Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools, iPhone
JiveTalk offers nice IM for iPhone
The race to see who will rule IM on the iPhone has begun. Last week, Dave wrote about Meebo. It works, but has flaws (the buddy list is very far from the chat window for some reason, and the chat window can't be resized).Today, I came across JiveTalk, which offers simultaneous login to AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber. The alpha release for iPhone worked pretty well during my brief testing.
The UI resembles iChat. I had multiple AIM conversations open, and a small notification window told me when the inactive conversation had received an update. Also, two "chat bubbles" at the top of the screen let me toggle between conversations.
It's alpha, as I said, but looks good so far. Check it out.
[Via Gizmodo]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ondra Soukup said 9:46PM on 7-09-2007
Craps out on my jabber account...sniff...
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Austin said 9:59PM on 7-09-2007
Been playing on it ever since it was released about 5 hours ago. It really works great. I have been waiting for such a service for my phone. This is a great alternative until real 3rd party widgets are allowed. NICE work BeeJive.
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mingistech said 10:31PM on 7-09-2007
I only got it working good with AIM.... It worked with YIM but really slow... and i cant get it working at all wkth gtalk.
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Jim Gleeson said 11:17PM on 7-09-2007
I wonder if they use any sounds in the app that are sampled from the BeeGees song.
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LittleJoe said 11:25PM on 7-09-2007
best aim web-app to date. definitely my default now.
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LittleJoe said 11:26PM on 7-09-2007
best aim web-app to date. definitely my default now.
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LittleJoe said 11:27PM on 7-09-2007
damn you double posts of doom
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Bobablob said 11:30PM on 7-09-2007
Really hoping they can optimize their codebase, as it's fairly sluggish right now. But it's a pretty great alpha product.
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Tubby Bartles said 1:26AM on 7-10-2007
Fan-tastic! This is just great, they actually made an interface that works nicely on the iPhone. Even the flickable lists, etc - really, really nice.
Needs a few little changes (need a way to hide my offline contacts, etc.) but that's why it's alpha. Great job, guys.
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Joseph said 2:18AM on 7-10-2007
didn't work for me a all. Keep getting JavaScript error on my iPhone :(
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Rubbinz said 2:25AM on 7-10-2007
I have the same concern as Nimrod there. It needs to be secure. I'm getting kinda ticked off at iPhone's security, or lack thereof. I need secure email and IM clients.
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Joseph said 3:01AM on 7-10-2007
finally worked on the iPhone!
Just curious how safe is it using using 3rd party services like these? They keep your password, right?
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Anders M said 4:45AM on 7-10-2007
Check out Heysan!, IM for iPhone and other mobile devices.
http://m.heysan.com/ipchat/login.do
http://heysan.com/
All networks will be live shortly.
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Aaron said 8:16AM on 7-10-2007
GChat gives me a javascript -1 error when trying to sign in. Hopefully this Alpha will be updated to a Beta soon.
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synack said 9:14AM on 7-10-2007
Check out tybyim.com
It was written by a friend of mine. It's really nice.
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andres said 10:58AM on 7-10-2007
wow. do check www.tybyim.com i just tried it and i like this one way better.
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Nilesh Patel said 11:40AM on 7-10-2007
So I tried it. And hats off, its a great alpha release. The problem I have with using it is a problem with Safari on the iPhone itself. If I leave Safari (and and active chat on JiveTalk) to access my calendar, switch music around, etc... Safari dumps the open page. I get logged off and and have to relogin.
This happens not only with JiveTalk but all webpages. Safari doesn't keep a cache of the open web pages. It's super annoying. Because of this, it's hard to keep an open chat going all day, because inevitably you'd have to leave Safari to place a call or whatever.
I love the iPhone. It does have a couple of frustrating quarks.
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rjlawrencejr said 12:38PM on 7-10-2007
I love it thus far. For you gchatters, make sure you use your username@gmail.com and I think you will have no problems.
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Leonard Nimrod said 2:42AM on 7-11-2007
Can it use HTTPS or will me chats be wide open to anyone when I'm using hotspots?
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Kevin said 11:12AM on 7-11-2007
I tested iphone.beejive.com and it worked pretty well. It could be a little faster and I'd like the ability to scroll up and down within the chat but for Alpha it's pretty good.
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