Chris @ Olstrom (.com) - Latest Comments in Staying Connected

Re: Staying Connected

Chris Olstrom — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:58:36 -0000

So I fail. Once I signed into my account with Palringo.com, everything worked fine. All my contact methods are set up. Liking the app, and it even works on my iPod Touch! Bonus!

Re: Staying Connected

Chris Olstrom — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:04:05 -0000

Palringo... got it installed, but adding any service (GTalk, MSN, ICQ) just spits back a "Cannot add service" error, and "you are not signed in".

Thoughts?

Re: Staying Connected

Chris Olstrom — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:11:50 -0000

Right, Fring. Annoying, spaming adware. Not recommended at all.

I'll give Palringo another go, then. It does XMPP?

Re: Staying Connected

pdufault — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:57:22 -0000

Fring was the annoying one you were using before.

Generally binaries are distributed just by indicating the processor architecture: Arm, Xscale, OMAP, etc.

Re: Staying Connected

Chris Olstrom — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:53:45 -0000

Palringo... isn't that the one that drops the self-promotional spam in conversations? Pretty sure I uninstalled that one because of that... unless I'm thinking of a different app.

So that's why they name 'em differently. Makes sense, though 'Touch' is probably more marketable than 'Vogue'. I wasn't aware of the processor differences... that's gotta make it awkward for distributing binaries, no?

"Works on HTC P3050 (CDMA model only)" would be a confusing disclaimer.

And yes, everyone wants to believe that they are special. Because accepting that they aren't would mean they'd have no excuse not to do something about it.

Re: Staying Connected

pdufault — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:48:44 -0000

Palringo is my app of choice for a multiprotocol IM client.

The Vogue is the CDMA model number of the HTC Touch, which is more specific than just saying Touch, as there is a GSM model as well -- the Elf (entirely different processor (OMAP vs Arm.)) The model number of the phone for a HTC product will always be different from the branded name, Sprint/Verizon/Telus/etc will always want a custom name, as they want the consumer to think they're special.