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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
24,742 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 »

gaming

PlayStation 3 Getting In-Game Voice Chat in Firmware 2.4?

Sony Computer Entertainment UK Boss Ray Maguire just let this bit slip about a future firmware update, which Sony usually doesn't comment on. More »

3:10 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Jason Chen
11,112 views, 31 comments

software

Will Mozilla Messaging Breathe New Life Into Thunderbird?

In an attempt to revitalize Thunderbird in version 3.0, Mozilla has announced "Mozilla Messaging" which promises significant improvements to the email client—like calendar integration, better search, and a chat app. While the core focus will still be on email, Mozilla seems committed to developing a product that will offer a broader range of communications tools. Whether or not it will be good enough to get Thunderbird back on track remains to be seen. [Mozilla Messaging via Lifehacker]

7:50 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,350 views, 38 comments

Latest by navvywavvy: I switched to thunderbird a couple of years ago because it handled IMAP way better than outlook. I've never gone back. What's wrong with a program that just serves one purpose and does it well? I have Thunderbird running on my more »

concept

"Chat" Concept is Like Living a Comic Strip

Artist Aram Bartholl's "Chat" concept enables users to engage in a conversation via brief text messages that are typed on a keyboard and projected onto a comic strip-like voice bubble overhead —not unlike the Voice Bubble Mirror from earlier this year. Even though the keyboard is wireless, a technician is needed to secure the bubble behind the speaker, so the whole project falls short of greatness. A video of Chat in action is available after the break. More »

9:20 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Sean Fallon
6,091 views, 14 comments

Latest by spaceman37: @fufinache and @analyticalmind84: You mean like this? [www.au-my.com] more »

bots in disguise

Russian Chat Bot Talks the Sexy Talk, Scores Chicks for You

A Russian website will soon offer CyberLover, a program that simulates chatroom flirting. The stated purpose is for nerds with no skillz, who can use it to talk to "up to 10 women at one time" and score some digits. Says the site: "Not a single girl has yet realized that she was communicating with a program!" It also said that the program could perform virtual sex online. Sure, it's all fun and games—until someone loses a credit card number, says an Australian anti-virus software developer PC Tools. More »

8:34 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Wilson Rothman
5,966 views, 21 comments

Latest by Mindbleach: ... the hell kind of a fake username is Gullib Legal 9? 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 »

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
15,945 views, 8 comments

Latest by teschall: I use the BB client and just registered the $30 version yesterday. I tried Ramble (which is free) and it worked fine on the BB, its simply not as elegant, nor as integrated with the OS like JiveTalk. more »

apple

iPhone Gets iChat Connection in Leopard

You know that AIM mobile device forwarding that forwards your AIM messages to your phone via SMS? The one that just about all IM clients already have now? Apple's building a link to that feature in Leopard's iChat, under the accounts screen in preferences. More »

2:22 PM on Sun Jul 1 2007
By Jason Chen
10,967 views, 11 comments

gadgets

Emoticon Pillows Good for that Chatty Cathy

Know somebody who is a non-stop chatter? Whether it is instant messaging or text messaging—they feel the need to constantly use smiley faces to correctly express their emotions? The karma will be mighty thick when you smother the chatty Cathy in their sleep with these emoticon pillows. Just kidding, we don't condone murder here at the Gizmodo—just love and friendship and rainbows and bunnies! These emoticon pillows will set you back $30 or so for the pack of six. – :) Travis Hudson :) More »

12:02 PM on Thu Dec 14 2006
By Travis Hudson
675 views, 8 comments

Latest by willyolio: needs korean smileys ^_^ O_o -_- >_ more »

Join Us In a Chat Just a reminder—the Gizmodo Krewe will be hanging out in our Campfire chat room today where we can all talk about the amazing new thing that Apple will release which won't be a video iPod.

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announcements

Chat with Gizmodo Around the Campfire

We're pretty big fans of 37 Signal's web-based applications around here—we use Basecamp almost every day. So when they offered us a free trial of their new web-based chat application Campfire, we had to give it a shot—especially the 'guest chat' features which allow us to put this link at the end of the post that will get you one free ticket to a world of AJAXy discussion. More »

7:19 AM on Tue Feb 21 2006
By Joel
68 views, 3 comments