I HAVE ONE QUESTION.... IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THE BLACKBERRY MESSENGER OR NOT!!??
Why the all the caps and grumble emoticon?
Accordng to the patent, it appears Apple is only interested in only connecting with known IM protocols. So, it won't connect to BB Messenger (I know you weren't asking that) and it it doesn't look like Apple will be implementing their own specialized iDevice-to-iDevice system like RiM has.
PS: Though, I wonder if they'll incorporate Bonjour with WiFi to see people on the local network also using iDevices.
1) Y! may be dying, but there are still a lot of Y! users with Yahoo mail accounts that still use it.
2) I am an iPhone user and use MSN Messenger. This is the most common IM client in Brasil (and I'm sure many other countries) of which I have many contacts.
edit: Just checked my contacts and I have more people in MSN via AdiumX than any other service. From Brasil, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Indai, Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, Canada, and Yemen. Note: I keep my Contact very clean and up to day; these are not outdated contacts.
If Yahoo is smart they switch to a Jabber enabled protocol for their Yahoo! client list.
Hopefully it works with more accounts than iChat does. While most people use AIM, there are still a few stragglers using Y! and MSN Messenger. As well as a growing number of GTalk users.
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
exactly, the ignorance about this on here astounds me, people are so quick to attack, and even if MSN had less marketshare youd think an apple forum would understand that. \
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
1) So is the Mac, and it has a much larger international user base than the iPhone at this point and there is no MSN or Yahoo in iChat.
2) The iPhone doesn't even have MMS, which I hear is really popular with the non-US market.
So, while these may seem like a given considering their installed base Apple has confounded us time and time again by not adopting what would seem like easy and obvious choices.
Apple generally uses crude or misleading drawings for its patent filings that don't give away the goodies.
The patent filing for the iPhone's touch screen. Looks nothing like what it actually is in reality.
Typically true, yes. However, I could have sworn I read something about the original "design" of the iPhone being tossed out by an angry Jobs and a starting from scratch initiated after.
Dare I suggest, perhaps on some level, that was the original idea?
Whilst interesting as to what Apple are looking at this appears to be almost as functional as the Fring for iphone, which already does this (AIM, JAbber, MSN, ICQ & Skype messaging) and is available yesterday...I use the S60 version and this doesn't seem to add anything (and therefore is a bit of a dubious patent).
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Kidding, naturally
Is "kidding'' a down under term for cuddling with a baby goat?
This is just a patent filing. No one has even used it yet to give a critique of how well it works.
Requirements for patents really aren't stringent anyway. I'm not sure what's special here anyway.
Is "kidding'' a down under term for cuddling with a baby goat?
No we have lots of other terms for that... Along with the SPCA number on speed dial.
Is that where the word 'kidnapping' came from??
No we have lots of other terms for that... Along with the SPCA number on speed dial.
Is that where the word 'kidnapping' came from??
Requirements for patents really aren't stringent anyway. I'm not sure what's special here anyway.
Apple generally uses crude or misleading drawings for its patent filings that don't give away the goodies.
The patent filing for the iPhone's touch screen. Looks nothing like what it actually is in reality.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION.... IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THE BLACKBERRY MESSENGER OR NOT!!??
Why the all the caps and grumble emoticon?
Accordng to the patent, it appears Apple is only interested in only connecting with known IM protocols. So, it won't connect to BB Messenger (I know you weren't asking that) and it it doesn't look like Apple will be implementing their own specialized iDevice-to-iDevice system like RiM has.
PS: Though, I wonder if they'll incorporate Bonjour with WiFi to see people on the local network also using iDevices.
1) Y! may be dying, but there are still a lot of Y! users with Yahoo mail accounts that still use it.
2) I am an iPhone user and use MSN Messenger. This is the most common IM client in Brasil (and I'm sure many other countries) of which I have many contacts.
edit: Just checked my contacts and I have more people in MSN via AdiumX than any other service. From Brasil, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Indai, Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, Canada, and Yemen. Note: I keep my Contact very clean and up to day; these are not outdated contacts.
If Yahoo is smart they switch to a Jabber enabled protocol for their Yahoo! client list.
Hopefully it works with more accounts than iChat does. While most people use AIM, there are still a few stragglers using Y! and MSN Messenger. As well as a growing number of GTalk users.
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
exactly, the ignorance about this on here astounds me, people are so quick to attack, and even if MSN had less marketshare youd think an apple forum would understand that.
Remember... the iPhone is an international device.
AIM has nowhere near the global market share as either YM or MSN.
1) So is the Mac, and it has a much larger international user base than the iPhone at this point and there is no MSN or Yahoo in iChat.
2) The iPhone doesn't even have MMS, which I hear is really popular with the non-US market.
So, while these may seem like a given considering their installed base Apple has confounded us time and time again by not adopting what would seem like easy and obvious choices.
AIM is about as popular as marrying your goat here.
How popular is that there?
Apple generally uses crude or misleading drawings for its patent filings that don't give away the goodies.
The patent filing for the iPhone's touch screen. Looks nothing like what it actually is in reality.
Typically true, yes. However, I could have sworn I read something about the original "design" of the iPhone being tossed out by an angry Jobs and a starting from scratch initiated after.
Dare I suggest, perhaps on some level, that was the original idea?
How popular is that there?
Not as popular as in Sudan.
What is unique about this interface? Why is it patentable?
Good question! I was sort of wondering the same thing......
A lot of the third party patents bashed on AppleInsider have more unique technologies than this.
It is just a list with some different way of displaying. Nothing special.
On the other hand, the Acoustic conference call patent is absolutely brilliant link