.) The build quality

The only thing I can say on this topic is: Make better tests with your phones, not only if they can stand crashes, but also if the slider is shaking, if light shines through the gaps or if the chrome peels off after some time.

2.) Bugs & Firmware updates

Look at Apple’s iPhone and you know how firmware updates should be. Installing the update without losing any personal data is the point. The users don’t want to install everything again when they’re updating the firmware.

What about a programme like iTunes? It synchronizes everything with the phone by just one click. All the data is back-uped by just connecting your phone to the computer, loss of important data is almost impossible with this method.

3.) Nokia’s service

Service shouldn’t take much time. This is the service I would like to see at Nokia (this is no dream, other companies can do it. So why should Nokia can’t do it?): 1. Report your problem on a website > 2. Wait until a Nokia employee has checked your problem and decided what to do > 3. get packaging material from Nokia > 4. send the device back to Nokia > 5. Get a new device within 3 workdays.

This is possible! Apple’s support showed it to me when I had problems with my iPod. So come on Nokia, you also can do it!

4.) User experience

As I said in point 2.) before, look at the iPhone. If there are updates available for applications there should be a little information window which says: „New versions of AB and XY are available. Do you want to update?”.As also said before, develop an application like iTunes which does everything you want to do with just one click. Last but not least, build more eye-candy into your Symbian S60 OS.

As you maybe noticed there are many suggestions to copy the simplicity of Apple’s products, but this is not because I’m a Apple-fanboy, I just think that the user experience that comes with their products is the best of all manufacturers.

*#06# displays the IMEI – the serial number – of your phone. On the box of your device there should be the same number on the little sticker on one side of the box.

*#0000# displays the firmware and its date. Additionally there is the type (e.g. RM-159) and the name of your phone. This menu also gives you, if you own a N96, 5800, N85 and some other devices, the chance to update your firmware over the air.

*#92702689# (*#war_anty) displays the “warranty-menu” of your phone. Actually, in S60 it shows the time you spent on calls already.

*#2820# (*#bta_#) displays the bluetooth-address of your device. Every device has another bluetooth-address (works just if it has Bluetooth!).

*#62209526# (*#mac_wlan#) displays the MAC-address of your phone (works just if it has Wireless Lan!).

By pressing 0 (zero) for three seconds on the home-screen you easily can open the web browser.

By pressing the Menu/Home key for three seconds you open the task manager, which shows all opened applications.

Holding # for three seconds on the home screen you change the active profile to silent or back.

In the File manager, Photos application or Gallery you can sent your files really easily by pressing the green-answer key. Once you done that a lists pops up and you can decide whether you want to sent the file via e-mail, Bluetooth, upload it to a service or sent it as a message .

NOTE: The following codes can RESET your phone to the factory settings, all data on it will be deleted!

*#7780# (*#rst_#) does a soft-reset to your phone.

*#7370# (*#res_#) does a hard-reset to your phone.

Actually it could be, that we forgot a code or you now one that we don’t have here. If so, please leave a comment.

Nokia warns that some of the BP-6M batteries are faulty. The issue is that they grow and get bigger (actually up to several times of their original size!).
If you own a Nokia 3250 XpressMusic, Nokia 6151, Nokia 6233, Nokia 6234, Nokia 6280, Nokia 6288, Nokia 9300, Nokia 9300i, Nokia N73 or Nokia N77 and your batterie is growing you better should go to the next Nokia Service Center where you get a new battery for free.

Source: SF

A few weeks ago we reported about Nokia’s new application Nokia Chat. Now this application is available for non FP1 or FP2 phones with S60 3rd Edition (like the N73, N80, N93, E65 or the E61). This new version works almost the same like the version for FP1 & FP2 phones but some things aren’t included, so e.g. to use the location feature you will need to have a bluetooth GPS.

You can find the application here.

Nokia Email is an application which automatically pushes your email from your IMAP or POP email account straight to your Nokia S60 device. According to the official website following devices are supported: the E51, E61, E61i, E65, E66, E71, E90, N73, N80, N81 8GB and the N95. However, yet I don’t know whether the N82, N95 8GB and so on are also supported. Anyway, although it’s just in beta phase you should give Nokia Email a chance, especially since it’s for free. Jump over to sign up.

As you maybe know, Nokia announced a bunch of devices at the Mobile World Congress this year. One of them, the N78, is according to Nokia the new N73 successor. The N73 was or is one of the most sold Nokia devices although it was never a flagship. However, there is just another device which could be the perfect successor. I’m talking about the Nokia 6220 Classic. I want to find out which device earns to be called the real N73 successor:

First off, what does the next N73 need? Of course a good camera, good, a special design, good keys and a reason why the average user would buy it.

