iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last - Gizmodo Comments

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Coop — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:04:16 EST

@imTheKing
Thank you and damn you. You beat me to it!

@darex
What he said. :-p

Coop

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Coop — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:02:18 EST

@Shadow71
*phs* iPhone wanna-be.
No one cares about your iPhone Jr. :-p

jk, yeah most likely.

Coop

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Keiff — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:33:01 EST

@michaelportent:

Thanks for the Meebo info. This wil do until the IM apps come out! I wish I knew about it earlier.

Keiff

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

ffmusicdj — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:34:41 EST

Uh.... Anyone at Apple heard of Gtalk?

ffmusicdj

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

michaelportent — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:46:01 EST

Meebo, people. Meebo. It's been working for the iPhone and iPod Touch for a while now.

AIM, GTalk, Y!, and MSN Messengers all in one place with a slick UI.

michaelportent

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

SecretAZNMan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:31:20 EST

I always despised AOL, but they broke me with AIM. It seems to be the most robust system. I can do audio and video chats. There's lots of customization, yet I don't feel like it's feeding ads to me all the time. Admittedly, since I went Mac, I mainly use iChat to access my AIM acct. All the cards are falling into place. Now all I need is a real corporate discount on the service.

SecretAZNMan

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

wbemus — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:44:40 EST

I'm holding out for 3G
hopefully it will be a lot like iChat and will allow other accounts (googlechat, yahoo, msn)

wbemus

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nutbastard — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:26:03 EST

@taoprophet420:
Pidgin's all ive ever used - i IM maybe 6 or 7 times a year.

nutbastard

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

imTheKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:21:10 EST

@darex: Thats another one of the most idiotic statements ever. Almost every single business runs Chat Applications so that employees can converse quickly without having to go to each others desk or flood company emails.

imTheKing

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

darex — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:36:51 EST

@coffeebagelschocolate:

Who uses any chat program anymore, unless you're like 13 years old.

SMS is all I need.

darex

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mechanisma22 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:33:54 EST

I hate using the ajax chat apps because they constantly run the EDGE connection. They run down the battery quickly. I wonder if the data can be direct connect or a push message.

mechanisma22

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Buran — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:51:59 EST

@izim1: I already explained why I don't use web IM apps in the last SDK thread... the Apple AIM app looks very good. I hope Adium or MobileChat or someone can come up with something similar.

Buran

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Harlan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:43:19 EST

@xaflatoonx: What about Zephyr? *snort*

Harlan

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taoprophet420 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:29:19 EST

@nutbastard: again adium would be better it has a much nicer front end.

taoprophet420

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

taoprophet420 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:27:23 EST

@nutbastard: Again why waste time with pidgin adium has a way better front end.

taoprophet420

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taoprophet420 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:26:40 EST

@trendspotter: Or they can hope and pray for adium to make a port and get all this [trac.adiumx.com]

taoprophet420

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nutbastard — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:19:03 EST

@trendspotter:
Pidgin ported to iPhone would be awesome...

nutbastard

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trendspotter — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:32:42 EST

If people want MSN and Yahoo! messengers, they shall get them.... when an app is made for them--remember MSFT is a software developer, they'll surely make an app.

(or just use AJAX versions and shutup)

trendspotter

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humperdinck — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:28:56 EST

Give me.

humperdinck

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

imTheKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:26:36 EST

@awesomerobot: exactly. Theres nothing wrong with AIM as a platform. It's technically the best and most easily accessed network for communication in terms of message to message. More people use it which makes it that much better.

imTheKing

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Pender — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:18:05 EST

@digitalhen: Me too. I'd really like a GPS chip also. But if they come out with a giant hardware update with 3G or something like that but no GPS, I'll likely take the plunge anyway.

Pender

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awesomerobot — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:02:44 EST

@coffeebagelschocolate: it's not the AIM network you're complaining about - it's the frontend program, we use adium for inter-office IM's and it looks very very professional.

awesomerobot

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RomeoDude — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:57:34 EST

Apollo IM has been working as an ok on-the-go IM client, but this looks great!

