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AIM and BeejiveIM updated for push support

by Sang Tang on Jun 22nd 2009 at 10:26PM

AOL has updated both its free (download link) and paid versions (download link) of its AIM client for the iPhone. Besides push notification support, the paid version brings with it the ability to message in landscape mode -- although AOL says that the free version will gain this ability in a later release.

And if these updates alone aren't enough to fill your Monday iPhone app updating appetites, multi-protocol (which also includes support for AIM) BeejiveIM has also been updated (download link) to support push notifications.

Note: AOL Instant Messenger is a product from AOL, which is also the corporate parent of TUAW & Weblogs Inc.

Tags: aim, beejive, im, instant message, InstantMessage, iphone, iphone os 3.0, iphone3g, iphoneos3.0, push, push notification, PushNotification, update

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store

ApolloIM and MobileChat join forces

by Cory Bohon on Aug 20th 2008 at 12:00PM

Both ApolloIM and MobileChat were jailbreak applications for chatting on the go with your iPhone/iPod touch. Alex Schaefer, ApolloIM's founder, has recently joined the MobileChat development team. In a blog posting by the developer of MobileChat, he said that both applications underwent "friendly competition" and that, while there was no clear winner in the iPhone IM business, users got the benefit from the ongoing competition.

Now that Alex has joined the other team, you can expect that MobileChat will only get better. The post goes on to mention that Alex will be working on stability and user experience for the application.

MobileChat definitely got off to a rough start on launch day due to server problems, but seems to be working much better now.

Tags: ApolloIM, instant message, instant messaging, InstantMessage, InstantMessaging, iPhone, MobileChat

Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone

FlickIM: A nice AIM solution for iPhone

by Dave Caolo on Jul 23rd 2007 at 1:15PM

Until Apple releases "iChat Mobile," developers will compete to produce the IM solution for the iPhone. So far, we've considered JiveTalk and Meebo. The former was definitely better than the latter, but neither was perfect. Today, we're looking at FlickIM.

FlickIM supports AIM only, which is a drawback (JiveTalk allows simultaneous connections to AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber), but has the nicest UI of the three. Simple "chat balloon" icons keep tabs on multiple conversations, and your contact list is displayed as a dial selection tool.

I did notice one oddity: After I thought I had logged out, iChat on my Mac complained that I was logged in at two locations.

Again, it's not perfect, but it's still nice.

Tags: ichat, IM, instant message, InstantMessage, iphone

Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools, iPhone

JiveTalk offers nice IM for iPhone

by Dave Caolo on Jul 9th 2007 at 9:00PM

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]

Tags: aim, im, instant message, InstantMessage, iphone

Filed under: Software, Internet, Internet Tools

Microsoft Messenger 6.0.2 available

by Dave Caolo on Feb 19th 2007 at 11:00AM

If you're using Microsoft Messenger, you can now download version 6.0.2. According to Microsoft, Messenger 6.0.2 lets you "...take advantage of the full power of instant messaging." Well that's exciting. Additionally, this version enables logging to ~/Documents. Never lose another conversation!

Messenger 6.0.2 requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or later.

Thanks, Raffi!

Tags: instant message, InstantMessage, microsoft messenger, MicrosoftMessenger

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