Beta Beat: Apollo IM leaves alpha, enters beta
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On the iPhone front, the Apollo Instant Messenger application has left alpha and debuted this morning with a usable beta. This new beta works well enough that you can carry on multiple conversations and it feels like real software rather than a proof of concept. There are still several missing features. As our gallery shows, the buddy info feature isn't quite there yet and you still cannot add buddies on the fly--that feature should appear soon as Apollo IM integrates libpurple functionality. Also as you can see, the little red badge that tells you how many unread messages you've received (a la SMS and Mail) isn't working quite right yet. Quibbles aside, this is a big step forward for native IM.
