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AOL Launches AIM Express Flash-based Instant Messaging and New AIM Mobile Client
Written by Allen Stern - August 20, 2008
AOL has announced the launch of a new flash-based instant messaging application today. AIM Express allows you to do everything you can in the normal AIM client inside of a Web browser. In my testing this morning, I found it to work very well. As you chat with more people, tabs show up on the top of the application so you can jump back and forth. Everything is contained inside of the one Flash application.
I wonder if they could port this to a desktop app using Adobe AIR as it would allow everything to be contained inside the app instead of opening windows for each current chat. The new AIM Express also allows for text messaging using SMS for friends that are offline.
AOL also announced the launch of an updated Windows Mobile client. The new client includes ads from AOL's Platform-A division.
Other companies in the Web IM and chat space include current CN sponsor eBuddy and Meebo.
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Cool new Messenger, it looks great in flash.
Allen, we just popped the AIM messenger in the swoot technology and made it available to use on the desktop.
Just try it here: http://test.swoot.com/wouter/aim/aim.tac
As you see it's a test version, but help me try it out if it works!
remind, go to www.swoot.com if you never installed the one time swoot plug in.
You need that to be able to view and open all swoot desktop taccels.
hope you like it!
rogier
founder swoot
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