Camera:

In terms of camera the N78 offers a 3.2 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and autofocus, just like the N73 does. More over, you can geo-tag your pictures using the built in GPS. This means that the location the picture was taken is saved in the picture’s file. The 6220, however, features a 5 megapixel camera also with autofocus, a pretty bright Xenon flash we all know from the N82 and a Carl Zeiss lens as well. Either than that it has just the same camera functions as the N78 (including geo-tagging). Unfortunately, N78’s lens is unprotected whereby 6220 has a great camera shutter.

Winner: 6220

Form factor:

Both, the 6220 and N78 are pretty handy. The N78’s dimensions are 113 x 49 x 15.1 mm and has a weight of 101.8 g. The 6220’s size is 108 x 47 x 15 mm and its weight is 90g. It’s clear that the 6220 is ways smaller and lighter than the N78. But both devices feels great in your hand and are pretty handy. This is a aspect which is really important for the average user.

Winner: Both

Design:
Well, design depends on the point of view but nevertheless you can see clear differences between both phones. The N78 is rather timeless and at the same time pretty stylish. So, it’s perfect for every age, whether for teenagers or the busy business man. Honestly I can’t describe 6220’s design. It’s neither timeless nor has it a clear design but nevertheless it’s kind of fresh. I think, the average user would choose the N78.

Winner: N78

Keys:

A pretty important thing for the average user are the keys. As you can see from the picture, the 6220 has big keys whereby the N78 has really small and thin keys which need some time to be used properly.

Winner: 6220

N78’s special feature:

The N78 offers a build in FM-transmitter which allows to transmit your music to your FM radio, for example in your car. This is pretty nifty and useful.

6220’s special feature:

Like the N82 or the N95 also the 6220 offers the TV-out function which allows to connect a TV-set with your 6220 and display everything on the large TV. This is especially useful when showing videos or pictures on a large TV.

Other important things

The N78 offers a 2.4” screen and due to WiFI fa fast Internet connection. Unfortunately, the 6220 has just a 2.2” screen and no WiFi. However if you love recording videos with your device you should choose the 6220 since it records videos with VGA quality and 30 frames per second.

Verdict:

Who is the real N73 successor? This is a question you have to decide on your own. Both devices offers a huge amount of features. However, if you need a powerful camera and video replacement you’ll totally love the 6220. The N78 however, allows fast internet thanks to WiFi and offers a bigger screen plus an built in FM-Transmitter. What do you think? Tell me your opinion.

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After the update for the E90 a few days ago the very popular Nseries-phone N73 just got another update. The new firmware is v4.0812.4.x and you can update your N73 via the Nokia Software Updater.

The changes are:

• Support for mobile TV (using the SU-33W)
• Support for Express Mail clients
• Updates and improvements to Nokia Maps
• Improved JAVA-support

Source: All About Symbian

Finally, the N-Gage service is now available for the N95 8GB, N95, N81, N81 8GB and for the N82.  More devices like the N73 and N93i will follow soon.  Jump over to download N-Gage and to start playing.

Source: Allaboutsymbian

You all know the procedure of signing unsigned apps. Everytime you get a new unsigned application you have to sign it by yourself and this is very annoying.

But now it seems that S60 3rd has been hacked:

1. How to: Make the application “free”
2. How to: Install the application

Very brief, but this news are worth a post.

To get all the power out of your N95 8GB, you need applications. Without any applications on your Nseries device it´s only a mobile phone with office and multimedia abilities. But if you want a real Multimedia Computer, that you can carry around with you in your pocket, you need to have applications on it.

Today I´ve made list with my personal top-ten, must-have applications for the Nokia N95 8GB:

1. Opera Mini

2. X-plore

3. Handy Taskman

4. Screenshot

5. rotateMe 2.0

6. Office Suite

7. Nokia Sports Tracker

8. Nokia Internet Radio

9. Nokia Maps 2.0

10. Mr. Lock

(*click on the screenshots to download)

Most of the applications are freeware, but you also have to pay for some. If you miss an application, then leave a comment and tell me why I should add it to my top ten applications. If you can’t get enough from 3rd party application you should jump over to ‘‘Freeware Downloads‘‘ where you can find a lot more applications

Of course you can use these applications on every S60 3rd phone.

You are annoyed of your phone because it has a simlock or is from a provider, so that you can´t update your firmware as soon as the update comes out?

