Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

No, but Yahoo IM does. You move to "mobile" state, and it converts IMs to SMS to "push" to your phone. It does so by sending to you via a unique phone number, part of which is a unique identifier for yahoo, part based on where the person is in your friends list. It tracks you by caller ID. You can add that to your friends contact as a separate number and it will show their icon as the contact. :)

Handy for places where you don't have data, but still want to IM, as long as you have unlimited SMS. I've used this many times, and it works pretty nice. With a script, you could even find/detect these types of messages on the fly and change them in the database to show up as IM chats later if you prefer, vs SMS from the yahoo IM gateway.

Uh... No?! I don't know what you're doing, but MY contact list isn't being sent to anyone. There's a big difference between a service knowing who you're linked to with them, and having a copy of your contact list. About 10% of my friends use IM, so sure, Yahoo or AIM or what not know of them. None of them have my grandma's number and home address. If an app is sending your contact list to scan for people you may know to link to.... that's VERY different than connecting with a known list of people you've added and connected with on your own.

I concur with the majority on this one: There are dozens of supported free/open chat protocols out there. Paying for or wanting to use one that's closed seems silly. I get that your friends may use BBM because they're locked in on their device. But to reward that by trying to use it too seems counter productive. Tell them to ask BBM for a gateway to another service. If enough people ask for it, they'll probably provide it.

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

But guys... i know it stays on all the time and stuff. But where i live i pay 4 dollars a month for an unlimited internet package.On the other hand sending int'l txt msg consumes a lot of my credit. The whatsapp saved me a lot of money since i installed it on my other phone. So i think we should at least have a whatsapp for our N900 ...

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

Apparently Liveprofile should be coming soon

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

really need wht apps application in n900...missing this apps a lot...

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

can someone explain why you would want a messanger 'app' when you have all popular chat services integrated into contacts.

I have not used Whatsapp but it looks just like a messenger app... no ?

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

the reason i want is ... my gf is using android phone and she is very much into 'whtapp' and always ask me to be online..but i dun hav and she pretty make fun of n900, i claimed N900 to be the Best cell phone beating iphone and her samsung galazyS...now i feel helpless when she ask for 'whatapp'..:(

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

ok so she is using that, but what service is she using, all of the below she can contact you with from contacts

GTalk
Yahoo Chat
Skype
MSN

There are others also but i guess she is on one of these ? if you are too then i dont see the issue...maybe im missing something

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

she likes using 'whtapp' more then Gtalk yahoo or anyother..coz all her relatives are online through 'whtapp'....if someone can try and make this app.would be worderful...:)

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

Whatsapp appears to use XMPP (Jabber), but on Whatapp's own, closed servers. Were the company to allow access by third-party clients, the N900 would have everything needed already. Or, if Whatsapp were an open source app, it would likely be ported already.

Instead, Whatsapp is a closed app on a closed XMPP network. As such, it's up to the Whatsapp company to write a Maemo 5 client. They've stated they have no intention to do so, so the matter rests.

Complaining and wishing here won't help. Admittedly, complaining and wishing to Whatsapp, Inc. almost certainly won't help either.

Re: whatsapp type application for N900
 

Liveprofile guys, Its whats up, coming soon for symbian and maemo. Its like whatsapp and bbm with twitter and facebook integration.
http://www.liveprofile.com/