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Australia’s MSN web site about it’s NINEMSN Hotmail, says from September onwards, NINEMSN will increase their free Hotmail accout inbox to 250 MB, also will be able to send attachments up to 10 MB. In addition, free Hotmail customers will also recieve NINEMSN Calendar, so YAY! MSN Calendar is free again.
The web site is here… http://www.imagine-msn.com/hotmail/en-AU/faq.aspx
mattaussieblokeMemberI got more information about the new MSN Messenger
Microsoft plans to deliver a new version of its popular MSN Messenger client by mid-2005 next year, that will let users create a more customized instant messaging experience, the company says. Aside from the user experience, MSN Messenger also has to bring in more money, Microsoft representatives say. The company has not really tapped the online advertising opportunities in the client, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s MSN Information Services & Merchant Platform division. He addressed the topic at a meeting last week with financial analysts at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
To that goal, some of those new services might involve fees, subscriptions, and other user costs, Mehdi said. For example, the company charges a monthly fee for access to a game IM users can play with their MSN contacts. Microsoft introduced gaming recently in the U.S. and will roll it out internationally in the coming months, according to a Microsoft spokesperson.
Upcoming Features
The next release of MSN Messenger will let users further personalize their messaging experience, Richardson says.
“Customers like to personalize their experience because they see Messenger as an extension of themselves in the online world,” she says.
Microsoft will probably offer avatars in more countries, as well as other personalization options such as the capability to create skins for the Messenger client, Richardson says. Skins are already popular for Microsoft’s Windows Media Player.
Avatars and skins are features MSN Messenger users request, says Pieter Dom, who runs the MSN Messenger enthusiast Web site Mess with MSN Messenger. But users also have more practical requests, such as contact lists that can accommodate more than 150 people, file downloads that can be paused, offline messaging, and automatic MSN Messenger updates, he says.
Richardson said Microsoft is aware of all these requests and is considering them, except for including MSN Messenger in Windows Update part. Messenger users will have to continue downloading updates for the IM client separately from updates for Windows, she says.
“Our customers are not only Windows customers and they are also not only Windows XP customers. That is why we have our own update mechanism in place–we need it,” she says.
News source: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117222,00.asp
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