Trillian Instant Messenger (IM) for iPhone (Finally!) Arrives in App Store
After a long time in limbo, fan favorite desktop Instant Messenger (IM) client Trillian [$4.99 - iTunes link] has finally (finally!) arrived for iPhone and iPod touch.
Features include AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, tabbed chat windows, clean contact lists, killer connection management, instant cross-device sync (via Astra server), simultaneous sign-in, and “intelligent” push notification.
Confession: I’ve been podcasting, now I’m editing, so I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but if you’re giving it a go, please let us know your favorite features, pros and cons, and just in general — what you think!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
November 19th, 2009 at 12:27 am
BOOM RON JEREMY 1st.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:28 am
RON SAYS now you can I. M. All your lamo freinds.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 am
hmmmm interesting very interesting
November 19th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Does anybody even care anymore? They’ve fallen behind. Beejive and IM+ are much better for the iPhone. At one time Trillian was the sh*t, just not so much on the iPhone
November 19th, 2009 at 3:09 am
So where is meebo they showed off months ago?
November 19th, 2009 at 3:36 am
I’ve been waiting with baited breath for iTrillian, However I’m extremely disappointed with what they have released.
It seriously feels like a half finished application, ebuddy is capable of the same and more functions and it looks better and its totally free.
Well there are no options to change at all except the logins for your accounts.
It doesnt show offline friends, online friends are just shown under a “ungrouped” tree unless you specify groups for each friend.
Really disappointed for a paid application, especially when I can get more out of a free application.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Seems well behind the other IM options already available.
November 19th, 2009 at 7:17 am
I’m excited by the ability to sync with desktop Trillian (provided this means syncing of chat logs, something I’ve been looking for a way to do), but from what I’ve heard it doesn’t seem worth it to switch from Pidgin on desktop and Palringo on iPhone.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Its a shame. Trillian is really the only multi protocol app worth it in windows 7 right now, so I was looking forward to iPhone version. IM+, the app I use right now, has made some rather……annoying….moves lately. However, reading these comments, I fear that it is a waste of money.
Also. +1 for WHERE THE HELL IS MEEBO.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I wouldn’t waste your time with this… spend the extra money and get the better application, BeejiveIM.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:47 am
This application is draining my battery. They really need to also take a look into this.
November 19th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Trillian got a bad deal since they were delayed in the App store by 3 months. I’m sure they will update/add features once people actually use the app.
November 19th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Trillian has always been a decent product. I’ve used it through many incarnations, although I’m not in love with this app… hope they debug it. Here’s some other options from web apps http://m.seego.com/category/communication/instant-messaging
November 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
@Unhappy (Comment #6):
To change all those settings you mentioned, go to your iPhone Home -> Settings -> Trillian. That’s where you change settings, like all other apps.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
@PK Thanks, eBuddy has these settings in the application, so I was not aware of having to go into iphone settings since none of my other apps have options there.
Either way, the only thing that I can change there (which I had gripes with is sounds/vibration options).
I still cant see my offline contacts, nor does it have facebook chat, and my online contacts are under a “ungrouped” tree instead of just “Online” which looks untidy to me.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Looking at the screen shoota…. trillian is so very very colourful and mismatched looking. ick, it offends me!
November 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I, for one, love it and am glad that it’s finally available. Hopefully it won’t take 90 days for their bug fix (which they made shortly after submitting to the store) to be released and approved.