Slowly, ever so slowly the Instant Messaging companies are getting together and AOL inched partly down that path with a new tool to link Outlook contacts with the AOL Instant Messenger aka AIM.
Slowly, ever so slowly the Instant Messaging companies are getting together and AOL inched partly down that path with a new tool to link Outlook contacts with the AOL Instant Messenger aka AIM.
The tool called AIM Sync by Intellsync is available for free in a public beta.
You need to have AIM 5.9 plus the communication tools pack already installed plus, naturally, an AIM account. It only works with Outlook 2002 (XP) or 2003.
AIM Sync will try to match your existing Outlook contacts with AIM ‘Buddies’ using screen names or mobile phone numbers. This is done each week or on request.
Once a Contact is linked to a Buddy then the online status of that person shows up in Outlook, much in the same way that Windows Messenger contacts can show up at present. You can click on the contact, an email address etc and start a chat with them.
There’s a good overview of the tool starting here.
