Jabber Support In iPhone 2.0?

What currently uses Jabber, is this a big thing that it uses jabber over something else?

What currently uses Jabber, is this a big thing that it uses jabber over something else?

Google talk is the biggest commercial user but there's a myriad of open source server and client implementations. iChat & leopard server both support it.

There's also gateways from jabber onto MSN, AOL & Yahoo chat services. But that'll need third party support.

M.

Yah! IRC support would be nice too. :)

Google talk is the biggest commercial user but there's a myriad of open source server and client implementations. iChat & leopard server both support it.

There's also gateways from jabber onto MSN, AOL & Yahoo chat services. But that'll need third party support.

M.

I believe there is also a gateway to Sametime. One of the reasons why I think that this may be geared in part for the enterprise.

=There's also gateways from jabber onto MSN, AOL & Yahoo chat services. But that'll need third party support.

It just need only functional jabber/xmmp services browser in client to hook-up to the gateway ;>

What currently uses Jabber

Google Talk.

A lot of companies prefer XMPP/Jabber since it is internal only, usually, and work-focused...

A lot of companies prefer XMPP/Jabber since it is internal only, usually, and work-focused...

I'll agree with you on the internal thing but with my company having IM at work I can tell you it is RARELY work-focused. I'd say probably 90-95% of my IM conversations have nothing to do with work and in my experience that's pretty standard for the under 30 population.

However, that 10% of time it's work related saves me a lot of time from having to write e-mails, call people or track them down.

Good chance that this will support Sametime IM Connect and others. Sametime from IBM is popular in a lot of enterprises. Sametime supports XMPP and SIP depending on the proxy used. It supports federation with a lot of other IM services. See http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/instantmessaging/rtcgateway/

I am currently evaluating the security of Sametime 8.0 so I am fairly familiar with it.

However this XMPP capability is really for both, consumers and for enterprises, not just for big business.

I'll agree with you on the internal thing but with my company having IM at work I can tell you it is RARELY work-focused. I'd say probably 90-95% of my IM conversations have nothing to do with work and in my experience that's pretty standard for the under 30 population.

However, that 10% of time it's work related saves me a lot of time from having to write e-mails, call people or track them down.

It depends on how you set it up. In our case everyone that wants to talk to the AIM cloud has to request access and the LDAP updated. They would have to use the company ID for a professional presence and not their standard "CuteBlonde64" like iD. Their exchange will be recorded, saved for a long period of time and any abuses may result in termination. The idea is to reach our customers, not to arrange a date. Only text will be allowed, no HTML, no files, no video, no voice.

Come on iChat :) It is becoming excruciating waiting till June to get my iPhone 2.0 :D