Thread: Did Your N900 Ship Today?
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2009-09-30 , 01:04
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Originally Posted by ceeceebee View Post
In The IM framework is Ovi, Skype, Google Talk, and Jabber. Most of these (if not all save skype) are built on the OMA Open IM standards. I assume that other will come, but not sure of the route. The framework makes it harder for people like NimBuzz to make a living my adding a a full client, as the client is already there - you just plug in the plumbing. And there is no money in plumbing. Maybe the AIM and YM guys will do it, but again without a client to show adverts, why would they bother? Maybe Open Source to the rescue, but some of these protocols have to be licen$ed. hard nut to crack.
True, meh, that means having to run an extra program like Pidgin, shame it's not likely for AIM and YM and other popular messaging platforms to do standard IM.

Though in an ideal world they would implement a basic IM client through the framework and then create their own application for audio/video chat where they could then display ads or whatever makes them revenue.

Originally Posted by Hogwash View Post
Well....(a) I don't have an n800/810 and I'm not going to buy one...and (b) if the n900 hasn't managed to figure out how to do good quality video chat then I'm canceling my order - it is a primary driver for my purchase. A showstopper.
What I meant, is that if it was doable back in the n800/n810 on Maemo 4 it should be doable on Maemo 5 with the n900. Especially since the camera is even better I would expect the video chat would be better. So while we may not have video Skype (though right now nobody has mobile video skype..outside of laptops) we can at least use Google Talk. The only reason why I mentioned Skype is because when you say video calling you think Skype.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...