I would agree that is one of the biggest drawbacks like you said. I would imagine we would see one available through an update pretty soon. I'm just wishin' and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin', and planning, and dreamin' that it will come soon.
I see your point with the stealing businesss away from texting, but ATT has included AOL IM on a phone already. My moto razr had it. I was surprised to see that ichat wasn't there myself. Maybe they don't want to give us everything all at once. leaving some incentive to buy a second gen. or maybe a purchasable update down the road. Maybe they will begin making small apps and sell them on iTunes.Guys,
let me be synical and said that I think this is more of an AT&T issue. If I am AT&T, I would ask that while the exclusivity agreemnet I active, that no IM is offer as to protect the "text messaging" service provided, which BTW is limited to 200 messages. After that, you need to pay more.![]()
It works.. but its kind of clunky. Theres going to have to be something made specifically for the iPhone IMO.check the link in my signature for a full aim.
Meebo aim is a joke and so is the 3rd party ichat app.we already have aim
I completely agree, this is the only real reason that Apple wouldn't include an iChat program, unless they simply didn't have time to integrate it, which seems unlikely.Guys,
let me be synical and said that I think this is more of an AT&T issue. If I am AT&T, I would ask that while the exclusivity agreemnet I active, that no IM is offer as to protect the "text messaging" service provided, which BTW is limited to 200 messages. After that, you need to pay more.![]()
The AIM application was the only reason i got the sidekick. Im in class for the majority of the day and it kept me connected with my friends. I still have it and strongly considering exchanging my iPhone for another phone that has AIM. I love this phone i just wish ichat was on hereMy older Sony Ericsson w600i Walkman At&T phone had a AIM program. But it didn't load up the whole buddy list.
I don't really think AIM could hurt AT&T, only help it. I think a lot of people bought sidekicks and signed up with T-Mobile just for a mobile AIM.
Don't know why my SE k790a doesn't have AIM like my SE w600i had.
Pretty kludgy solution. It works in the absence of dedicated chat software, but it is a poor substitute.check the link in my signature for a full aim.
I totally disagree.Guys,
let me be synical and said that I think this is more of an AT&T issue. If I am AT&T, I would ask that while the exclusivity agreemnet I active, that no IM is offer as to protect the "text messaging" service provided, which BTW is limited to 200 messages. After that, you need to pay more.![]()