While I understand what you're saying, you're also ultimately wrong; LiveProfile is a messaging platform with a couple of extra features. These features are unnecessary, because they are emulated by existing services (Facebook for status updates, the N900 Contacts app for avatars, extra info). As a result LiveProfile is really just an example of feature creep, and adds unnecessary duplication to the N900 UX. Considering that one would have to convince their friends to migrate to this platform before using it, and considering that the platform has no scope outside that of a mobile messaging tool (compare this to something like Facebook Chat, which can be used in mobile & desktop environments), why should I use LiveProfile? As far as I can tell the only reason I would is for Photo/Video sharing, and they're pretty marginal offerings.