iPhone double header: First native IM client AND first native IRC released

Big news today on the iPhone development front. This morning brings the release of both a native instant messaging client and a native IRC client.

Apollo IM just entered Version Negative 1, an early beta release. It is available as well via Installer.app. Apollo IM has been developed by "Arminius" and offers iPhone-native instant messaging capabilities. Future releases will support file transfer as well as MSN/Yahoo/Jabber/Gtalk support.

"Pogi"'s iRCm provides a GUI-based Internet Relay Chat client for your iPhone. You can join channels, issue raw IRC commands and take part in conversations. iRCm is available for download at Google Code, and packages have been loaded for both Installer.app and PXL.

Both applications have been developed with Shimmer/PXL, the iPhone auto-updates library. Shimmer allows iPhone code to "call home" and update themselves when new versions become available. Both developers are looking for feedback and plan to use this update feature to allow the program to keep growing via its installed base.

If you're interested in developing for either application, pop over to Google Code and download the latest SVN. Both projects offer a great opportunity to get involved in open source.

Thanks to Dylan Kenney

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Source: http://apolloim.googlecode.com/

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jellicoe

are you nuts??? this site is unreadable...black text on a dark blue background???

nice tip on the IRC stuff...cheers

August 27 2007 at 10:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jgjay

@ 22, 26 - http://code.google.com/p/apolloim/

"A buggy first version has been released as mostly a UI Test / Usability test. It'll get you on AIM and you can chat. [b]Suspend functionality isn't support yet, but is planned, as well as vibrating on IM receive.[/b]"

Suspend functionality is what you guys are talking about. (Application remains running in background).

August 27 2007 at 8:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

timothy

Back on topic - I am logged off IM as soon as I leave the application.
HOw is this an improvement over the browser based widgets?

August 27 2007 at 7:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tim

Well if its a native app then you could save chats and have those be added to your chats folder, you could have user names and some more advanced features that need access to your internal storage.

August 27 2007 at 5:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

arjun

what i actually want to see is some way to unlock the bluetooth so that you can transfer files... all this stuff is unnecessary

August 27 2007 at 4:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

amy

i like the clean interface. apple rocks

Amy
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August 27 2007 at 4:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rich

If this IM program doesnt continue running in the background how is it any better than JiveTalk or any other web based IM program ?

August 27 2007 at 3:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tim

Erica: would it be possible for you to write up a metronome app for the iPhone. I am in need of this and do not know how to code. I am wondering if it would be easy to do or not?

Thanks again for all of your work in the iPhone development!

August 27 2007 at 2:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pogi

Hey this is "pogi" the author of the irc client.. I'm reading the comments so if theres features you want first lemme know.. otherwise keep up with pxl and installer.app for new versions with more functionality! It takes a lot of time because there's no documentation. I'm also working with Apollo IM so we'll get more advanced stuff soon.

August 27 2007 at 2:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dylan Kenney

Hey Wow! Erica posted my tip! Rock on. =)

August 27 2007 at 12:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply