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This will be another *key* selling point for the 2011 version.
*iChat
*New notification system
I think its quite obvious those two will be in the next generation iPhone.
remember when steve said facetime devices back in the keynote, maybe they will announce something in september that will add front cameras to ipod touch and at later event ipad, then in september there will need to be an app to tie all these together which is where ichat comes into play. think about this, right now there is no need for an app bc ft can start through phone numbers but if it comes to the touch it will probably use email or udid. quote me if im wrong but wasnt there some line of code in ios4 that had ichat it in way back in the betas.
Seems more likely that iChat will become facetime compatible rather than the other way round especially given all the money Apple have spent advertising FT. Let's see how Apple handles selecting contacts on the ipod Touch/iPad versions of facetime without a phone number. The rumours I heard implied email addresses...
This is exactly right. I used Ping! and loved it. The problem is, no one else wants to use it because it's not "big." If Apple released iChat for iPhone, I bet it would blow up and be like BBM.
That is what I'm trying to figure out. I'm not trying to be rude but what's the difference between a text message and an iPhone chat app besides the fact it would go against data and not text messages? And couldn't everyone just use AIM for this? Almost every phone is capable somehow of AIM. The last three "dumb phones" I've had even had AIM already on it when I bought it.
AT&T isn't blocking it. Why would they? There are tons of messenger apps that let you use AIM - for free. Why would Apple making one hurt AT&T anymore? Not to mention all of the apps that let you send TEXTS using data only. There's not an iChat for iOS purely because Apple hasn't made one yet. It has nothing to do with AT&T.
I'm pretty sure someone will make a chat app that allows FaceTime+iChat well before Apple introduces an official app.
I think it's a great idea to have a BBM-esque chatting service made by Apple for the iPhone.
Hopefully it would come in future updates
Hopefully it would come in future updates
I have AIM, Skype and eBuddy on my phone to cover iChat, MSN, Google and Skype chatting. It would be nice to see an official iphone ichat app but I can live without it.
I would definitely like to see Facetime implemented in iChat proper as it is a total no brainer. With it I'll use Facetime daily. Without it I'll never use facetime. I've been waiting for this since the first rumours for the first iphone starting rustling.
I would definitely like to see Facetime implemented in iChat proper as it is a total no brainer. With it I'll use Facetime daily. Without it I'll never use facetime. I've been waiting for this since the first rumours for the first iphone starting rustling.
I agree with the spirit of this. It's crazy that you can not make a video call from a Mac from an iPhone.
But in the grand gleaming palace of Apple software, iChat is a decaying smelly outhouse round the back. It's old, crufty and unloved. It's based on AIM which has no traction in the rest of the world. And while Skype will punch a fist-sized hole through any firewall, iChat is blocked by a damp piece of tissue paper.
Apple needs an all-new standards-based Facetime app for the Mac.
C.
Whatsapp messenger.
The best iPhone - iPhone messenger.
Can also message BB's if they have it installed too. Looks and works a million times better than BBM or any other IM app.
My most used app
No "read" notification means it's not equivalent to bbm. I like whatsapp too but without the "read" notification it's not on the same playing level.