MSN Instant Messenger on Mobiles

Microsoft Corporation will expand the availability of its corporate instant messaging software to mobile devices and cell phones, the world’s largest software maker said on Monday. Microsoft said it would also partner with Blackberry maker, Research In Motion so that users of the popular wireless e-mail devices can send and receive instant messages as well.

Such products are aimed at office workers who need to send instant text messages without having to sit in front of a desktop or a notebook personal computer, but also want the ability to keep such communications secure and available for later retrieval.

..The software can track whether users are online and allow them to swap text messages between phones or between a cell phone and a PC. Microsoft’s MSN Internet division offers a separate instant messenger for consumers using Windows Mobile based devices.

MSN messenger on mobiles soon
Rediff