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3G iPhone to Incorparate iChat?

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ShaunC

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Apr 20, 2008
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just thought i'd through that into the air

wouldnt see why not..

apple are clever like that.

any views?
 
There will be plenty of chat apps for the iPhone...
it has already been confirmed that there will be an AIM app...

all applications will work with the current gen iPhone too.
 
Sky Blue said:
Sounds amazing. Can't believe anyone hasn't suggested this yet.
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yeah i know, i was searching through the forum and couldnt belive no-one else has come up with it



surely if it doesnt though, skype will release add on software?


i dont currently use iChat but if it was a major part of the iPhone.. im sure i'd be persuaded
 
I hope chat applications will incorporate hotmail contacts, i love iChat but I only have a handful of gmail and .mac contacts, whereas everyone else i know has a hotmail address and on messenger.

Also, what about something like blackberry messenger? it would be awesome to have a chatapp just for iphone users, and maybe search for other users according to interests etc
 
benfilan said:
I hope chat applications will incorporate hotmail contacts, i love iChat but I only have a handful of gmail and .mac contacts, whereas everyone else i know has a hotmail address and on messenger.
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I doubt that Hotmail or Windows Live Messenger support is coming to iChat. For the record, I don't know anyone on either of those networks.

benfilan said:
Also, what about something like blackberry messenger? it would be awesome to have a chatapp just for iphone users, and maybe search for other users according to interests etc
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So, your friends are spread over four networks already, and now you want another one? :)
 
ShaunC said:
yeah i know, i was searching through the forum and couldnt belive no-one else has come up with it
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iChat on the iPhone has been discussed more times than anyone would care to count...

Here's one of my posts regarding iPhone iChat from almost two weeks ago. It was in reply to someone stating that there weren't enough iPhones to warrant iChat on the iPhone. Of course, as my response suggests, wouldn't you be connected to all iChatters...

Why do you keep mentioning "another phone capable of iChat?" Between my girlfriend, family and friends, I have over two dozen Mac using people who I may video iChat with while away on business. It beats pulling out my laptop for a few minutes of face time with family. Between iPhones and Macs, there are millions of people I could video chat with, now imagine if Apple made iChat for windows.

And it's true, I've never used video iChat from a phone; then again I've never had a 3G phone.

Also, I'd expect Apple to have a on screen switch during chats which would allow me to switch from front facing camera to the back side camera, which could be really useful for many occupations.
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neven said:
I doubt that Hotmail or Windows Live Messenger support is coming to iChat. For the record, I don't know anyone on either of those networks.
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seriously, here in europe, practically everyone uses a hotmail address to connect to MSN messenger. there's virtually no AOL presence here the way there is in America. thats why its so frustrating to have an amazing application like iChat and not being able to use it.

Hopefully a third party App will solve the problem!:D
 
its hard enough trying to sync a hotmail account to .mail

iChat wont be half as effective for anything other than the types of account apple allow.




turn it sideways so that you could have a 3 way chat with 2 other contacts?

NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR IT?

come on apple... step up

benfilan said:
seriously, here in europe, practically everyone uses a hotmail address to connect to MSN messenger. there's virtually no AOL presence
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i 2nd that

other than the email address your internet service provider gives you.. i dont know anyone who dusnt use hotmail/msn address
 
Me1000 said:
There will be plenty of chat apps for the iPhone...
it has already been confirmed that there will be an AIM app...

all applications will work with the current gen iPhone too.
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Let's be real here though, I'm sure iChat for iPhone would do a better job than anything AOL puts out.
 
zainjetha said:
The SDK prohibits VOIP applications, therefore no Skype.
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You do realize that the topic of the thread is "iChat" which means only one company can use that name: Apple. And Apple has a non-limited SDK. Different than the current ones. Besides. Apple themselves said they'll allow VOIP, just only on Wi-Fi.



Anyway, the reason why there probably is no thread on this is because its assumed that Apple will come out with one (according to the SDK agreement, even though AOL has AIM, Apple can still make an iChat)

MSN is probably the most popular throughout the world except the United States (and even then its fourth to AIM, Gtalk, and Yahoo). I'm guessing that if they're gonna leave one thing out from Chat if it comes, will be Skype or Yahoo, only because Yahoo's kinds slow with things (their Yahoo Answers fails even with an iPhone [site can crash when answering. They can optimize for mobile phones in five minutes...yet even their full site is buggy]) and Skype cause I'm guessing Skype will come out with their own thing rather than incorporate that into Chat.
 
I'm kinda hoping Trillian will come back for the iPhone, but since they STILL aren't out of the Astra Alpha I won't be holding my breath.
 
Van Wildonher said:
I don't know about a specific thread, but I know I've read posts about this NUMEROUS times.
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there has been a fair amount of previous/current threads on Chat/IM/ A/V chat - but they've clustered around several threads. There are a few linked to the actual patents that have been released regarding IM/Chat/video conferencing.

Not easy for the OP to find if using the search engine here.
This thread is overlapping an already running one at
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/491171/.
 
As a lot of ppl have said, AOL practically doesnt exist in Europe. Here its all Hotmail / Live Messenger, though I use Gmail to connect to Live Messenger.

You can really tell by the name: AOL, America Online.

Please check out this AOL subscription chart @ Wikipedia:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Aol_subscribers_Q201-Q407.png

Doesnt look to bright for now AOL LLC.


I'd love to see Messenger in iPhone 'siChat but since its not even in OSX I seriously doubt it.
 
frosse said:
As a lot of ppl have said, AOL practically doesnt exist in Europe. Here its all Hotmail / Live Messenger, though I use Gmail to connect to Live Messenger.

You can really tell by the name: AOL, America Online.
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for this product to be an international success though..

surely compatilbility issues need to be addressed?


will the 3G model have improved security against unlocking to all networks?
 
frosse said:
As a lot of ppl have said, AOL practically doesnt exist in Europe. Here its all Hotmail / Live Messenger, though I use Gmail to connect to Live Messenger.
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I'm not trying to make a subjective judgment here, just raising some facts:

Isn't it Europe, and indeed the rest of the world, that gets their panties in a bunch every time the iTunes store takes its sweet time bringing something to non-US markets? Isn't iPhone only slowly making its way across the pond?

What I'm saying isn't "you should use AIM" or "we're more important." What I'm saying is, Apple is a US company with a long history of focusing on the US market primarily.

This will, of course, change, but arguments of this sort - "we all use Hotmail here" - aren't terribly convincing if you're trying to argue that Apple WILL do it soon.
 
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