‘America Online plans to launch a broad program to encourage external developers to create applications for the company’s AIM instant messaging platform, an AOL executive said Monday.

The new program has been tailored for a new AIM version called Triton, which AOL began testing in April and which is based on a new architecture that is more open and modular than the existing one.

AOL posted the latest beta version of Triton today. This version, 0.3.19, fixes several glitches and adds some new features, such as a redesigned “away” message.

AOL is considering enhancing Triton by extending to all AIM users a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service with which they can dial out to and receive calls from regular and mobile phones. AOL is still deciding how to price this VoIP service for AIM users, but it might be free of charge, says Chamath Palihapitiya, vice president and general manager of AIM and ICQ at Dulles, Virginia-based AOL. If it’s not free, it will be very inexpensive, he says. AIM users currently can use VoIP among themselves, from PC to PC, for free.’

Read more at New Beta of AIM ‘Triton’ Now Available

{AOL Instant Messenger}

Recent Entries

• Yahoo! offers phone via instant messaging
• FaceTime Secures Instant Messaging For Distance Learning University
• Yahoo Messenger Integrates VOIP
• Mobile IM for Skype
• New Botnets Utilizing Instant Messaging
• Secure Developers Portal for Instant Messaging Bots
• ScanSafe Intros IM Security Management
• SIP Unified Communications Is All the Buzz
• Akonix Rolls Comprehensive Instant Messaging Security Bundle
• Microsoft Messenger for Mac 5.1

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 12th, 2005 at 1:24 pm and is filed under AOL Instant Messenger. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.