Owners of Nokia phones will probably be happy to find out that the Finnish giant has developed its own Instant Messaging application, named simply Nokia Chat and aimed at offering a PC-like instant messaging experience on lots of its handsets.
Currently in beta version, Nokia Chat is not just "another IM client" – or at least that's what Nokia says. Besides allowing you to easily chat with your friends from your mobile phone, the new application also comes with Nokia Maps integration. This enables you to see your friends' location as well as share and update your own location status.
Currently in beta version, Nokia Chat is not just "another IM client" – or at least that's what Nokia says. Besides allowing you to easily chat with your friends from your mobile phone, the new application also comes with Nokia Maps integration. This enables you to see your friends' location as well as share and update your own location status.
Just like any PC-based IM client, Nokia Chat lets you add and manage lists of friends, update/change your status, put a cool image as your avatar and so on. Furthermore, you can even add friends who don't use Nokia Chat but have accounts on Google Talk and other XMPP/Jabber-based chat services.
The new software was tested on the following Nokia handsets: N95, N95 8GB, N82, N81, N81 8GB, E51, E66, E71, 6110 Navigator, 6290 and 6120 Classic – hence users should have no problem in running the application on these devices. Nokia E90 Communicator, 5700 XpressMusic, 6121 Classic and 6124 Classic are other four handsets that are very likely to be good friends with the new Nokia Chat. Most probably, after going out of Beta, Nokia Chat will be pre-installed on all of the company's new handsets.
In order to make use of Nokia Chat, you need to have a wireless data plan from your mobile operator plus a Nokia account.
