Evolve group for xda-developers - Off-topic

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For anyone who doesn't know what Evolve is, it is software that allows you to:
- Talk to players in-game
- Use different chat protocols and talk to players in-game (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Xfire, Steam, etc)
- Has VOIP and VPN
- And much more
It is geared more for gamers, however, it also has aspects that you can use for business and etc (the VOIP and VPN are quite nice).
Evolve itself also uses the XMPP chat protocol, so it is possible to also chat to your friends and join groups via your smart phone or tablet (I use Xabber from Android Market).
Not sure how many people here are gamers though, but if you haven't used Evolve yet, you should give it a shot, I think you'll be quite impressed

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fring 2.0 Adds Support for Twitter to Windows Mobile

"fring is a mobile internet community and communication service that allows friends to connect, share experiences and enhance their online communities together. Using your handset′s internet connection, you can interact with friends on all your favourite social networks including Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM®. You can listen to music with your Last.fm friends, check out what each other are up to on Facebook, receive alerts of new Google Mail and tailor make your very own fring by adding more cool experiences from fringAdd-ons."
http://download.cnet.com/fring/3000-2064_4-10645225.html
http://www.download3000.com/download-fring-count-reg-25808.html
Here's a couple of sites to download it from. If they don't work, just google and you will find more.
The twitter support (or version 2?) has been around for a little while definitely.
FWIW, I normally visit http://m.fring.com to download straight to the phone I think.
In the end, I disabled the twitter plugin, as I found it to be too light in features for my tweeting needs - I found PockeTwit to be perfect. However, if all you need is to send simple tweets and to read other people's outpourings, it is good to see it included in Fring.
hmm, pretty sure fring had the twitter function added pre-xmas?

Skype

Ive noticed that they have released a skype app for some phones such as the new desire, but not for the nexus one. If anyone has the apk for the new version of skype (not the beta that was around a year ago) could they please upload it to the board or email it to me? thank you very much if you can help.
My email is iamwhoamnot at gmail
What's wrong with Fring? It even supports video just fine.
Jack_R1 said:
What's wrong with Fring? It even supports video just fine.
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yeah, fring lets you sign into your skype account.
A few things are wrong with fring and nimbuzz and other clients, mostly because of their nature of being a proxy service rather than a true P2P app.
1. They store your credentials - you need to give fring and nimbuzz your user name and password to many services and trust them not to abuse it. You eventually just log in with their account password - and they connect to all other accounts you have using their stored details.
2. Proxy service - (a) Latency and (b) bad security.
(a) Since you don't directly call the other party you actually send your voice data to the fring servers which then forward it to the other person's skype - so fring in effect act as a middle man. this introduces latencies - as the data takes a longer route to get to the other side.
(b) Also it opens the opportunity for them to eavesdrop the conversation. It works not only for skype but also for all other types of accounts - like gtalk, fb chat, icq, aim - they have all your messages and then forward them.
These 2 reasons are why i can't wait for true p2p apps for all my chatting and voice needs - privacy and performance.
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What's wrong with Fring?
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-Its not Skype
-Many people including myself dislike Frings cheesy interface.
But as you righly say, it will do the job until such time as Skype put out a build of their own.

[Q] Best chat client?

Anyone have a decent chat client on the XOOM? I use Meebo, but the built in task killer likes to aggressively kill it and constantly signs me out. Anyone got any other ideas?
I like Beejive IM a lot on my iPhone. I don't really want to shell out the cash to try it on the Xoom without some reviews first.
It really depends on what services you are trying to connect to.
I'm using Google Talk for talking with google contacts. I use the official AIM client to talk to AIM people (although it also supports Facebook and Google Talk contacts as well).
Neither of those seem to get killed when I leave them running in the background.

Samsung Realesed ChatON Messenger App

Samsung has released envoy ChatON on Apple App Store.
ChatON is Communication Services Global Mobile which allows You to have better relationships with your friends or group. ChatON unify all methods of communication, expression sharing, and in one place.
features:
1) ChatON support platform multi-and the device. Users can chat through ChatON are free.
- Currently, the ChatON support IOS, Android, Bada, Samsung Features and will support Blackberry, Window mobile, web immediately.
2) ChatON provide multi-way to make Your communication more rich.
- 1:1 Chat, Group Chat, Broadcast, Message Drawing, Drawings, Video, Sound, Location, Contacts, Calendars.
3) Using the ChatON, you can create a message picture Your own unique by drawing hands etc.
4) ChatON provides features management to group a chat group Easy
5) ChatON provide ranking Interaction which tell you how often You chat with your friends.
6) For each chat rooms, You can easily see all picture sent and videos in one Trunk.
7) say something to your friends? only use 'Friends Say '!
What's New in Version this:
** SMS Verification not accepted? Go to ChatON.com to verification an alternative. It exists in corner bottom right "
You can download ChatON of App Store for free.

Best GoogleTalk Client?

Hey guys. I am kind of a big IM user, and I recently took the step of migrating to just exclusively using GoogleTalk. The two biggest services I talk on are GT and also AIM (which you can just talk to via GoogleTalk since they're federated XMPP services), so I have found that I basically don't need the specialized multi-client features of Trillian Pro. The other feature I liked in Trillian Pro is session sync, but GoogleTalk does that too, so I basically don't need to bother with installing & setting up Trillian when I have a built-in client that works directly with my Google Account already on my device.
Also the Trillian interface hasn't been modified for tablets in any way.
However, the stock GoogleTalk client doesn't support Groups on the contact list, so its just a giant mess for me.
It also doesn't have any options to re-skin or re-color it, and I don't much like the default white background (too bright for my taste).
Anybody have a chat client you love which isn't Trillian? Just curious.
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Mohamed Selim

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