i just figured out why i had trouble logging on to msn. one has to provide a nick name. if one dont, it will just eternally attempt to log on, but not manage to actually log on (the status indicator in the "tray" will flash between available and offline continually).

and up to that point, rtcomm had no trouble running here. but around that time, i started seeing "failed and have been shut down" errors when trying to open a new chat or open a chat window when someone contacted me.

and dumb as i was, i rebooted the device, resulting in a reboot loop...