Programming specialists have intentified two new properties in Apple´s coding of the iChat application for the Mac OS 10.7 Lion leading to speculation that it will be integrated into the iMessage service expected for the iPhone 5 to be released later this year.
The properties have been discovered inside the framework of Lion´s iChat software and relate to the delivery of messages and verification as to whether a message has been read. It has been determined that the coding does not have origins in iChat, but are major components of iMessages which has been designed to feature specifically as part of the messaging application in the forthcoming iOS 5 iPhone together with iPad2 and iTouch.
The strings of code relate to “timeDelivered” and “timeRead” and have lead industry specialists to believe Apple have plans to include its iMessage protocol in the next generation iOS 5 handheld devices which could potentially launch in October when it is anticipated the iPhone5 will released. The speculation comes on the back of Apple´s confirmation in June 2011 that iMessages has been designed specifically as a unified messaging service for iOS5 devices.
The claims are supported by Apple´s previous move to integrate FaceTime for their line of Mac PC´s after first introducing the service in last year´s iPhone4 smart phones. The video chat service software was made available to Mac users earlier this year.
The iMessage software is the latest advancements in a proprietary chat client that allows users to send texts in real-time allowing them to chat and share multimedia messages between devices that carry the iOS5 platform over Wi-Fi and 3G. It has also been speculated that owners of iTouch and iPad2 will also be accessible to the service to replace the current native Message application, though at present there is no scope to send iMessages to non-iOS5 devices like Mac PC´s.
The software is based on touch technology similar to the Blackberry messenger, though has been developed by Apple´s in-house programmers and is used to share media through the delivery of messages, e-mail access and contact lists. It uses a system that is not unlike the Instant-Messenger service found in cloud applications found in Hotmail and Gmail accounts.
When using the iMessage service you will also be able to see when your friend is typing a message and will be notified when the message you send has been received by the recipient. Unread messages are highlighted with a “waiting for delivery” prompt and are highlighted in blue rather than green used for general text messages.
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