The Pixelpipe Blog

Have you ever wanted to update your status on Facebook or post to Twitter directly from your N900s Instant message client? Now you can with the built in Conversations application on your Nokia N900. In just a few easy steps you can add Pixelpipe as an IM contact and start posting to your favorite blog & status serviced from the built-in Contacts & Conversations applications.

These are the steps we utilized to add Pixelpipe as a buddy to the Google Talk, Jabber or Ovi messaging services, you can use the built-in IM client or a 3rd party application like Pidgin if you prefer. Let’s get started!

1. Open the Contacts application on your N900 and create a new contact called Pixelpipe, you’ll then need to select “add field” and scroll down and select the type of IM service you’re utilizing such as Google Talk or Ovi.

2. In the new service field enter pixelpipe@im.pixelpipe.com as the address and save.

3. Now open the new Pixelpipe contact and select the IM service option from the Contacts or Conversations applications.

4. You now you need to send Pixelpipe a message with your application key so we can bind your IM address to your Pixelpipe account. You can find your Application key and specific instructions at http://pixelpipe.com/tools under the Instant Messaging heading. Note: You’ll need to sign-in to see your application key & the format to send is “verify-application_key“

6. You can now add your favorite mico-blogs and status services from http://pixelpipe.com from the desktop or http://m.pixelpipe.com from your handset and start posting from Nokia Contacts & Conversations on your N900.

7. Enjoy!