Description
Chat with your Facebook friends on AIM for iPhone, even if they’re not AIM users. To get started, just click Facebook Connect button at the top of the AIM Buddy List. Your Facebook friends and groups will be added to your Buddy List (with the Facebook icon next to their name). Now chatting with your Facebook friends is as easy as using AIM.
Mobile AIM for iPhone and iPod touch was built from the ground up to take advantage of the iPhone and iPhone UI.
Features include:
• Chat directly with your Facebook friends
• All your Facebook friends and groups will be available in your Buddy List
• Post your photos to your Lifestream (up to 40 at one time) or comment on your Buddy’s photo or status.
• The new “Me” tab will give you a snapshot of what’s going on with your Lifestream – view your notifications, status updates or the number of Buddy Lists you’re on.
• Send and receive messages over WiFi, EDGE, or 3G networks*
• Connect to anyone on the AIM network worldwide, whether they're on AOL®, AIM, ICQ®, .Mac® or MobileMe.
• See who's available before you contact them.
• Configure multiple screen names and switch between identities any time.
• View expressions and update status.
• Send IMs and SMS text messages* - even from an iPod touch.
• Take pictures with the built-in camera to use as your Buddy icon.
• Share your location with your buddies and find out who's nearby with the Buddies Near Me smart buddy group.
• Manage your Buddy List®, choose Favorites, or add a new Buddy anytime. Your changes are automatically synced with AIM on Windows or Mac® .
• Access your Contacts directly from within AIM - send an IM to a screen name or an SMS to a phone number.
It's easy to get started. Just sign in using your existing AOL, AIM, .Mac or MobileMe name, or register for a free screen name right from your device.
Any service can send messages. But with AIM, you're really connected.
AIM for iPhone (Free Edition) is ad supported. To use AIM without ads, purchase AIM on the App Store – just look for the purple icon (where available).
Let us know what you think about AIM (Free Edition) and hear from our team at http://iblog.aol.com/.
* iPod touch only supports WiFi; SMS notifications require an iPhone with a wireless data plan and charges from your wireless carrier may apply. SMS features are not available in all countries
What's New in Version 4.2.1
• Add your location to your status message.
• Various bug fixes and improvements to the user experience.
Customer Reviews
Doesnt really work as it should.
Since no one has taken the time to give a review of the product I'll go ahead and give a quick one. The product really isnt that good. Yes it's nice that its native and you can at least IM while on the iphone. However, if you do not have the program up on your iphone it doesnt give you alerts that you have an IM. If your phone locks it will disconnect you from the AIM service. This should function exactly like the SMS service does. I should be able to sign in to AIM and get IMs no matter what other app I am working in or if my phone is locked. I hope this gets improved.
It's good, but needs improvements
As with everyone else, I was excited to see a native AIM client come to the iPhone, finally. That was my biggest gripe when it first came out and the one thing I was looking forward to in 2.0. Sure, it "gets the job done", but there are two things that really need to be fixed.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS - Yes, I understand that the iPhone doesn't have true background processes, and this is partially the phone itself and not the application, but 15 minutes too long to check between messages. The point of having a mobile app like this is so that you can be reached whenever.
CONNECTION ISSUE - It seems that if I am not active for 5-6 minutes, I am logged off. This also goes with the 15 minute thing for messages, if I'm not logged in for that long, how am I supposed to get them? (I am interested in knowing if this happens to anyone else, so if you have input on this subject, please contact me @ whereswegoh on AIM)
I'm sure these issues will be addressed in the coming weeks, though I am kind of waiting to see if Adium will put out their own application.
Worked for 5 minutes
I installed AIM this morning, and it worked great for all of 5 minutes. Now every time I launch it, it immediately crashes and I am returned to the home screen.
- Free
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Mar 10, 2010
- Current Version: 4.2.1
- 2.8 MB
- Languages: English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
- Seller: AOL
- © 2010 AOL Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
