Or, you know, it could be just the icon for someone signed onto AIM from their crappy non-apple phone.

It's been a while since i've used iChat, but one of the reasons I moved away from it was because it failed to distinguish between computer users and mobile phone users in the contact list.

Reply

Bonjour maybe?

Reply

i could have SWORN this has been mentioned somewhere sometime before and it was just some little feature that is already there, but who knows

Reply

I agree with your thoughts, and I think this hints of an iPhone. It could also hint that of an Apple Tablet (?) or the integration with regular phones from Cingular or T-Mobile being able to have complete integration with iChat. I hope it comes, and I hope it comes soon!

Reply

I can confirm it just means the contact is online via their mobile phone, no special OMGness iPhone lolzer thing here, move along...

Reply

It's just a "Mobile" indication, like AIM's little cell phone icon. Nothing big.

Reply

I think it's just a indicator that the person is on a mobile device.

Reply

If this is the icon of a person on ichat via a iPhone.. why isn't there a green phone icon on the right? (what is the use of a iphone if you can't phone"ichat" with it?)

Reply

Currently, if a user is signed on with his/her mobile phone, the word, "Mobile" appears under their username in iChat. This new airport symbol could be replacing the mobile text or could indicate a user on your current network ... i think Apple would want to play up thier iPhone intigration with a little more than just that.

Reply

Yeah, I agree with Marre. It's probably an indication that the person is on the same wireless network.

Reply

Further proof of what I stated earlier.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6511/picture12oj4.png

Reply

Those on Hiptop's (Sidekicks) get it as well.

Reply

Speaking of iphone... look at the background on this new lg phone that is soon to be released. http://www.mobile-review.com/news.php?language=en#news11863
maybe the iphone is not a inhouse product at all

Reply

I believe that it will be some type of notice in itv and perhaps some handling ichat via itv.

Reply

no it's the voice mail feature nothing to do with phone thingy...

Reply

It means the user is on a phone. Just delete this whole post and save yourself the embarrasment
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6511/picture12oj4.png
Oh, and BTW, tell Andrew Leitch he is an idiot

Reply

definitely a contact on bonjour.
it was quite stupid to keep 2 separate windows for them.
they just woke up and let you identify the contacts with a simple icon.
why did it take them so long and...
how do you get so fast to an iPhone conclusion?
push?
guys... u sure have a quite developed fantasy.
interesting.

Reply

It's for AIM Mobile accounts. I saw this in the WWDC beta of Leopard. I have a few people in my IM list that use mobile phones, and noticed this when signing into ichat in leopard for the first time. Adium has the same notification icons

Reply