Description
Trillian for iPhone helps you organize and stay in touch with your IM and social friends while on-the-go. Receive instant push notifications, send pictures and messages, and optionally synchronize with Trillian for Mac, Windows, and Web. Trillian for iPhone has been designed to seamlessly integrate with your iPhone and boasts a clean and concise user interface for all of your chatting needs!
BASIC FEATURES:
* Astra, MSN(R), Facebook Chat, Yahoo(R).
* AIM/ICQ(R), Google(TM), MySpaceIM, Jabber.
* Standards-based iPhone design.
* Landscape support.
* Localization into many different languages.
* Multiple account support and login screen.
* Intelligent push notifications for up to 7 days.
* All password transmissions encrypted.
* Reliable under low-bandwidth conditions.
* Strong emphasis on stability and bugfixes.
CONTACT LIST:
* Collapse and expand groups.
* Manage groups, including contact "cloning".
* Edit contact display names.
* Optional display of contact avatars.
* View contact information (e.g. AIM profiles).
* Favorites.
* Quick contact search.
* View, group, or hide offline contacts.
* Sort contacts by status or name.
* Privacy options - block, invisible, etc.
CHATS:
* Tabbed chat windows.
* Send pictures, buzzes, and URLs.
* Typing notifications.
* Copy/paste support.
* Collapsible keyboard (tap empty area).
* Delete all chats with one button.
PREFERENCES:
* Global status control with status messages.
* Avatar changing from camera or picture library.
* Local display name changing.
* Autoconnect preferences on a per-account basis.
* Set away when closing app.
* Control sounds and phone vibration options.
* Configurable sign off time (up to 7 days).
What's New In Version 1.3.2.0
* Regression fix for iPad crash.
* iOS 4 multitasking support.
* Faster resume on 3.x devices.
* MSN multiple sign-in support.
* Additional emoticon mappings.
* Minor graphical updates.
* Many bugfixes and crash fixes.
Customer Reviews
Ok app
I had really high hopes for this app, but eye candy aside, it's not ready for prime time. No landscape mode, have to sign up for a Trillian account, hardly works at all on cellular, lots of little bugs, messages sometimes come really slow, nicknames don't show up correctly. Anyway, waste of 5 bucks.
Disappointing, better IM clients currently.
I was really looking forward to Trillian on the iPhone but it's a bit of a disappointment. It's background options are limited (e.g you can only stay logged in for 24 hours, can't configure how long before you are "away", or when push occurs) and it's main menu is poorly designed. For example 1/4 of the main screen is taken up displaying MY picture and MY name - what a complete waste of space. There's also no support for displaying offline users, which is annoying if you have family/friends who like to stay invisible but are happy to chat.
The best thing I can say about Trillian is that it's only $5, and the company have a long history of support so hopefully things will improve. Until then I'll keep "'jive'ing" with my current app.
Does not meet expectations
I think my expectations were too high for this app after having used Trillian for years on windows. First, there is no landscape keyboard support which I use a lot as it is much easier to type. Secondly, you can not modify the groups (maybe a bug) or put contacts in different groups. Third, the top of the contact screen is taken up with my avatar and is a waste of space, and lastly there is no way to delete all on the chat list. It just seems that the folks at Cerulean Studios never used the competition's IM clients to see what works well and what doesn't.
Now on to the food stuff. This app is half the price of beehive unless they've lowered their price. It seems to work well with what it does as well as sync contact lists across various platforms. Chatting is fluid and fast as well as the notifications. Adding accounts is easy and seamless.
As a beta tester on the windows client (before moving to a mac) I can recommend it as being exceptional. Unfortunately the Trillian iPhone app is not. 3 stars.
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$4.99
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated:Jul 09, 2010
- Current Version:1.3.2.0
- 1.3.2.0 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 3.0 MB
- Languages:English, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
- Seller:Cerulean Studios, LLC
- © 2010 Cerulean Studios, LLC
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
