Mobilechat finally up!

[babyj]

The + is used for the country code. He probably has friends overseas who has an iPhone.

Not necessarily.

If you enter all (and I mean all) of your phone numbers as international numbers (ie + then country code then area code then number) then they will work no matter where you are in the world. So if you travel a lot it saves you having to edit your phone numbers before calling them.

I do it even with all of my UK phone numbers, they just dial as normal when I'm in the UK and abroad. You don't get charged anything extra for dialling them as international numbers.

 

[notnek]

I'd stick with the free solution (AIM) for now because they will eventually come out with the push-notification and all my contacts are on AIM.

how are you contacts in AIM but not in MC?

as long as you setup an AIM account on MC, you'll see all of your contacts.

and for push notifications, MC will have them when apple allows it, but for now you get SMS or Email updates. i think that's enough for $3.

 

[kjs862]

I think i'll stick to the free AIM application.

 

[born4sky]

I'll wait for the Trillian

 

[AustinSTI]

I'll wait for the Trillian

I'd wait or get something else. I haven't been able to establish a connection ONCE.

Edit: It works...reinstall...

Edit2: No dice again - 'can't connect to mobile chat'

Note: It works over 3g....at least once.

 

[TwiceNightly]

Nothing works at all now, can you get refunds on apps? If so how do you go about it?

 

[iSimx]

sounds great! might purchase although I wish there was a skype client as I use that mainly to chat to people...

ok - after everyones negative reviews, I might not get it

 

[domness]

This app has been a complete let down!

After watching the blog for a number of weeks and seeing the release early on today, I thought "Yes!". However, now I've bought the app and tried it, I just want a complete refund.

The GUI is boring. It lags alot. After reinstalling, turning my phone off and on alot, it still crashes 100% of the time in different places.

Come on, Palringo has just seen a new update and the features on that FREE app are amazing! Can't MobileChat at least prove to be worth it with it's cost?

Yeh, the "push" effect and the server may be good.. but will we now be expecting lots of maintenance and down time?

To all those who don't know whether to get it or not.. it's really not worthit. Stick to Palringo.

 

[queshy]

The only thing good about the app is that the icon is nice.

Can't keep a solid connection even over wifi. E-mail notifications don't work. They're getting a few days to iron this out...after that I'm calling Apple to get a refund on this one...

 

[JML42691]

Figuring I only use AIM, could somebody explain to me what the differences are between AIM's app and this app that make this app worth the purchase? I am only on an iPod, so MMS is not of a concern to me. So what is it about this app that make it worth the $2.99?

 

[HyQuality]

This only works over WIFI??? Whats the point then? I want to be able to use my IM client on the go... not only when I'm near a free wifi hotspot. That's just silly.

 

[AustinSTI]

This only works over WIFI??? Whats the point then? I want to be able to use my IM client on the go... not only when I'm near a free wifi hotspot. That's just silly.

It works over 3g and edge...when it works.

 

[kwjohns]

yes. what ticks me off about them is how they casually shrug off blame and try to pass it on to their "partners" or vendors. first apple, and now they seem to be blaming their data center for not being ready.

Could you point out where they blamed their data centers? From everything I've read, they've blamed themselves for not being prepared. You've been going on and on day in and day out about them blaming other people recently when they haven't and it's old.

 

[kwjohns]

Figuring I only use AIM, could somebody explain to me what the differences are between AIM's app and this app that make this app worth the purchase? I am only on an iPod, so MMS is not of a concern to me. So what is it about this app that make it worth the $2.99?

People have explained the differences like 5 times within this thread. Read it?

 

[queshy]

differences or no differences, palringo > MC at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon...

 

[JonJParr]

Not worked once!

To add to the growing chorus, I bought this app and haven't been able to make it work once yet. Continuously unable to connect. Have tried through full Edge and 3G signals.

Everyone else in the same boat?

 

[Hls811]

Can someone please tell me why this app is getting so much attention, surely Paringo does the same thing, plus it's free?

Seriously? Read the thread.. its been said many times- Palringo does NOT do the same thing. Palringo signs you off of your open sessions anytime you hit the Home button, Mobile Chat (and AIM & Beejive) keep your connections to their respective servers active so you get messages when you go back in.

I used Palringo and hated it. It was very buggy. I could not delete a contact from my list in Palringo, it kept showing up. Even when I deleted it on my desktop client, it shows in Palringo. Yes, its free but you get what you pay for.

 

[hybrid62]

palringo released a update to fix many of the issues it had before plus has the ability to hide offline contacts now.

 

[HyQuality]

The opening popup message has now been changed to "We are experiencing downtime. Please check our website for updates".

 

[Iamtherealwoody]

Correct me if I am misinformed. My understanding is that AIM can forward IM to your cell phone when you're client is off-line. This has to be set up using a desktop client (or at AIM.com) rather than using the phone client. Isn't this the same thing as the pho-push that MobileChat has? Also, AIM does keep your IM's if you're still online but the application is closed. That I know for sure, even tested it last night to be sure.

With this in mind, what would be the benefit of using MC over AIM since I do not use any other provider? This ignores the fact that AIM does NOT support link in IMs, or picture in IM's, or audio messages (a 'la palrigo).

 

[DrakeSavage]

they should of anticipated this. Yes i understand they are a 2 man show, but it only takes one brain to figure out if you are going world wide on the Apple App store you are going to need servers...seriously...

 

[HyQuality]

I love how their slogan is

"MobileChat 3 GROWS UP"

LOL

 

[rxse7en]

Landscape keyboard?

Does the app recognize when you turn the iPhone so you can type in landscape mode? That's my only deal-killer. Thanks.

B

 

[CBJammin103]

To me, the passing of my login information and my IM conversations through their servers is an absolute deal-blower. I don't care if the app is $50, $10, $3, $0.03 or free. I have no reason to trust them with any sort of sensitive information after the eyebrow-raising prelaunch and launch they've had.

Not to mention that for me, personally, being logged into AIM (or whichever other IM client) tells my contacts that I'm available for conversation. I have no need to be logged in constantly when I can't get my messages (via push notification on the badge) immediately without some clunky e-mail or SMS system. I'm pretty sure the same is true for most other people; if instant response is necessary, none of my contacts are going to elect to instant message me instead of calling or texting.

I also don't want to walk around all day under the impression that I'm logged in only to find out that their servers are down and I've MISSED IMs because people have assumed I was available. The fact is that I would be relying on their servers and AOL's servers to be functioning. And MC's don't seem to be supremely reliable quite yet...

 

[HyQuality]

yes it does support landscape mode.