AIM now features all kinds of new ways to interact with your friends and family via Lifestream. When you first launch the app, you will notice the addition of the Lifestream tab at the bottom of the screen. When accessed, it will allow you to set up an account through Safari if you haven’t already. Lifestream is able to pull in updates from other services, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Digg, so you won’t have to jump from app to app to keep in touch. You can also comment on those status updates from the app, view photos, and even filter through the content to find exactly what you are looking for.
Image courtesy of Appadvice Of note is that there are 2 versions of the AIM app for the iPhone. A free ad supported version which does not yet have Lifestreaming functionality or the $2.99 version without ads that does. No word on when the free one will be adding Lifestreaming.
A new Air app for Lifestreaming was launched today called Skimmer. I’ve only played with it for a short while but it has a pretty diverse set of features. It can import your feeds from several services including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and blog.
It will import status updates and allow you to reply and post both to Twitter and Facebook separately. You can also filter all your imported feed data by keyword, service, or friends lists from the main interface. There are 3 different types of views available for the feed which offer some unique differences from other clients I have used.
There are also dedicated interfaces for your Flickr and YouTube accounts that are presented in a great looking interface. In fact the interface and presentation throughout is one of the things that makes this app standout. Besides allowing you to view your imported photos and videos, the app offers the ability to upload to Flickr and YouTube as well with a fancy drag and drop interface.
Probably the most unique and gorgeous feature as well is the profile mode which creates an awesome content mashup of your data that you can customize and even embed as a widget on your own blog. This feature alone is worth the price of admission. So as you can see the app is pretty different and offers a combination of features that I haven’t seen before.
I only skimmed the surface (pun intended) and I really need to dig in more. There is already quite a bit of coverage on the app which I have linked to below. I just wanted to provide some quick info. In my short time with the app I recommend you download now and check it out. Well worth it just to play with the different and wonderful interface.
Lifestreaming service Strands.com has just released the first dedicated Lifestreaming app for the iPhone. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this and take a look at what it had to offer. It even prompted me to create my first video review on Lifestream Blog. I hope you enjoy it below.
Note this video is in HD. Pretty nice eh?
So as you can see it’s a pretty basic first implementation and although I want more, it’s hard to say anything negative because they are the first service to launch and I look forward to their sophmore effort which I already heard is underway.
Strands interface from Web App
You can download the app here. You can follow me on Strands here. If you’re not currently a user of Strands and would like to try it, leave a comment below and I’ll send you an invite.
Also, let me know if you like video reviews and would like to see me do more of them.
Lifestream blog provides the latest news, reviews and resources for the tools and services to create a Lifestream. It also provides information on the social services used to fuel them. You can follow author Mark Krynsky on:
Of note is that there are 2 versions of the AIM app for the iPhone. A free ad supported version which does not yet have Lifestreaming functionality or the $2.99 version without ads that does. No word on when the free one will be adding Lifestreaming.
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