Nokia Beta Labs is at it again, this time with a chat application. Not just any run of the mill chat application though, this one incorporates your location into the mix - intertwining with Nokia Maps. It's really quite nice to hear they are trying to converge their base applications into one. A tab with all your online buddies is also shown under your Phonebook so you can instantly start chatting.
To use this application you must first have a Nokia Account which is kind of new. I've already set one up and I'm hoping every account that has to do with Nokia uses this login, including the Ovi and N-gage stuff. This would be just awesome.
Here are the quotes from Nokia on what their goals are with this new S60 appication.
Chat helps you hook up with no hassles by sending your real-time location in an instant message. This unique feature lets your friend pinpoint your position and share her own on Nokia Maps.
Chance meetings with friends are made easy. Pick out your places on Nokia Maps and choose where you want to publish your presence. Chat automatically updates your location status when you arrive at your hangouts.
As well as sharing your location, you can edit your status with what’s going on and stay up-to-the-minute with your friends. Status symbols on Chat show when you’re available, on the phone, or away.
Chat puts quick and easy instant messaging at your fingertips. You can also record and send voice messages to friends, and an alert is shown on your standby screen whenever someone sends you a message.
Check out some screenshots below...
And a video by Nokia...
Right now it's comfirmed working on my Nokia E71. I haven't tested it out any other phones. So far I'm impressed but like all beta applications your going to find some problems. It seems that right now I can't send voice messages or show/recieve locations over gprs or 3g, only Wlan. I'm sure this will be fixed in a future version. Keep in mind this application I think is geared more towards your friends and family who also own S60 devices, rather than random "internet buddies" who you don't really know.
Google Talk and Jabber users are also supported, although no word about Yahoo, AIM, etc.
Click here to read more and download Nokia Chat for your Symbian smartphone.
Make sure you leave your feedback, especially problems, over at that blog. That's the whole point of Nokia releasing early beta applications for us to test out and voice our opinions.
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