* 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 AlertsHeadlines, sports scores, traffic, or just about anything else you want to keep up with