I think the Nokia response to problems with the OS2008 Instant Messaging Upgrades was fairly "so-la-la". The project started to "go stale" after the Diablo upgrade, with crucial small failures accumulating over the months, and like everything else pre-Fremantle, it has been completely abandoned now.

I'm very sad that there's no official plans to integrate any of these telepathy / pidgin features into Fremantle.

I guess we can always try to get the Empathy client integrated into the Maemo framework. This integration would centre around the address book, the A/V streaming, and the notification system...

EDIT: Hey, it looks like they're already using Nokia technology, in the form of Mission Control, to do the contacts management. Maybe not so hard to make it all work, after all!