Here’s how you can make WLM emoticons, no photoshop needed, but you do have to find gifs.

This will teach you two ways, if you want a more customized emoticon, follow the Hard Way. No Photoshop Needed!

Creating Emoticons [Easy Way]

1. Find an Animated Gif. You can search on Google for some.

2. Save the Gif file.

3. Open Windows Live Messenger

4. Click the Drop Down (Show Menu) Next to Minimize, Maximize, and Close

5. Click on Tools > Emoticons > Create

6. Find the Gif You just Saved

7. Fill out the name and text and your done.

Creating Customized Emoticons [Hard Way]

This is if you want a certain part of the emoticon to show up, like a face, or some part, so it appears much clearer.

1. Find an Animated Gif. You can search on Google for some.

2. Save the Gif file.

3. Upload the Gif to tinypic, photobucket, or another image hosting site. Save the Direct Link because you will need it.

4. Go to SmileyGenerator.

OK now here is what’s going to happen. Depending on the animated GIF file you have, you need to make the gif much smaller than it was before. The best tools are the resize and the crop tool. It can take a bunch of tries to get it right, but if you use the alternate crop tool, you will have no problem getting what you want.

4. Click on Alternate Crop Tool

5. Use the boxes to crop the image, you want to make it sort of small so that it will fit in Windows Live Messenger.

6. After you do that press Crop. A Popup Window should pop up, make sure you allow it the popup to open or you will not be able to save your cropped image.

7. Save that picture to your computer.

8. Open Windows Live Messenger, click Show Menu > Tools > Emoticons > Create.

9. Open your Cropped Gif, and your done!

Verizon users read up! We finally have a site that allows us the freedom to use AIM, MSN, Gtalk, and Skype. It works perfectly on LGVX8300, just don’t try to edit your groups or you’ll get that insufficient memory crap. 

How to Get AIM on your Cellphone for Free

Nimbuzz uses the WAP protocol so no text messages are needed and there is no need to download any applications. Now AT&T, Cingular,  and T-Mobile users don’t really need to worry about this because they have applications already but if your still curious, here’s a list of how to access AIM, MSN, etc on your cellphone depending on your carrier.

Verizon Users

Verizon users need to have  both America’s Choice Basic + VCast Vpack. If you have America’s Choice Select, or America’s Choice Premium, there is no need to read on. Select and Premium plans have unlimited Text Messages and you can use AIM from Get It NoW! for Free.

1. Open Verizon Wireless Mobile Web

2. Press Menu

3. Press Go to URL

4. Type Url: web.nimbuzz.com

5. Register and Login

6. Click Settings

7. Click Communities

8. Choose your Community and enter Login Information!

T-Mobile Users

T-mobile Users, can either use AIM from their cellphone’s desktop or use T-Mobile branded AIM through T-zones. If you have unlimited text messages you do not need to use Tzones Aim as it is much slower and painful to use. If you have unlimited T-Zones you can also MSN Method

For AIM

1. Press Tzones

2. Type AIM in Search Box

3. Press AIM and Sign In!

For MSN

1. Go to http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/getstarted/mobile/

2. Enter your Cellphone

3. Send Link to Download Java App

AT&T iPhone Users

Its odd how iPhone users get the least crippled software on their phones. iPhone users have a variety of choices to use but the most popular one right now is TinyBuddy, it works only for iPhone.

1. Click Safari

2. Type URL: http://x.aim.com/ty/

3.  Sign in!

The Alternatives

Ebuddy and E-Messenger are the only major alternatives for Wap aim.