So, in this tutorial I will show you how to change your product code. If you change your provider-product code to a free product code you have a branding-free mobile phone.

At first I want to say, that you shouldn´t change it if you have no knowledge of your device. Only change it if you know what you are doing!

If you make something wrong, you could damage your phone and if you have changed the Product Code you won´t have warranty anymore. So first think exactly about what you´re doing.

!!!IMPORTANT: Don´t make a backup over the integrated backup-function of your phone before changing the PC (Product Code), because after that nothing will work anymore.!!!

For every phone there are different PC´s. You can find them in the internet via google, here is a list of some product codes.

Here an important list of the included languages in the different PC´s:

EURO1: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
EURO2: English, French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian
EURO3: English, Czech, Slovakian, German, Polish, Hungarian
SCANDINAVIA: English, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish
BALTIC: English, German, Estonian, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian
RUSSIA: English, German, Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian
BALKANS: English, German, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Greek
ARABIC: English, Arabic, French, Farsi, Urdu
HEBREW: English, Hebrew, Arabian, Russian, Romanian, Spanish
AFRICA: English, Portuguese, German, Italian, French

Let´s start with changing your Product Code… (*click on the screenshots to enlarge them)

1. Download Nemesis Service Suite here.

2. Now install NSS on your computer.

3. You have installed NSS succesfully on your computer? Okay, let´s start with changing your PC.

4. Start NSS, then plug your device into the computer and choose “PC Suite”. Now click on “scan for new device” in the top right corner of NSS.

5. Now NSS should have found your device.

6. Click on “Phone Info”

7. Enter the PC you want on your phone, then mark “Enabled” and click on “Write”.

8. Now you have changed the PC of your phone and you can close NSS.

As you can see it is very easy to change your phones Product Code.

If there are any problems leave a comment.

MobiTubia, the YouTube Client developed by Sittiphol Phanvalai, just hits version 1.76 build 4. The freeware application can be downloaded here.

Changes:

- Fixed: “Video Not Found” error
- Change Splash Screen Image
- Reduce SIS file size to 175 KB

Finally, MobiTubia is available for the public. After a long trial period, everybody with a suitable phone can download MobiTubia, a great YouTube client. I’ve already took a brief look at MobiTubia and I have to say that it’s a kick ass application.

Now you can use the power of your Nokia S60 device to stream videos live to the internet. Qik is using the capabilities of an N95 (fast Wi-Fi connection and VGA video quality) to stream videos live or with some delay to your own Qik site.

First of all you have to sign up over at Qik. In my case the whole registration took more than 1 day because I received the final text message one or even two days after I received the first text message. Anyway, after you have set up everything you can start to stream your videos straight from your phone. I’ve tested it with my N95 and it works great.

Blogging is nowadays pretty popular – everybody is blogging about everything. Since I’m blogging for Xonio and have to study a lot, I’ve just little sparetime, therefor I’m writing more and more articles on my phone. I don’t post them directly from the phone but I create them on my phone. Here are 3 things, making mobile blogging pretty handy and convenient. By the way, this post was written on an N95 8GB

1. SU-8W

The Nokia SU-8W is a handy but nevertheless a great gadget. Connected to your Nokia smartphone you can write articles just like you’re used it from your computer keyboard at home. Furthermore it’s not only for blogging butfor emailing and other text messages.

2. DT-22

If you’re filming a lot with your phone, for example unboxing videos, interviews, previews or podcasts, you should take a look at the Nokia DT-22 Tripod. It’s the perfect accessory for almost all camera phones and also for normal cameras.

3. Software:
Before you can start writing and publish an article, you need an application you can write with. You have two ways – posting directly from your phone or create it on your phone and post it from your computer.

Write on the phone and post on the computer:

The pre-installed Quick Office version doesn’t allow you to edit or create a file ( Nseries). Therefore you need to upgrade it or to look for another program. I’m using Office Suite which is a great replacement.

Write and publish straight from your phone:

For writing and publishing articles straight from your device you need a client that is suitable for your blog provider. I’ve found for Typepad blogger and Wordpress blogger a suitable application.

I found a very cool freeware application called MemCheck, it is a nice alternative to other programs that shows you the free memory and RAM.

It shows you RAM, Free/Max volume of C:\ and E:\

Note that you have to sign it by yourself because it´s unsigned.

Source: dailymobile

Stefan has brought us a pretty cool news. After YouTube clients like MobiTubia and emTube just another client enter the community. YouTube just realeast its own YouTube client for every phone. I tested it on my N95 and it works fine.

