Windows Live Messenger 8.0

PC-to-PC Calling

Speak your mind: Have a high-quality voice conversation using PC-to-PC Calling. Free.*

Telephone calling, too

Start making calls within minutes to mobile and landline phones across the county or around the world.
(You’ll need to sign up for service with Verizon, but it’s super easy).

Even better video conversations

Those old science fiction movies with TV phones?
That's what the new Messenger will give you, only better: live, full-screen (640x480) video.**

Sharing Folders

Drag a file onto a contact’s name. You’ve just created a Sharing Folder.
Now you and your contact can get to all the files in the folder any time, even if one of you is offline.

Text message their phones

See a little mobile icon next to a friend's name?  Just right click to send a text message.†

Your two-way, super-powered address book

With Windows Live Contacts, whenever your contacts update their information, it will also be changed in your Messenger address book.
Instantly. (Your Windows Live Mail address book will be updated, too).

Windows Live™ Alerts

Headlines, sports scores, traffic, or just about anything else you want to keep up with—get pop-up notifications of things as they happen.

Soon: Talk to your Yahoo! friends, too

The world's largest IM network is about to get bigger--and better!  With Windows Live Messenger, soon you'll be able to talk to your friends who use Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.  You'll be able to see when they're online and communicate with them directly from Windows Live Messenger.

*You and the person you call will need to have Messenger installed, and  compatible microphones and speakers or a headset

**You and your contact will need compatible Web cameras, microphones, speakers or a headset, and high speed Internet access

†Recipients may be charged a fee by their mobile provider to receive messages.