America Online Launches Update to the AOL Instant Messenger Service That Includes Easy Picture Sharing and Increased Personalization.DULLES, Va. -- AIM 5.9 Update Offers Easy Picture Sharing and Storage with The You've Got Pictures Service, Greater Personal Expression with Popular SuperBuddy Icons and One-Click Access to Fun and Entertaining Features America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced the release of an update to the popular AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R) Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (TM) (AIM(R)) service. The AIM 5.9 update includes the integration of AOL's You've Got Pictures(R) digital picture service; the dramatic enhancement of the AIM Expressions(TM) feature and the addition of AIM(R) 3D computer-animated SuperBuddy(TM) Icons; and the introduction of an AIM(R) Fun Tools feature and a new AIM(R) Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the . AIM version 5.9 is available now via a free download at www.aim.com. The integration of the You've Got Pictures online picture service offers AIM users access to free and easy-to-use options for storing, organizing, accessing, printing and sharing digital pictures with anyone on the Internet. This addition expands the AIM service's existing Instant Image sharing functionality and gives users a built-in range of convenient digital photography features. "While text-based instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or has gone mainstream, IM users are now interested in new, shared experiences that help them do more with the friends, family members and colleagues on their Buddy Lists. In fact, our 2004 survey of instant messaging trends revealed that picture-sharing via IM in particular is now a key feature for many IM users," said Edmund Fish, senior vice president and general manager, Desktop Messaging, America Online, Inc. "The AIM 5.9 update anticipates this and other emerging IM needs by providing Internet users everywhere with not just image file transfer, but with a complete digital picture service, free of charge. The addition of the You've Got Pictures service is just one of the many ways that the AIM 5.9 update will help users get more out of instant messaging." The new AIM 5.9 also offers a dramatic enhancement to the AIM Expressions feature, giving users the ability to personalize their messages with an expanded suite of icons, sounds and wallpapers. AIM users can now choose from among more than three thousand AIM Buddy Icons, hundreds of smiley sets, and thousands of sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros and wallpaper motifs. AIM users can also take advantage of 3D computer-animated SuperBuddy icons, which were previously only available on the AOL(R) service. SuperBuddy icons "express themselves" through more than 20 different animations and sound effects that are triggered by 75 of the most common chat phrases, abbreviated "text speak" and smileys that people use to send instant messages. For example, as a user types "LOL "Laughing out loud" or "lots of luck." See digispeak. (chat) LOL - "laughing out loud", or "lots of love" or "luck". " - for "laugh out loud" - the SuperBuddy character might laugh hysterically. Typing "zzz" can cause the SuperBuddy character to fall asleep with a dramatic flourish. These icons reside in the instant message window, and - even when a conversation is idle - the characters continue to "live and breathe" using ambient animations. The cast of SuperBuddy icons includes more than 200 characters, each with individual and quirky moods, personalities, sayings, and traits. Personalities range from popular celebrities to this season's favorites, George W. Bush and John Kerry  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Additional features of AIM 5.9 include: --A new AIM Fun Tools feature. A new addition to the AIM(R) Buddy List(R) feature provides users with one-click access to AIM's fun and entertaining features, including video instant messaging The inclusion of video in an instant messaging (IM) system, turning it into a two-way video conference. For example, in 2003, Apple introduced its iSight video camera for use with its iChat instant messaging. See instant messaging. , the You've Got Pictures service, AIM(R) games, radio from Radio@Netscape, mobile IM forwarding(1) , screen name linking and more. The AIM Fun Tools are free to all users and can be selected the first time users log on to AIM 5.9. --The new AIM Toolbar. The new, AIM-branded Toolbar works with Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. to give users an easy way to conduct Internet searches, block pop-up advertisements and access AIM's most in-demand features as they travel the Web. The AIM Toolbar is an optional feature that AIM users can select during their initial download of AIM 5.9 or during their upgrade from AIM 5.5. Availability Users can download and learn more about AIM 5.9 at www.aim.com. AIM 5.9 includes access to some AIM Expressions features and SuperBuddy icon content at no additional charge. A yearlong subscription to AIM's entire suite of AIM Expressions features is available for $9.95. Users can opt to pay as they go for a fee of $1.95 per month. AIM SuperBuddy icons cost $1.95 each or three for $4.95. AIM(R) Video Messenger functionality is free and available to users using the Microsoft(R) Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. (R) operating system; it is compatible with Apple(R) Computer's iChat(R) AV video conferencing application. About the AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. Service The AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service (www.aim.com) is at the center of one of the largest and most active communities online, and is available for use on computers, mobile phones and other handheld devices. Supported by a network infrastructure that handles nearly two billion instant messages each day, the AOL Instant Messenger service makes it possible for people from around the world to communicate with each other via text, audio or video in real time, and to engage in other shared activities, such as casual gaming, video instant messaging and picture-sharing. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. (1) Mobile instant messaging Mobile Instant Messaging abbreviated as MIM is a presence enabled messaging service that aims to transpose the Internet desktop messaging such as ICQ or MSN experience to the usage scenario of being connected via a mobile/cellular device. requires a text- or Web-enabled device and wireless service plan. Additional charges from wireless carrier may apply. |
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