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At last, thank you libpurple! And of course the entire ApolloIM project team. Now introducing a somewhat universal iPhone instant messenger client — not only AIM support this time, but MSN, DotMac, and ICQ too!

The last time we saw ApolloIM it was quite lacking; version (minus) -1, which evidently spoke for itself. Today, well, 19 hours ago, the team released version (positive) 1.0.

It’s stable, it’s fresh, it’s instant messaging on the iPhone — yes yes y’all!

ApolloIM v1.0 changelog:

• Added support for DotMac, ICQ, MSN in addition to AIM. Through libpurple.
• Buddylist notification of open conversation
• Multiple account sign on - I’ve been on 8 accounts at once, although, I wouldn’t recommend more than 2-3 active accounts on edge, otherwise it gets slow real quick
• Sectioned buddy list by accounts
• Away / Unaway via the pretty green dot in the upper right. Tap it, turns red, you’re away. Tap it again, turns green, you’re back.
• Support for Alias’d buddy names.
• Support for Status Messages - shows up in the buddy list
• Time Stamps in conversation windows
• Removed Buddyinfo, for now
• Preparing to add a pane to “Settings” - eliminates need for “Prefs” button for us, will allow extended user options
• Completely brand new UI
• Entire application is brand new, recoded from the bottom up. Stability should be amazingly enhanced.
• Wifi Keepalive still requires summerboard.

Download: ApolloIM v1.0 (or install via Installer.app)

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