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Thoughts on Yahoo Messenger (for PC and Mobile)

OK, so with Yahoo’s upcoming Messenger 7.5, the company that has an appetite in buying every company under the sun (they just bought del.icio.us, even though they already have their own social bookmarking service……whuh?) is now actually trying to compete with someone other than Google: Skype, the thrilla from Scandinavia that has claimed over 3 million casualties worldwide (OMG, and a video to testify to the mayhem! I’ll show it to you all as soon as I can find the URL). Unfortunately, neither Skype nor the present VoYM can work for me under these conditions, as both I and androgynism found out on Friday.

What exactly to expect from Messenger 7.5?

1. Interoperability with MSN/Windows Live Messenger

2. Net2Phone: the (supposed) Skype-killer.

And probably not much else.

And then I go on a long rant…