I think he also said that wasn't going to be available until September so I guess you'll need to have AIM open to use it.
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I think he also said that wasn't going to be available until September so I guess you'll need to have AIM open to use it.
ok if this is for the ipod touch this is the first that i am going to download and i am goign to ditch my sidekick and get a regular phone 
It would not use texts. The SDK can only be used to create apps that run over the internet (using data!). The SDK does not provide app creators with the ability to make apps that access the actual phone bands (over which SMS are sent). SMS are not data. Why is this difficult?!
SMS data is just 7-bit ASCII text. It is, literally, just a few bytes worth of data. And unlike voice, QoS doesn't matter as much because if you drop the packet... just send it again.
1973 called. It's charging 10 cents for a basic message now. And your kid. Yeah, we want the kid, too.
Look at Jabber (open-source solution; Google is committed. It's text, expandable to voice and video.) Also, there is SIP. It's used for VoIP right now, so voice is well-covered, to say the least. But it also has the ability to send text messages. Video is in the works, but H.323 has the lead in that right now.
Oh Adium where are you???
I can't stand to have to have multiple IM clients - it's just annoying...
I agree, Adium would be great.
this is new chat client made by Agile messenger
really sweet too![img0001ks2.png]()
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you can even copy text
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This looks very nice. Any other information about it?
I think the reason AIM prevailed and MSN never got a foothold in the US was because of the early dominance of AOL here.
I wonder how this will run over edge
I'm sure it will run fine.... The amount of data moving for a simple text is so tiny.
The real question is if we'd be able to do IM over 3G and not just wifi. Can someone refresh my memory on what Steve said about this, if anything?
You'll be able to use 3G, EDGE, Wi-Fi. It's just data - same protocol as YouTube or Weather or Stocks.
I did watch the keynote. But Steve said the notification proxying was coming 'later'. AOL better have another solution until Apple's solution is functional.
Notification proxy is only for apps not on top. If the app is launched (on top, for lack of a better word), then it does not need notification.
this is super fantastic!!! just think, an iphone that can do this that most every blackberry does. woah.
tclary spotted it? spotted what? i thought everyone saw that aim was clearly listed in the app store on the video. it was on the screen for nearly 15 seconds! its not like it was unexpected. they said they would make it. they even had early copies of the sdk so apple could show it off. why is it news that its free? aim is always free...just like msn, google talk and yahoo im. am i the only one who was expecting to download aim next week for free?? along with the free iControl or whatever it will be called...and apparently the contacts application from the iPod Touch?? (weird) i wonder if apple will throw any more freebies at us like a unit converter or a to-do list. i just know that even with all the freebies i'm going to be spending WAY too much money next week. i want that musical instrument app and super monkey ball and i want it yesterday! only 10 more days...
It won't cost anything except battery life.
It'll either be constantly pinging the server to pull new messages down (read: keeping the edge/wifi radio active) or it'll suck as an app and require you to request it check the server for new messages (similar to email).
Even still, pretty sweet app.