Octro: New IM Client w/VOIP support (1.15/1.13 on 4/14/07)

[danimal]

thanks for the help, i've never used google talk, or any im client for that matter... typical noob confusion(ack!)

one of the people using this phone will need im capability, so i'm trying to get it dialed in.

this is a clean little app, i was getting its capabilities confused with the skypeout client, which is apparently not im software.

one thing i want to test is how the octro audio quality is, as compared to the skypeout network... the latter is not useable at times, even on the evdo network.

[gilesmartin]

I just wanted to say that I am really enjoying this app and even though it is slightly limited on features as compared to say verichat (this will come with time). I think this might be a great contender for the best unified instant messaging app on wm5. yes I said unified, for those of you who don't know, because gtalk is based on jabber you can use a jabber client like psi on your desktop to add the transports for yahoo, msn, icq and aim. these contacts will then show up when you log into your gtalk account. nice!

so far I have had issues with serious device slowdown (only once but bad enough to make me uninstall...for a while) and alerts being slow when the device is sleeping. also there doesn't seem to be any popup notifications when I get a new message from the transports (but I do get the icon). and it would be really nice if the contact list could have a compressed view putting contacts and status on the same line with less wasted space.

overall I think it is a great program and with a few tweaks it will be the best (although there isn't much competition ) the voip sounds great too but I don't have any gtalk contacts so I haven't tested it.

[gilesmartin]

oh, found a little bug. if you have two chats open and you close one session but then try to navigate back to the other (still open) session using the tabs it will somehow reopen the closed session.

it works perfectly with the right softkey though

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by gilesmartin

oh, found a little bug. if you have two chats open and you close one session but then try to navigate back to the other (still open) session using the tabs it will somehow reopen the closed session.

it works perfectly with the right softkey though

have you emailed the developers and let them know?

support "at" octro.com

they're usually really good at working these out and would be interested. if you haven't could you drop them a note about it?

[gilesmartin]

email sent

[Malatesta]

New Version 1.05 is Out Today:

- Autocomplete should now work fine.
- Status on today screen should be the same after a re-connect.
- We also fixed a bug in the close session logic.
- If you are talking to a buddy, and it changes its status, you can notified in the chat screen.
- A few other smaller issues.

http://www.octro.com/


Seems like most of the little quirks have been fixed and is working well.

UPDATE:

So now incoming VOIP calls wakeup the device and ring like its should, autocmplete works and there are some nice enhancments. Coming along nicely.

I was also able to UPX the main .exe file and reduced it by 50% and the program is much faster now. So for those who use UPX4PPC I encourage you to try it on this program as well. I asked the developer to consider pre-UPXing the files by default if there are no side-effects.

[Blofeld]

Happy Y2K + 7 Mal, Mike and everyone else at PPCGeeks.

I emailed Octro support group about a few suggestions, in particular the SMS chat relay. They know it will be costly but will look into this. Another suggestions I asked for is custom away messages.

With our help, Octro will be a fine replacement for Verichat soon.

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by Blofeld

Happy Y2K + 7 Mal, Mike and everyone else at PPCGeeks.

I emailed Octro support group about a few suggestions, in particular the SMS chat relay. They know it will be costly but will look into this. Another suggestions I asked for is custom away messages.

With our help, Octro will be a fine replacement for Verichat soon.

Happy new year too...

1) yup, I've mentioned SMS chat relay too. since they'd be the only game in town doing that it would be a huge point of sale for them, lets see if it's cost effiecient/doable for them. I'm just happy they'd consider it. The more people request the more they'd consider it worth their time and effort.

2) Custom Away messages: you can already do this (it was put in I think 1.03 or 1.04) either way it works very well

[lowspeed]

Hey works preety well !

This is a killer app if you're on EVDO... i'm on x1 and it still sounded nice.

[lowspeed]

I couldn't figure where u can set the ringer volume and actual ring type.....