iChat on iPhone?

[silbeej]

Is there any way to have wifi based IM on the iPhone. I know AIM has Aim express, but is there an iChat option so i can use it on the iPhone while on wifi?

Thanks

 

[DotComCTO]

Apple has not released iChat for the iPhone yet. You can get IM via Safari using a site like Meebo (there are a few others out there). It works well, but it is constantly refreshing itself so it knows when you have a new message. It's fine for a few quick IMs. I gotta figure that it sucks up battery life quickly.

The alternative is to use 1 of the two 3rd party IM apps: ApolloIM or Mobile Chat. If you're on firmware 1.1.1, there's a fairly involved process for jailbreaking the iPhone and getting AppTapp working again. That would allow you to run 3rd party apps.

Hope this helps.

--DotComCTO

 

[gallinger]

There i this app as well. I wanted to try it out, but i dont want to complicate anything right before i upgrade to 1.1.1


http://www.iphonealley.com/news/mobilechat-2-0-released-supports-mac-icq-msn-and-gtalk