Yeah, when I first did the update my sn and everything was still on there and I reinstalled twice after that and made sure I put in everything correctly.
edit - Got it, nevermind guys.
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AIM for iPhone Updated, Moves to Ad-Supported and Paid Versions
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Yeah, when I first did the update my sn and everything was still on there and I reinstalled twice after that and made sure I put in everything correctly.
edit - Got it, nevermind guys.
AIM for iPhone Updated, Moves to Ad-Supported and Paid Versions
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AOL's AIM [App Store] has been updated to version 2.0.1, bringing several new features, as well as a change to an ad-supported model for the free edition. AOL also promises that an ad-free paid version is currently working its way through Apple's approval process and should be available soon.
Among the new features available in AIM are tools to access contacts directly from within the application, configure multiple screen names and easily switch between them, and share locations with buddies to find nearby friends. In order to work around Apple's limitations on applications running in the background AIM has also developed a system to allow users to stay logged in for up to 24 hours, even when the application is not open. Users can then receive notification of incoming messages via SMS.
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AOL's AIM [App Store] has been updated to version 2.0.1, bringing several new features, as well as a change to an ad-supported model for the free edition. AOL also promises that an ad-free paid version is currently working its way through Apple's approval process and should be available soon.
Among the new features available in AIM are tools to access contacts directly from within the application, configure multiple screen names and easily switch between them, and share locations with buddies to find nearby friends. In order to work around Apple's limitations on applications running in the background AIM has also developed a system to allow users to stay logged in for up to 24 hours, even when the application is not open. Users can then receive notification of incoming messages via SMS.
Article Link: AIM for iPhone Updated, Moves to Ad-Supported and Paid Versions
No. Guess I'll have to use another client then (as if I used AIM much before anyways 
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On a related note Live Messenger in Windows is so rubbish. I can't believe they're squeezing adverts in every corner of that thing. And media player has adverts too! WTF. Maybe I've been using a Mac for too long.
).On a related note Live Messenger in Windows is so rubbish. I can't believe they're squeezing adverts in every corner of that thing. And media player has adverts too! WTF. Maybe I've been using a Mac for too long.
AIM for Windows has been ad supported for awhile. Along with taking you to some kind of home page until you can find the option to turn it off (the home page, ads can't be turned off)
Luckily I use iChat, and Apple hasn't used ads in any apps since I switched in 2004. I did see a demo of Sherlock 2 on an old Keynote that had ads, but dunno if they made it into the final version.
I was actually pleasantly surprised that AIM 1.0 for iPhone didn't have ads, though it was full of bugs.
Oh well, time to find an AIM alternative.
Luckily I use iChat, and Apple hasn't used ads in any apps since I switched in 2004. I did see a demo of Sherlock 2 on an old Keynote that had ads, but dunno if they made it into the final version.
I was actually pleasantly surprised that AIM 1.0 for iPhone didn't have ads, though it was full of bugs.
Oh well, time to find an AIM alternative.
Pay? AOL PAY AIM. Why is it I'm thinking that the annoying ads are not only a way to make money, but also to make it so annoying that you feel compelled to buy the app just to get rid of the ads. Well, I guess I wont be using AIM anymore.
I switched to beejive. It supports more account types and I like the email approach over the sms approach.
Paying for IM just seems wrong, especially on top of your 3G or Wi-Fi access costs. And AOL are not the only game in town, nor are they as monolithically pervasive or compelling as they once were.
Why Apple doesn't build iChat (even text-only, non-AV iChat) into iPhone, I still can't fathom.
Why Apple doesn't build iChat (even text-only, non-AV iChat) into iPhone, I still can't fathom.
Likewise, my friend. Likewise.
iChat is very welcome to find its way onto the last blank slot of preloaded apps on my home screen.
Fill 'er with something good, boys!
Likewise, my friend. Likewise.
iChat is very welcome to find its way onto the last blank slot of preloaded apps on my home screen.
Same here, along with a voice recorder (I know there are 3rd party but that is something that should be built in on every phone) and a video recorder!
I'm pretty sure it's not up to Apple. AT&T probably has a contract with Apple that says Apple is not allowed to provide any service that could directly compete with AT&T's VERY lucrative SMS text messaging business.
However, even if that weren't the case, Apple probably still wouldn't put iChat on the iPhone until push notification is enabled, which they still have not done (again, probably related to disputes with AT&T over how to handle them). The reason is because the average Joe using iChat would expect iChat to handle push notification and Apple sees the lack of push as diluting the "easy to use/just works" brand image they have so carefully built up over the years. So they're not going to put what they feel is an inferior product and what consumers might misconstrue as being a "hard-to-use" or "non-functional" Apple product. However, Apple will allow AIM and others to do IM on the iPhone without push, should they so desire.
I doubt it.
AT&T allows AIM on other phones in their lineup. No reason they would deny this on the iPhone.
If I recall correctly from when my mom was shopping for phones, other phone's aim clients actually eat up sms messages. At least that's what I recall the att rep saying.
Good lord this blows...
Paid versions etc.
I for one will NOT be updating.
they can s*ck them b*lls.
Paid versions etc.
I for one will NOT be updating.
they can s*ck them b*lls.
There is already a VERY POPULAR APP that allows you to send SMS for free without it eating up your SMS's.
I upgraded yesterday but it wasn't the pay version (said it wasn't out yet). Seemed to work fine, I set it to online for 24 hours and had a friend IM me while I wasn't running the app. Then I ran it and I got the message.
Although I tried setting up the SMS texting so I'd be notified, I entered my phone# and was told I'd get a confirmation text. I freaking got no text.
Although I tried setting up the SMS texting so I'd be notified, I entered my phone# and was told I'd get a confirmation text. I freaking got no text.
OMG! An advertisement! Outrageous!
Well enjoy your $17 BeeJive IM app, I'll stick with my Free AIM. Especially since it works. I will never pay for free instant messages.
Well enjoy your $17 BeeJive IM app, I'll stick with my Free AIM. Especially since it works. I will never pay for free instant messages.
I think you'd have to sign in again anyway because doesn't the longest option log you out after 24 hours?
ive had the same problem!
app runs fine and the ads didnt bother me but when im trying to register my number i dont get the unlocking code texted to me!!
has anyone received the text ?
I absolutely despise the update. I wont be using it anymore. My LG phone works just fine with AIM.
Second thought: Depending what the paid version looks like, I might buy it. That is, if it's under $1.99
Second thought: Depending what the paid version looks like, I might buy it. That is, if it's under $1.99
I think this is true - I used to have Verizon and had some crummy Korean flip phone and there was an AIM client you could download but it sent your IM's as text messages (they'd come through as IM but be charged as text and that way you didn't have to have a data plan, just a texting plan). It was horrible.
Anyway, I do use iChat on my MBP but only for video purposes and I have less than 10 buddies. Facebook chat has been far more useful and I'll tell you this: if FB ever adds video chat my AIM account is GONE! AIM on the iPhone is a useless waste of time for me and I would never download software written by AOL, based on the history of AOL. Anyone remember AOL about 10 years ago on Windows? You'd load the 30 meg software and end up with about 500 megs less of available storage. Why? Because they'd installed ICQ and Compuserve and Netscape and all sorts of other promo junk that would install in the Windows system tray and slow the computer down. JUNK WARE!