UPDATE:
We replaced this iPhone version with the eBuddy Lite Messenger (http://m.ebuddy.com) . This runs faster and has all basic chat features. It also lets you sign in all your accounts at once.
It might look less flashy than previous iPhone version, but bearing in mind the sometimes very slow mobile internet connections, you get a faster client and more features this way.
We will add new features on a regular basis and also plan to make more iPhone specific adaptations.
Please stay tuned and check our blog for updates. Some exiting iPhone news coming up soon!
We pride ourselves with our work on the multi network version of our application as well as our availability on 300+ mobile phone types. With the release of the iPhone we of course feel that it can not be left behind.Europe, The Netherlands in particular, still has no concrete dates as to when the iPhone is going to be released, so we had to resort to eBay and earlier this week we finally received our very own iPhone. After some creative engineering to get the unit working (no AT&T in europe 
) our AJAX guys took it.
After a lot of playing with it work we are happy to announce the availability of one of the most advanced web-based multi network chat clients for the iPhone. Just point your iPhone to eBuddy (http://www.ebuddy.com) and you will be sent to a special landing page from where you can enter our application in iPhone mode and chat using MSN, AIM or Yahoo.
This version is marked as Alpha quality (or experimental if you will), so if you find any bugs or experience strange behavior, please let us know via feedback@ebuddy.com or press the feedback button in the application itself.
First I have to say, eBuddy is the best IM I saw on iPhone. I’ve already test eBuddy once I got my iPhone, but seems we still have the same problem now.
Since mobile Safari don’t have a scroll bar any more(windowless), so I can’t scroll my contact list as usual we use in IE/FireFox/Safari. We have to flick the entire content up or down to find our content.
Just check the following picture from Apple developer site.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/images/noscroll.png
hope to see eBuddy coming to be best web IM in the world.
Johnson
very glad to meet anyone here,very nice website and give us the stage to communication.thanks
hey e-budy,
first i’d like to say how good it is and
i can go on it any time if my namal msn
dosnt work lol
so just a little thanks to all of you for makeing this a good sight
xoxsammy♥
@gunsmith: luckily, you CAN scroll your contacts list!
What you have to do is place two fingers on the touchscreen, next to each other, and make your usual scrolling movement. You’ll see the rest of your contacts list appear from the bottom of your screen.
Our next release will have a contacts list that can be scrolled normally (with one finger)…
Thank you so much for your feedback! (I want more…)
Cheers,
Mike.
@Mike,
Thanks, i didn’t know iPhone can use two fingers to scroll in a window.
I have another question. Sometime using eBuddy it will stuck on the “Building conact tree” and never get into it.
Regards,
Johnson
Hey eBuddy! I’m absolutely in love with the new iPhone web-interface & AIM service.
I was wondering if there was a way to set a custom away message..? When I click the status changer, it allows me to be “Available” or “Away,” but I also notice if I click the little bubble, I can input text. But even when I do that, it doesn’t make that my status message.
I don’t know if this is a blooper, but custom away messages would be great! >:]
Thanks!
- drea.lorraine
@gunsmith: you’re welcome
The case that you’re stuck looking at the spinner when you login will also be fixed in the next iPhone version.
@Drea: thanks for your compliments! I will try to squeeze custom away messages into the next version
I’m also trying to find out what you all like better: a native, iPhone-looks, interface, or the eBuddy style.
Please let me know!
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Hey,
I prefer the iPhone native style - and using the iUI toolkit from Joe Hewitt it’s easy
Of course, its less flexible in terms of design, but better suited to finger-use. Also, many people expect it now that many other sites have adopted iUI…
http://www.joehewitt.com/iui/
Either way, keep up the good work! It looks really promising so far.
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Looks great, but where is Google Talk support?
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@Mike, Awesome! I can’t wait, :]!
I also like the eBuddy style, but some iPhone-interfaces look pretty weird. For one, I absolutely dislike the “drop-down” list style contact list. I like being able to view your contact list with away messages, etc. I like the eBuddy style, though. It’s cool with the tabs & all.
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yadda,
Gtalk support was recently added to the normal version of our multi network chat client, however it will take some time still before this feature is available in the iphone version.
Regards,
Arjen
i dk why i dont have my scroll bar in my iphone. plz solve it
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Does this work on the iPod touch too?
Is this compatible with the new ipod touch?
Does this work on the iPod touch?
That would be great though!
I really do prefer the Ebuddy theme for your MSN. Just cos everyone else wants you to feel like its a standalone app, I like it like this, its cool and sleek and the tabs are definately a great idea.
I’m getting stuck at the “builing contacts tree..” most of the times
Tried reboot phone, and same thing..
The times I get int though, it looks great!
Does this work on the ipod touch?? please reply…im trying but it seems to load to the usual ebuddy page, and it doesn’t seem to be working,..i read on another forum that ebuddy apparently works for iPhone AND iPod Touch…is this true??
how do u scroll dwn.. my whole page sort of looks squashed and when i am talking it goes behind where i type.. i cant use it.. looks brill tho..will it be fixed… also i have to use another account because the other wont sign in.. will this be fixed soon
hoe krijg je dit op je mb
Hey i am residing in Singapore. Been trying to log unto messenger thru iphone. Manage to get into the log in page, once username and password entered it says logging in and thats about it. It just keeep logging in. Could you get back to me with advice or instruction on how to go about it..Thanks.
Norman
I signed on to my MSN messenger from ebuddy but I can only recieve messages from people and when I try to write back or click the send button it doesn’t work,the send button doesn’t even click its like sending a message is not even an option. Please write back,Thanx,Lindsay
I had the same problem with the scrolling but then i figured out that if u use 2 fingers to scroll ull manage to read the convos and go thru ure entire list. its pretty neat.
I type ebuddy.com on my iPhone and it doesnt show the website i just get the normal mobile site
what can i do
HEY I LIKE EBUDDY I WISH I CAN PUT IT ON MY CELL PHONE FOR FREE
HEY I CAN’T GET ON MY EBUDDY I NEED TO GET ON IT SO I CAN TALK
Needs an update for iPod touch …
I’m in Ireland and I just get ebuddy mobile
Thx for the info
internet en el celular
Hello !
When I try to get this page on my iPod Touch, I land every time on the mobile page ! =(
If you could fix it, it would be simply the greatest msn client for iphone AND iPod Touch !
Thanks a lot for reading !
François Gilbert
i’m landing on ebuddy mobile too… not the iPhone version
It will be a wonderful experience when i may be chatting or talking with my friends on my iphone
How can i do this?
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Hi!
I know this is really random, but I don’t have volume on my i-phone unless it’s on speaker phone. Has anyone else had this problem?
hi ebuddy,
its really great…now i can chat wid my friends using ebuddy on my iphone…hope u’ll have more features to come..keep up d good work…tnx
i love ebuddy
This works with the ipod touch right?