AT&T survey hints at iChat application for iPhone

AT&T recently sent out a round of surveys to iPhone users, asking people about their experiences using the phone in different contexts. One of the slides asks about EDGE performance, with one subsection asking how well users rate performance whilst using "iChat," next to other features of the iPhone. Does this mean Apple is planning an iChat application, or did AT&T make a whoopsie? It's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that Apple is working on iChat for the iPhone, and IM is definitely an improvement that we'd welcome.

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 12:58PM]

@wombat

Sorry, this isn't true. Adults (i.e. sysadmins) use the sidekick also, mainly because it has a real qwerty kb, an SSH client, 3 IM clients, and an overall poor but usable web browser. Also the 'unlimited' data plan on the sidekick is actually unlimited, it includes all web, text messaging, IM and email you can do for $30. As soon as the $60 iPhone data plan does that, we can talk, maybe.

Sure, many idiots got an SK because some famous idiot like Paris Hilton had one, but it's actually a quasi-useful phone.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 10:39AM]

you bought a soo revoultionary phone that you must wait and wait and wait, for some basic features/performance.. good deal... ermm,, not?

[AvoBandit Posted Jul 9th 2007 5:40PM]

Why doesn't Apple have a setting feature in which you can DISABLE AUTO-LOADING OF PICTURES? The browers still have this so that dial-up users can get content without waiting for pics to come in. It should have been a feature in Safari to speed up the transmission of news sites where you don't care so much about the pictures (e.g. New York Times).

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 6:21PM]

Check this link out from last year...and if it's indeed a tie-in to the new iMacs to be released, iChat without iSight built-in cameras. the whole screen is a camera, and soon with Leopard multi-touch as well...the killer app for iPhone...is videophone through iChat..
Yes, it is a stretch, but all the pieces are already in place and Apple does think a little different..I mean a touchscreen phone?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/26/apple-patent-embeds-thousands-of-cameras-among-lcd-pixels/

[pwna63 Posted Jul 9th 2007 8:42PM]

I don't think they AT&T themselves like the idea of a full on webapp of AIM or Yahoo because they rely so much on the idea of charging users for Text thats why they've put a flat rate of measely 200 Text. On a business standpoint, I would rather charge that $10 to boost it up to 1500 text for every user.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2007 8:30PM]

I was at the apple store and was talking to one of the guys working there who has the iPhone and he has a Beta Version of iChat. He can only have 10 minute sessions with it. So everyone 10 minutes he has to log out and then log back in. But he says he loves it and you can talk to anyone with any IM service.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2007 2:39AM]

uhh... well i hate to be a snob but ive got the Verizon XV6700. and yeah its a fatty phone but i do get some pretty freekin awesome fast internet... and i still have all this media, txt, IM, built in keyboard (!!), built-in wifi, stuff like that

so yeah i guess iPhone is pretty cool... just dont get it expecting the best technological device. my XV6700 does everything the iPhone does and tons more... but its definitely not stylish. fashion over function, go with the iPhone most def


XV6700: http://reviews.cnet.com/smart-phones/audiovox-utstarcom-xv6700-verizon/4505-6452_7-31660683.html

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 26th 2007 6:09PM]

perhaps if we can get enough people to rate potential new iphone features in an easy-to-evaluate fashion, apple might just listen up.

here's an attempt at a possible feature list survey

http://polls.zoho.com/jhofman/iphone-wishlist

please vote and/or submit new features to add to the list!