Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone
Revised AIM app for iPhone hooks into new Lifestream service
There's a first time for everything: while the updated premium version of AOL Instant Messenger for the iPhone [iTunes link] was scheduled to arrive later this month, CNET reported that it actually went through the approval process early (no!) and as such it represents the first of the AIM clients to support the new AIM Lifestream multi-service status update capability. If you check out the landing page for the service at lifestream.aim.com, you'll be able to update and monitor your posts and pictures on Delicious, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter alongside your AIM status (and with your AIM buddies in the mix). The Mac and Windows clients for the service are expected on 9/22; it's not known yet when the Lifestream goodness will make its way to the free & ad-supported AIM client for iPhone.
Although you can certainly handle multiple social services from several Mac apps (EventBox, Tweetdeck, MoodBlast), and the iPhone has multi-chat tools like Nimbuzz and Beejive, having the flow of statuses pouring in for AIM users will up the ante considerably. We'll keep an eye out for the official Lifestream launch next week.
Forgot to mention: Can we please, please have an AIM client for iPhone that supports group chat? If we're going to pony up $2.99 for the premium AOL client or even more for Beejive, it should have this bit of functionality, don't you think?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Grant said 10:20AM on 9-16-2009
An ubiquitous "status" standard that could update across all your IM and social networking services is something I've wanted for a while now. This is close; if it could also update my Jabber/Google Chat status, it'd be a complete solution for me! (Maybe there's some service that can sync Jabber and GChat statuses.... time to do some research.)
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onefish2 said 12:05PM on 9-16-2009
Try ping.fm. Its been doing this for quite some time.
robotrock said 12:46PM on 9-16-2009
I've been playing with it for a while and it looks like if you sign into GMail and AIM at the same time it'll still update your statuses across networks. You don't need the actual AIM client to push updates.
Patrick said 10:28AM on 9-16-2009
AOL is still around?
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landstuhl84 said 11:00AM on 9-16-2009
Hey Patrick, the site you're on right now is AOL. You're funny.
iBearTouch said 10:40AM on 9-16-2009
It just reminds me of all of those "Free AOL" CDs I used to get sent in the mail... :-(
If you can't give it away...
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Jean-Paul said 3:04PM on 9-16-2009
This is definitely coming to the free version!
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skyfirex said 3:06PM on 9-17-2009
I seem to remember AOL buying SocialThing a while back. This must be the result.
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Fikreta said 3:49PM on 10-06-2009
hey
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Fikreta said 2:52PM on 10-16-2009
hey
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