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Fring is the World's First True iPhone VoIP App

Ignoring previous "iPhone VoIP" apps like Jah Jah, which are only VoIP after you connect to their analog to VoIP bridge, this Fring app seems to be the first real VoIP solution for the iPhone/iPod Touch. To get in on this action you need a jailbroken iPhone, Wi-FI access, and you'll be able to call regular phones using either SkypeOut or SIP (your prices will be determined on which SIP provider you use and how much SkypeOut charges for your particular call). Best of all Fring has built-in IM capabilities for Skype, Google, ICQ, MSN, Twitter, AIM, and Yahoo contacts. The download and install are free. [Fring Install Instructions]

1:53 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Jason Chen
7,470 views, 28 comments

Latest by jackfrost132: @lyndwode: Is the battery made by sony? If so, drop it run and call a bomb squad, preferably with a mooninite as your background. more »

iphone sdk

iPhone SDK Limitation: Only One User-Made App Running Concurrently, No Background Processes

The enthusiastic high-fives of future iPhone instant messaging users yesterday might be quite a bit less enthusiastic today when they find out that Apple is not going to allow user-made SDK applications to run in the background. This means every application, from IM to VoIP to GPS mapping, will have to terminate entirely when the user switches out to take a call or change a song. How does this affect you? It means you won't be a be able to receive IMs unless you're currently inside the IM app, forcing you to disconnect when you take a call. There's an upside and a downside to this decision. More »

3:11 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Jason Chen
24,754 views, 109 comments

Latest by ninjacodr: The real reason they don't want app's running in the background is obvious, AT&T knows that if everyone who has an iphone has constantly connected bandwidth sucking applications sitting in the background it will hammer the network and overwhelm towers. more »

cellphones

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Finally, after so many months, IMing is coming to the iPhone with AOL iChat native for iPhone. No more forced texting! It'll support invisible mode, you'll be able to make your own buddy icons using your stored photos, and you'll swipe to switch between conversations. [live.gizmodo.com]

1:56 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Adam Frucci
21,880 views, 48 comments

Latest by Grangoire: @imTheKing Thank you and damn you. You beat me to it! @darex What he said. :-p more »

gadgets

iBuddy Brings Cyberspace IM Emotes into Meatspace

The Availbot was a neat prototype, but this USB i-Buddy we just saw takes instant message emote representation to the next level. When one of your pre-specified MSN buddies signs on, the little monarch man blinks its lights, flaps its wings or twists its body in a way that can only be described as incredibly spastic.

Best of all, it can recognize up to eight different emotes and act accordingly, meaning you can gauge your sig-other's mood at you ignoring her IMs all the way from across the room because you are tired and at CES and don't have time to talk.

9:07 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Jason Chen
3,980 views, 12 comments

T-Mobile Sidekick users are reportedly having major problems with built-in AOL Instant Messenger, including messages that are delayed, out of sequence, or never received at all. T-Mo blames it on AIM, and neither side has a plan to resolve this yet. Sorry, Sidekick users! [BGR]

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AIM 6.5, out today, includes the AIM Tunes plug-in: you'll be able to listen to any music your online buddies put into playlists, provided of course that the tracks are not locked by DRM. Net radio, we hardly knew ye. [AIM]

10 comments

software

iPhone's ApolloIM, the First Native Instant Messenger Gets An Update: Sucks Quite a Lot Less

Remember the early alpha of the first native iPhone AIM client we wrote about a week ago? It's out of alpha and into beta, and incidentally sucks quite a bit less, which means it's quite usable. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By Jason Chen
13,639 views, 10 comments

Latest by redfoo: Mobile Chat seems really cool so far...vNote is badass and just walking up to a person with an iphone then shoving your iphone in there face with Donkey Kong on the screen then seeing the look on there face when more »

iphone

First Native iPhone AIM Client Released, Kinda Sucks

I just tested the Apollo IM Version Negative 1, which is touted as an early beta but is actually probably an early alpha. Although it actually loads my buddy list on after the login information's entered, it only loads a portion of the contacts. But it does manage to send messages. More »

12:01 PM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By Jason Chen
9,613 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: got a question, i was customizing my phone and now the screen is frozen. what should i do more »

apple

FlickIM: Another AIM Client For the iPhone

Everyone and their three-legged dog is coming up with an IM client for the iPhone, but this latest one from FlickIM isn't quite good enough to dethrone our current champ, JiveTalk. FlickIM may have a fancy messaging interface and a cool contact selection dropdown (the default Safari selector), but it doesn't have any options, it signs out all other AIM accounts, there's only AIM support, and you can't scroll up to see past messages. But it does have saved message delivery (that could be an AIM thing, actually) to store your messages when your EDGE is acting up. [FlickIM]

2:40 PM on Wed Jul 18 2007
By Jason Chen
3,802 views, 4 comments

Latest by ProfessionalGun: Wow - I'm impressed by Michael's quick response to this post. I will always support companies that care about what's being said about their products - and make an active effort to respond to user concerns. I almost more »

software

BeeJive's JiveTalk The Best iPhone IM Client So Far

Seeing as eBuddy and Meebo either only kinda work or support only AIM, and Trillian Astra isn't actually available yet, JiveTalk looks like the only good solution for mobile IMing on the iPhone. Not only does it support AIM, there's MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber support as well. And it's FAST. More »

4:31 PM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Jason Chen
15,951 views, 8 comments

free aim

AIM on iPhone Woes? Try eBuddy

All the AT&T calling plans on the iPhone include 200 SMS messages, but if you're pushing that limit where you'll have to start paying per message, eBuddy gives you access to regular old AIM on your iPhone. Go to this URL and you can use AIM without paying a per-message charge. It's not perfect, though. More »

4:44 PM on Thu Jul 5 2007
By Charlie White
35,284 views, 12 comments

cellphones

EQO Mobile Adds Cellphone Instant Messaging

EQO today announced a new version of its EQO Mobile software, and this is a big rev, letting you send and receive instant messages from your cellphone. Now you can use IM services including AOL AIM, ICQ, GoogleTalk, Yahoo! IM, MSN Messenger, Jabber and Skype, from just about any cellphone. More »

9:56 AM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Charlie White
672 views, 2 comments

gadgets

Availbot

Not unlike ourselves, the Availbot falls down when your friends leave. However, instead of falling down in a bar near the river, the Availbot connects to your PC or Mac and can tell when your buddies enter and leave your IM session, giving you a leg up over other's who are unable to tell a little red "Away" icon from a green "Available" icon. – John Biggs More »

12:13 PM on Tue Jun 27 2006
By johnb
772 views, 7 comments

software

AIM Developer's Kit Available

I have a love/hate relationship with AIM. On one hand, the tech folks are great and they've done quite a bit to make things easier for folks who might want to implement their protocols in software and, on the other hand, the marketing folks still think AIM is a great Trojan horse to convince people to buy dial-up. More »

12:44 PM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By johnb
128 views, Comment

power user

Power User - The Best of Lifehacker


This week at Lifehacker: Unlock the power of the scroll wheel and mouse gestures and drive Firefox without taking your hand off the clicker. Fix scratched CDs with toothpaste, Pledge, Pinesol or peanut butter. Get flight status information, horoscopes and drink recipes SMS'ed directly to your phone. Make sure your laptop battery doesn't poop out during the key scene of that DVD movie you're watching. Finally, get AIM on your PSP.

12:30 PM on Wed Feb 22 2006
By Gina Trapani
144 views, Comment

announcements

AIM HAX0Red or Fuks0RD

FYI - John here: My AIM, at the bottom of the page, is no longer superlinuxninja. For some bloody reason I can't get log-in to AIM using that screen name anymore and it won't send me password change notifications and it's making me cry. The new Giz AIM will be johnbiggsny, which is much less ostentatious. Please update your records. More »

10:58 AM on Mon Aug 1 2005
By johnb
903 views

portable media

Aeronix Zipit Wireless Messenger

Perfect for the IM addict, the Aeronix Zipit Wireless Messenger is a dedicated IM machine that supports all three major IM networks, and can handle up to 99 simultaneous conversations. It comes with a full thumb keyboard layout as well as quick-access buttons for emoticons and buddy lists. It uses 802.11b WiFi for connectivity, which means you don't have to pay any subscription fees. And here's a bonus for open source aficianados; the Zipit is an embedded Linux platform. More »

9:55 AM on Tue Jul 19 2005
By gizmogo
344 views