iPhone App Blog

There’s a new IM iPhone app in town. Indian company Geodesic Information Systems has announced a new member of its popular Mundu mobile products line; Mundu IM: iPhone Edition. This IM app allows you to access you AIM, MSN, Yahoo, or GoogleTalk accounts simultaneously on your iPhone.

You can see all your buddy lists and carry on conversations in a single chat window.  Use the available IM services separately or all at once (this may get confusing, though.) You can even access and receive offline messages through Mundu IM: iPhone Edition.

Mundu IM: iPhone Edition is still in its Beta stages and the company is very open to feedback and suggestions. If you’ve used their service and want to make a comment, suggestion, or an idea to improve Mundu IM: iPhone Edition just send them an e-mail with “iPhone” as the subject line.

This is a pretty neat little IM app. It’s easy to use and keeps the feel of native iPhone apps. Mundu IM: iPhone Edition could very well become the only instant messenger you need.

For more information check out Geodesic’s press release on Moneycontrol India.

UK company Synchronica has released a free 60 day trial of their Mobile 3.0 which provides mobile synchronization between Microsoft Exchange and the iPhone’s ail service. This service requires no software to download and no connectors or redirectors need to be installed on the corporate network.

Until now, most users of the iPhone weren’t able to access their corporate e-mail. This is because iPhone’s e-mail client only connects to Microsoft Exchange via direct IMAP/SMTP connections which is often blocked by corporate firewalls. Synchronica’s mobile system creates a secure gateway that utilizes Microsoft’s Outlook Mobile Web Access to retrieve e-mail from the Exchange server.

The gateway works closely with Exchange allowing iPhone users to send and recieve corporate e-mail on the go. When they return to the office their sent and received e-mail is automatically updated so there is no need for a “copy to self” workaround.

The iPhone is the latest smartphone to be added to Synchronica’s Mobile 3.0 system. With the addition of this mail gateway, iPhone is taking strides in becoming a corporate smartphone. For more information about Synchronica and their Microsoft Exchange gateway check out Synchronica’s press release or website.

Well, the first free text messaging app for the iPhone has been launched. TxtDrop has developed an easy iPhone interface for its texting service. Simply enter your name, message, and your friend’s mobile number and the service sends your text completely free of charge. No sign up fee or anything!

TxtDrop is just one of the many iPhone apps developed by third parties to enhance iPhone’s messaging abilities. The lack of a chat feature on the iPhone has lead to many instant messenger apps online. Some of these only work for one or two instant messengers, but there are some that offer iPhone access to almost any instant messenger.

There are lots and lots of rumors that in the next iPhone updates a chat function will be featured prominently. The most likely candidate for an Apple-authorized iPhone chat app is iChat. iChat is an AOL based instant messenger that is currently in beta stages on Publictivity’s servers. Right now the features are limited, but is sure looks pretty!

Of course there are several full iPhone instant messenger apps available online. BeeJive is a JiveTalk application for the iPhone that connects to multiple IM networks. AOL/iChat, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber are all available on this super neat app. Right now this service is free to use, all you have to do is sign up over your iPhone to get chatting.

Another nifty iPhone IM app is Heysan, an easy access way to IM on AIM, MSN, and ICQ with Yahoo and GoogleTalk on the way.  Heysan is one of the more stripped down apps only including the bare minimum of messaging needs.

With all this IMing going on you may want to check out how fast you can type on the iPhone’s digital keyboard. Well, now you can do just that with the iPhone Typing Test. Unlike some other typing apps, this is a free-form test that allows you to either type whatever you want or repeat the test’s text.