Once again(on the occasion of a few emails from OZ’s legal department): we will NOT provide you with IM.prc! Please do not post further comments asking for the file – we will not respond!
A insider source inside of Palm has provided us with a binary file called IM.prc containing the Palm Centro’s IM client. Initial tests with a Treo 680 confirm the compatibility of the application:
IM supports AIM, MSN and Yahoo! messaging services – ICQ and Skype aren’t available as of now:
The online help states that the program supports the adding of contacts and background mode – making the application a viable alternative to Mundu or Gizmo.
Meanwhile, all else I can say is that the application arrived in a 1.5MB PRC file called IM.prc. Further testing will commence as soon as I am back in Vienna!
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Hi Tam, from one Palm loyalist to another, it is great that Palm finally released an IM app. I would also like to test this IM app on my Treo 680. Could you be so kind as to send it to my email address? Thanks.
-Rudy Chow
Can you send it to me too, I have a treo 650, would like to see if it works on it, thanks.
Why not even submitting it to Palmgear?!
No Jabber? Useless.
Sadly, I stopped using IM clients when I discovered IM no longer worked with Blackberry Connect… at least, not simultaneously.
Hi Tam! If you would be so kind to send this prc to your readers, I would be honoured if you also send it to me.. please!
Thanks
Luis Alberto Arjona
http://www.pdamexico.net
If all you guys want it, why not extract it out of the Palm Centro PC SIM? When I get my TX back from the Palm repair center, I’ll see if it works on that device (highly doubtful).
Yes, that would be the better idea … Otherwise Tam could get serious problems. You can download the Centro Simulator from http://pluggedin.palm.com (first you must create an account). Then copy IM.prc from the ROM to the virtual card (which is a simple folder in the Palm Centro folder, named Card0 or similar) using a file manager (I recommend GentleMan, http://www.mulliner.org/palm as it can copy ROM resources > 100 KB). Then you can install it and see if it works – or not.
@Brent: IMHO it won’t work on a TX (I tried in the simulator – it requires a phone lib) without patching.
Has anyone actually tried this IM app on a non-sprint network?
I followed Alexander’s instructions and got the app, but it fails to connect to my AIM and Yahoo! accounts with Err #4.
I have an unlocked Treo 680.
Any luck with login on cingular n/w ? i want to try on my treo 650 ?
I am new to the palm world. how do i get may 680 to work on the sprint network. or how do i get this sprint app to work on the att network?
I think Tams network is an Austrian one. Do they have sprint?
Hi,
no – SPRINT is a CDMA carrier, but Austria has only got GSM carriers!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
How can I get the IM? I have a palm centro and I think I accidently erased the IM thinggy
Hi,
the GSM version IMHO doesnt have it…
Best regards
Tam Hanna
hey i was hoping you could send me the IM APP
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