Press Release Summary = Microsoft has got the new messenger out on the market. New features included in it make it even more useful and enjoyable to use then its previous widely popular version.
Press Release Body = Long awaited and finally here! Microsoft has released out of beta - its Five Messenger. You can download it for free right fro Microsoft: http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
The cool features that were in the MSN Messenger before stay but now there are also naturally some new great features too. These include: · New audio-video functionality designed by Logitech and now supporting fully integrated full screen displays. · VoIP calling to and from regular landline phones · One button access to blog and email · Enhanced files sharing · Nice new look
Microsoft is also planning on making the Live Messenger communicate with the Yahoo Messenger as well.
The new messenger is a part of a suite of over 20 new Microsoft products being gradually released to the market under the label Live. That includes the new mail, search, security, shopping, toolbar and office suite.
In the words of Martin Taylor, corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN at Microsoft: "Windows Live is all about giving consumers the tools and services they need to be in control as they stay connected to the people they care about, on top of the information that is important to them, and better protected across all their online activities,"
The VoIP feature of the new messenger is being provided through Verizon Web Calling and supports both domestic as well as international phone calls. The service is now being supported in local languages and currencies, including customers in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.
\"Now Messenger users have quick, simple access through the Windows Live Messenger toolbar to high quality PC-to-phone voice calling as a benefit of using Verizon Business\'s expansive global network and extensive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.\", said Henrik Liungman, director, Verizon Business.
As for the video in Live Messenger it is on par with that in Skype. There will be also coming to the market webcams, phones and other gear specifically designed to accommodate the new messenger.
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