Nokia Messaging Expands to Social Messaging with the New Beta

The third software service announced at the Nokia World is the new Nokia Messaging with Social Messaging Beta available at the Nokia Betalabs. The new client is the start of what will become the multi-community social networking client, though currently it only supports Facebook.

Some of the highlights of this release are :

Support for the Nokia N97 and Nokia 6700 classic, with more device support coming

Nokia N97 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic already have a dedicated Facebook widget. So if you are wondering what is the difference between this release and the Facebook widget, the Betalabs have already addressed the question with this reply :

The current Facebook experience is a client downloaded onto the phone and accessible through a homescreen widget. The experience is focused on consumption of Facebook community content. The Social Messaging beta will deliver a similar, though more integrated experience for Facebook as well as other social network communities through a single client as service extension of Nokia Messaging with one predictable and low price for email, IM and social messaging activity.

Publication is a core part of the social networking experience. Ovi by Nokia services provide a wealth of content ideal for uploading to social communities. The Ovi lifecasting widget allows consumers to post to their Facebook account directly from the homescreen and works great alongside our other social messaging offerings.

You can catch the features & working of this beta in this video introducing the Social Messaging Beta :

Screenshots

As this is a beta, Installing this client on a device other than the Nokia N97 with firmware version 12.X.024 or higher, or Nokia 6700 classic, will not work.

Download : Nokia Messaging with Social Messaging beta

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