Source: Intomobile 

Let´s start…

Works on all S60 3rd devices except those with built-in memory like N95 8GB or N81 8GB!

1. You need: A Nokia S60 3rd device, something to write, a cardreader or USB-cable and of course your computer.

2. At first download a explorer like Y-Browser or similar and install it on your device.

3. Then start your explorer and go to Z:/resource/Fonts

4. Now you need something to write. Write down exactly the names of all the fonts in this folder (nohindisnr60, S60ZDIGI, …)

5. Choose the font that you want on your device. It should be a *.ttf file. You can download fonts e.g. here. You can also take a file from your computer, if you use windows they´re all in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts

6. Make a new folder called “Fonts”, and copy the font you´ve chosen in this folder. Paste it as many times as you need it and rename it exactly like the names you´ve written down before (nohindisnr60, …)

7. Take out your memorycard or connect your device to the computer and choose data transfer.

8. Go to your memory card (E:\) and create a new folder called resource if it isn´t there yet.

9. Now copy the folder “Fonts” you´ve made before and paste it into the resource folder on your memory card.

10. Switch off your phone and put in your memorycard. Now turn on your phone again.

11. Congratulations, you changed the font on your device!

To reset the font, just turn off your phone, take out the memorycard and delete the folder “Fonts” on it. Put it in again and restart the phone.

!!!VERY IMPORTANT: Do NOT change the fonts on your phonememory (C:\), only on your memorycard (E:\)!!!

If there are any questions leave a comment.

We have already reported about a blogging solution for Wordpress blogger- Wavelog. Now I’ve found a other solution which allows also TypePad blogger post content to their blog. It runs on S60 3rd Edition, Windows Mobile 5, Palm OS, S60 1st and 2nd Edition devices. You can post pictures and also text. Unfortunately I can’t test the software due to I don’t have any TypePad blog. However, if you’re a Typepad blogger you should test this freeware application. Visit the developer’s blog to read more about it

For 3rd Edition

Wavelog is a Wordpress client which allows you to post your content from your phone to your blog. So you can post text, image, audio or video to yout blog. Wavelog isn’t avalable yet. However, visit the developer’s site after 14 January 2008 to get a free trail version. I’m looking forward to get my hands on this software, because my Blog is running obviously on Wordpress.com. Stay tunded to read more about Wavelog.

”Wavelog settings

In the “Post to URL” box enter the Internet address of the XML-RPC server of the blog you
wish to post to (also known as XML-RPC endpoint). For WordPress.com hosted blog the
address will look like this:
http://->YourBlognameGoesHere<-.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php
For blogs hosted elsewhere, if you login to your blog on address like this:
https://www.example.com/wordpress/login.php
then the address of the XML-RPC server will be:
https://www.example.com/wordpress/xmlrpc.php
Important: Do not forget https in the Internet address if the blog supports SSL transport
layer security!
In the Username and Password fields enter the credentials of the user account that has
sufficient rights to post to the blog. For user account details, please refer to the
documentation of the blog publishing platform.

Settings could be saved only with licensed application.

Post structure

Every post is organized as a table where each cell may contain different content type (text, images,
audio files or videos).

Posting images

To facilitate selecting images for posting, Wavelog displays image thumbnails together with file name and file size.

This feature is not available in free trial.”

Source: Telewaving

Nseries devices have become little computers. There are almost no things, you can’t do with an Nseries device. Therefore I’ve tested them, just like others test their computers. I have downloaded SPmark for Symbian OS v9, installed it and turned the devices off. After 10 minutes I turned them on ( N95, N82, N81 8GB, N95 8GB and N73ME) and started the benchmark. Here are the results of each device(screenshot). Besides the screenshot and the device name, you can see the best score, I ever scored with this device, for exaple N95 ( 6881).

N82 (6593)N95 (6881) N95 8GB (6542) N81 8GB (1040)N73ME

I think all of you know the problem of losing all applications after updating the firmware. You have to install each application once again which takes a long time. However, now Vaibhav over at The Symbian Blog, has found a great freeware application called InstFast. It reinstalls the applications after a firmware update. Therefore you have to place the sis, sisx and jar files in a folder and InstFast will install them. However, you have to sign the application with your developer certificate before installation. Unfortunately you have to change your phone´s date back to a point before 31.12.07, otherwise the application won´t work.

Source: The Symbian Blog

Left: P1i right: N73ME

Verdict:
You can see, that the Carl Zeiss lens causes much more better pictures. N73ME’s pictures are much brighter although I’m haven’t used the flash. However, the pictures taken with the P1 aren’t bad at all.

