Apollo IM Reaches v1.0 Status

Apollo IM, the first native chat application for iPhone, has reached 1.0 status today after a long development cycle. Since the last version, Apollo now has support for AIM, .Mac, ICQ, MSN, and sports a totally reworked user interface. The application now has an official application page, Apolloapp.com.

Changes since version .1.2:

• 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.

The last version, beta 0.1.2, was released on 9/9/2007. Apollo IM is available through Nullriver's Installer.app under Featured and from the ApolloIM Google Code page. Upgrades from previous versions are not supported, so you will have to uninstall the old version before installing version 1.0.