how are the MSN protocol plugins for conversations app flawed ? (I don't really use "MSN", the plugins work really well for connecting with the people who refuse to see the light of sane and open protocols like Jabber [GTalk is actually Jabber]).

My main problem with MSN as a whole is that the procol is very data hungry which makes it power-hungry as well (If I keep only Jabber accounts [2] online vs Jabber plus MSN I get significantly longer battery life).

The plugins are available in the default repo, as for using only "official" apps, definitely wrong platform...

Edit: just a note I use Adium on my desktop/laptop (again it has more than enough of MSN support for my humble needs).

Edit2: Someone might make "official" (as in OVI-repo, probably paid-for since the OVI QA costs money) MSN client but I doubt it since the free alternatives available directly in the enabled-by-default extras repo are enough for almost everyone. (OTOH I've come to understand that all kind of inane crap for the iPhone sells like the proverbial hot cakes so maybe I just don't have any business-sense)