Windows Live Wave 4.

Microsoft have been doing their job recently and here’s a new “preview” of their new Windows Live Wave 4. Supposedly “redesigned, reinvented, re-everything.. LOL. Here’s the video of their new thing. Microsoft here, microsoft there.. blablabla. Oh yea, did I hear the word, iPhone? =P

Among the new features are :

Badges

Show your affiliation with an organization or social cause and have this show up next to your name when it fans out to your friends.

Games

More games in Messenger let you play with your friends, earn achievements and brag about your wins.

Video message

When your friends are offline, leave them a video message, similar to a voicemail but as a quick video that will be waiting for them when they sign in.

Integration of Bing results

Integration of Bing search results makes it easier to add photos and videos from across the web without having to leave the conversation window.

High-definition video chat

Meaningful conversations are enhanced by allowing you to see and hear your friends. The new Messenger now provides high-definition video chat, helping you experience video chats so you can share photos while chatting and see your friends’ reactions in real time and in full screen.

Tabbed conversations

You can manage all your chats in one location so you can juggle multiple conversations in one place rather than having multiple windows popping up.

and many more..

About the High Definition Videocall, we can’t even get smooth videocalls on standard definition here in Malaysia and now HD, oh you have to be joking..

Anyway, there are plenty of “beta” versions up on megaupload/rapidshare if you wanna check it out but I’ll just wait for the official release from Microsoft. We’ll see then whether I’ll have to put my status on “Appear Offline” more often, or rather not.