I was wondering the same thing myself. I have been dealing with the connection problem since the 18th of June on my N810 and 4 other machines. This problem is not just pidgin specific even though the new version fixes this issue. It affects any non-official clients except for the new version of pidgin. My first post on this issue:

http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/in...2&#entry272192

Anyway, I run Archlinux on the desktop and the current version of pidgin fixes these issues but I use Centerim on that machine. I think I will look and see if there is a version of the new pidgin release that I can compile for the N810.

Thanks