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AIM chosen for iPhone chat app
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AOL’s AIM chat application just got a major boost–it’s going to be included on the iPhone.
AIM on the iPhone was demonstrated earlier on Thursday at Apple’s announcement of the iPhone software development kit in Cupertino, Calif.
AOL apparently took only two weeks to do the development using the iPhone SDK, Apple said at the event.
The AIM on iPhone application offers a buddy list, the ability to easily toggle among multiple IM conversations with a finger swipe and the option of using a photo on your iPhone as your buddy icon.
With AIM being the top IM client, it’s no wonder Apple chose AOL over Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google. But it’s got to be a snub to Google, its partner on other iPhone applications.
AIM, meanwhile, is interoperable with Google Talk, so maybe I’ll be able to get to my Google contacts on the iPhone like I can via Gmail.
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