We’ve discussed this a few months ago, but now there are some exciting news and even some snapshots available about what it seems the official version: Windows Live Messenger for iPhone.
Neowin is showing us some mobiles of the mobile app that is going to be available from the AppStore in June (possibly a private beta in May). The Live Messenger iPhone app will be part of the new Live Messenger wave, which was actually presented today.
Some of the new features included in the Live Messenger wave 4 we can find:
- Smaller advertisement space within the application.
- Video Messages integration.
- Geo-location for Windows Live pictures.
- Possibility to include your own comments to other person updates.
- New left panel with MSN news + games online.
Take a look to some of the captures from the iPhone App
As always, new versions of most relevant products hit the web earlier than the original plan. And the new version of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger was not an exception: A Chinese blog has some images and the functionalities that will be involved. The most important one: Integration with social networks.
As you can see in the pictures, the wave 4 of MSN Messenger (as they’ve called it) does not have radical differences with the latest version available to the public. But without any 
doubt, the main attraction will be that will integrate directly with Facebook (via Facebook Connect of course); Twitter and WordPress (possibly with a few more networks as well).
Some of the other differences and upgrades available:
- Smaller advertisement space within the application.
- Video Messages integration.
- Geo-location for Windows Live pictures.
- Possibility to include your own comments to other person updates.
- New left panel with MSN news + games online.
Here are some other pics available:
Right next to downloading, music streaming is the next big thing in terms of entertainment on the net. It’s really starting to pick up with many people launching their own private radio stations. While the vast majority are in too small a niche to actually make money, the big companies will.
Spotify are the biggest at the moment. They are the ones to go to for video and music streaming. Recently however, Microsoft announced that it would launch its own music streaming service. This was originally intended for July but has become delayed.
Several other companies are now catching up quickly with streaming services already launched or in the works.
TechCrunch.com contacted Microsoft and this is what they had to say for themselves:
We don’t have much detail to disclose on this subject but what we can share is that, in the coming months, MSN is planning a new music service in Beta via its Music channel in the UK.
“At this stage we won’t be confirming the details behind this but more information will be available soon and will be communicated in due course.”
At any rate, Microsoft had better hop to it if they want to succeed in what it becoming a crowded market. If they let users get too comfortable with one source (as we have see happen in the past with iTunes) then they will not want to move onto any future service provided by Microsoft.
