Where is iChat on the iPhone? Is there any instant messaging at all? I instant message with my friends and family all-day, every day on a qwerty phone. That's a dealbreaker for me. Am I missing something or is this a glaring omission on an otherwise amazing iPhone.
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I'm talking about Instant Messaging, not SMS. I use AIM on my phone constantly to chat with people whether they're on their phone or at their computer at home/work.
Not yet but I'm sure it will be coming. Remember Apple can upgrade the software and add things. It's all a matter of what AT&T can support.
They just want people to use SMS and pay 10 cents (or whatever) per message over the limit or fork over an extra $20 bux for unlimited SMS when you're already paying for unlimited data. All that and without even being able to IM anyone on AIM, Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN, etc.
I hope instant messaging comes soon. In the meantime I'll be IMing all day on the sh***y phone I have now.
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At&T can support it. IM traffic is data just like the http, smtp and imap traffic the internet applications on the iphone already support. Other At&T phones support it I'm sure.
They just want people to use SMS and pay 10 cents (or whatever) per message over the limit or fork over an extra $20 bux for unlimited SMS when you're already paying for unlimited data. All that and without even being able to IM anyone on AIM, Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN, etc.
I hope instant messaging comes soon. In the meantime I'll be IMing all day on the sh***y phone I have now.
There are already AIM clients that run through a website (meebo is one I can think of). It will just be a matter of time before someone "optimizes" one for the iPhone screen.
We need "net neutrality" but for cell networks.
Seconded, and thirded.
Now we need a Yahoo Client.
Didn't AOL disclose at the launch of iPhone OS 2.0 that they were working on a free AIM Client for the iPhone?
Now we need a Yahoo Client.
i was about to point that out myself. here's a cnet story on it.
Didn't AOL disclose at the launch of iPhone OS 2.0 that they were working on a free AIM Client for the iPhone?
Now we need a Yahoo Client.
Actually in the most recent iPhone 3G guided tour on Apple's website you can clearly and obviously see a AIM icon on the homepage. I'm quite sure that since they even mentioned IM clients specifically during the keynote that we'll have some IM clients available immediately. Since I have people on multiple services, a mobile version of Adium will be all I need.
Actually in the most recent iPhone 3G guided tour on Apple's website you can clearly and obviously see a AIM icon on the homepage. I'm quite sure that since they even mentioned IM clients specifically during the keynote that we'll have some IM clients available immediately. Since I have people on multiple services, a mobile version of Adium will be all I need.
i'd love that too… but there seem to be some problems with that.
Where is iChat on the iPhone? Is there any instant messaging at all? I instant message with my friends and family all-day, every day on a qwerty phone. That's a dealbreaker for me. Am I missing something or is this a glaring omission on an otherwise amazing iPhone.
Mate I can do this on Meebo.com on my iPod Touch.
See this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1qtsecQ9RI
Maybe there is more advanced functionality because it may be jailbroken, but stock iPhone 2G and iPod Touch runs meebo.com alright.
http://www.ebuddy.com
Go there and chat on AIM, Yahoo, MSN Messenger, GTalk, whatever via http to your heart's content.
Why do people keep asking the same freaking question? I've answered this question 5 times now.
Im looking for an MSN one.
i'd love that too? but there seem to be some problems with that.
That page is woefully out of date.
1) The SDK NDA is lifting for public discussion.
2) The 'always on' issue was addressed publicly at WWDC - push notification. Not an issue.
3) I would expect that, if the Adium team were to take a close look at their memory use, most of it would be gobbled up by the UI on MacOS X. Different UI base on the iPhone == different memory use. They can keep (much of) the core logic intact.
Trivial? Far from it. But I hope they revisit this issue, since that discussion is based on old information and assumptions.
Why do people keep asking the same freaking question? I've answered this question 5 times now.
Because they don't read the past posts before asking.
Well, that and what bavlondon2 said - webapps for IM are crap. You leave the page, you're logged off of the IM. Meh.