Hey geno thanks for this, it seems like a bit of a hassle but I am willing to give it a shot.

Before I do this however I was wondering what sort of battery life do you have if you leave this connected all the time?

I am using 2g gprs and was hoping to get through a full day with msn on light usage (10 minutes of phone calls, 15 minutes of web browsing, 15 minutes of IM chats...)
I've tried pidgin and haze, both of them seem to drain the battery startlingly fast, think this is better?