@jakiman
Actually LiveProfile requires you to create an account with us. Losing your contacts because you lost your phone, traded it in or simply changed network operator makes absolutely no sense to us.

I will keep everyone posted on when an early version is available.

@keflex
I don't feel it's a strawman argument, at all.

Neglecting to think of why people will use your product (instead of XYZ or none) when creating it means there's something really wrong. The goal is to provide a package that integrates nicely with your phone. I don't feel other services or platforms do it right or they're simply not structured for mobile clients.

I also don't think that 99 out of 100 photos or videos should go on Facebook (or any other public location for that matter) because they may be tied to a very specific event and/or time. Especially when you're using your phone to record the media. LiveProfile is for instant communication, what you're doing or seeing right now.

I do understand that Conversations aggregates all of your contacts and whatever platform they're using. Also consider that I didn't say we would never integrate LiveProfile contacts into Conversations. I merely said that it's a very limited view of what we offer and not the goal that we're trying to achieve. There's more to LiveProfile than 'just another messaging client'.

I do see a future where phone platforms will simply join together many messaging clients into their own. This is also why we're trying to integrate our functionality with the phone as much as possible (address book, SMS receiving / sending) while still offering other features like status updates, profile photos and etc, so that our users do more than just chatting with friends. However, I don't believe many other phone platforms will reach that status in the near future (the N900/Maemo was a first).

So, to answer your question, why should you use LiveProfile?
Because it's the only real-time messenger out there with added social features that is mobile focused and works nicely with your phone. It's the fastest way of talking to someone or sharing media with them and getting feedback, regardless of where they are.

Also, I'm more than happy to accept any criticism you or anyone may have. By all means continue, as long as it doesn't consist of 'your app sucks' or the likes because that's not really helpful to anyone. I don't look away when someone says something bad, I look away when someone says something bad with no justification whatsoever.