Thanks to the recent availability of the XO laptop, I have once again become interested in the little laptop. Now normally this would not have a real place here on iPhoneFreak, however I have come across a nice way to use your iPhone to chat with the XO’s built in chat program.
“Anna has got Jabber running on an OLPC XS server connecting to IM client software from the open Internet. Most any Jabber compatible client can now connect to a group of OLPC XO laptops using the same server. The Jabber client computers and XOs can be anywhere on the Internet. Here I’m using the Palringo chat client on my iPhone to connect to the Chat Activity on the XO laptop next to it here in Wheaton, MD, but via wifi and by way if Birmingham, Alabama.”
According to the details, Palringo is able to connect to an XS jabber which would allow the user to have a personal chat with an XO user. The catch is, the IM client, Palringo, needs to be told to use port 5223, and the user also needs to already have an account on the server before being able to login to the chat. Additionally, the XO laptop needs to be using build 8.2 or higher.
Having just ordered an XO laptop for my daughter through the G1G1 program I am pretty excited to be able to test this out. It seems to be straightforward enough, but without an XO in hand, its hard to fully test it, expect some more after it arrives.
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