RomeoDude

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

coffeebagelschocolate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:48:55 EST

@imTheKing: what a coincidence, I was waiting to be called stupid in reference to an AIM comment I've made. Its a win-win!

I'm just not feeling AIM anymore. I'm young enough to remember using it when I was like 11, I just feel weird using it now as an adult, and at work.

coffeebagelschocolate

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Oasx — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:47:45 EST

Wouldnt it be more useful to have a MSN client? AIM is really only used in the US

Oasx

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theCornerinvasion — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:45:41 EST

Adium for iPhone/iTouch please!

theCornerinvasion

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Shadowcast — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:45:25 EST

It's weird, I don't know of anyone outside of America who's ever used AIM... myself included, we all use WLM; I've never understood why.

Shadowcast

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

izim1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:43:37 EST

i still dont see the difference between a "native" chat program or "munduIM". you're still using the edge(or WIfi)to send the msgs. whats the difference? and why not just go ahead and have a real conversation?

izim1

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

April_C — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:42:25 EST

It's a start.

April_C

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

sho38 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:35:17 EST

@coffeebagelschocolate:

@xaflatoonx:

I am sure sure someone will figure out those with the sdk!

sho38

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Buran — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:29:05 EST

Then wait for a thirdparty app -- MobileChat at least will still be developed once the 2.0 update goes live. It temporarily doesn't support gtalk but after they iron out the crashing bug it'll be back.

I want to know whether the AIM app is Wi-Fi only and if it works over SMS like too many cell clients do. I want a data-plan IM app that doesn't disconnect randomly like MobileChat likes to.

Buran

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Spyrojoe — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:27:06 EST

@coffeebagelschocolate: I feel ya on the Google chat. Pretty much the only chat I've ever used.

Spyrojoe

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

xaflatoonx — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:24:48 EST

what about MSN messenger?

xaflatoonx

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

ulaq27 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:17:01 EST

Why doesn't Apple just use iChat? What about Yahoo! IM? This better work for the iPod Touch!

ulaq27

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

imTheKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:11:52 EST

@coffeebagelschocolate: Only about 70 million people. I was waiting for someone to have a stupid response to AIM on the iphone.

imTheKing

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

imTheKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:11:11 EST

@Edog72: Im guessing it would be via iChat. Apple is pretty rough on allowing companies to use external resources to a max. Reasonably so as well.

imTheKing

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MikeSWelch — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:08:52 EST

@digitalhen: I was sold when the 8GB dropped to $400. A week before the 3G is released, I'm selling my current one on teh eBay.

MikeSWelch

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

coffeebagelschocolate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:08:37 EST

Who uses AIM anymore?

I want google chat!

coffeebagelschocolate

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Edog72 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:07:53 EST

AOL through iChat or AOL's interface?

Edog72

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zincrox — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:06:48 EST

"Hopefully they love it and buy it -- but that's not possible today, even the big developers would have a problem getting their app in front of every iPhone user. It's called the App Store"

zincrox

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

digitalhen — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:04:58 EST

As soon as they get 3G, i'm sold

digitalhen

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Buzzed — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:04:54 EST

@Kaiser-Machead: get them both.. =)

Buzzed

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:03:57 EST

If I wasn't buying a new laptop to replace the one stolen from my sister, I'd buy an iPod touch during my lunchbreak!

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

ShadowFFVI — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:02:58 EST

will it work on the ipod touch?

ShadowFFVI

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

zincrox — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:01:57 EST

@imTheKing:
@Buzzed:

so true

zincrox

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:01:57 EST

I sense a disturbance in the Jailbreak.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

Buzzed — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:58 EST

sweet.. it's like christmas all over again..

Buzzed

iPhone Gets AIM Client, At Long Last

imTheKing — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:34 EST

kick ass

imTheKing