Nokia Multimedia Transfer 1.2 Beta for Mac is now available for free download.

What’s new:
* Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is now supported
* Improved Nokia Device Browser with folder view
* Ability to customise the transcoding of files in iTunes and iPhoto transfers
* Performance of iTunes and iPhoto transfers with a large number of files has been improved
* Many bug fixes and minor improvements

Yes, there is one – Txt2Lock!

What is Txt2Lock?

Txt2Lock is a new innovative security application for your Mobile Phone. For £7 Txt2Lock puts you in control of your handset removing any worry and concern about your phone bill, data and privacy as a result of loss or theft. Txt2Lock will also work in any country and on any Mobile Network protecting you wherever you may be. Txt2Lock works on near every Nokia S60 phone. Check if your mobile is also supported and jump over to the developer site to buy this great application.

How it works:

After you bought Txt2Lock and installed it on your phone, you can see the Txt2Lock icon in the menu. Now you have to enter your activation code and your 6 digit PIN1. This PIN1 is really important and I advise you to note this PIN1 somewhere (not in the phone).

The program itself offers you just one real option. Changing the lock status to off ensures you that one can’t make calls, write SMS or go to the Internet. However, if your phone is stolen or you don’t know where to find it you have two possibilities – Lite Lock or Max Lock. Lite Lock encrypts your memory card and locks all outgoing activity. Max Lock disable the screen and bar all activity on the handset.

Lite Lock:
To activate a Litelock, text your personal secret 6 digit PIN1 plus *1 to your handset. For example 123456*1

Once the SMS is received your handset is locked for all outgoing activity and your memory card is also encrypted.

There’s no warning or alerton the handset that a Litelock has been activated.
To unlock Litelock, open the application, enter your personal secret 6 digit PIN1, scroll right to settings and change lock status to off.

Max Lock:
To activate a Maxlock, text your personal secret 6 digit PIN1 plus *2 to your handset. For example 123456*2

Once your handset receives the text your handset is completely locked and can’t be used for anything.

This is evident by the Txt2lock logo( picture above) on the screen.

To unlock Maxlock press the red key, than the left soft key, enter your personal secret 6 digit PIN and finally just press the right soft key. Now your handset is restored and you can use is normally.

Verdict:
Txt2Lock is a great application which offers you a high security standard for you, your phone bill and also your personal data. It’s really easy to manage and works fine with my N95. There is no chance to fool the lock and even when you pull out the battery and start the phone again, the phone’s still locked. If you buy Txt2Lock you have credits for 5 free SMS which is really neat due to you can check out if the software really works and you don’t have to spent money for test SMS.

Opera has launched a new version of Opera Mini. Opera Mini Beta 3 is totally free. Just point your browser to : mini.opera.com/beta

Changes since Opera Mini 4 beta 2

• Added Link support
• Added Speed Dials
• Added RSS feed support
• Added shortcut *+0 for feeds
• Added shortcuts for speed dials (*+[speed dial number])
• Added function to ask the transcoders for the title and favicon of a new bookmark or speed dial
• Stylus devices can now scroll shortcut help overlays
• Changed “Fit to width” to “Mobile view”
• Changed “Autozoom” to “Show overview”
• Low, medium and high image quality setting
• Images fit better to the screen (no panning)
• Improved BiDi support
• Page position and scaling is now preserved after reload of page
• Stylus devices without pointer motion events should be able to scroll anyway, just not in realtime
• Faked transcoding progress when using feeds
• Show numbers in ordered lists
• Improved stylesheet handling
• Focus highlight now looks inactive when loading
• New and improved server side cookie handling

Source: Dailymobile

Two weeks ago Nokia Beta Labs launched a really cool software called Device Status (here more information). However, now  they launched also the sis version for users without Windows based PCs. Jump over to download the exe or the sis.

Source:  blogs.s60.com

Slick is a messenger application for S60 3rd edition, S60, UIQ 3.0 and UIQ devices. It allows you to chat with your friends connected though various online messaging applications.
Currently it is still in development, and alpha version is available for free for public testing.

Features:

• Supported protocols:
  ICQ, Yahoo, AIM, MSN
• Text messaging
• Emoticons
• Alerts – sound, backlight, vibration, notify window displaying number of new messages
• Group and buddy management (add, delete, rename)
• Message history
• Downloading files sent as links
• More features to be added

However, in the moment I prefer Windows Live Messenger (MSN Client) because with the Windowns Live Messenger you can change your appearance like your name or your personal message. Besides you can sent files via Windows Live Messenger but I think that in the final version will this and a lot other usefull features be added.