IRC On Your Mobile
I've been spending alot of time in #mobitopia the IRC chat-room connected with mobitopia.com which got me interested in Mobile IRC clients. There seems to be a healthy number of clients available for a wide variety of phone types from Symbian to Windows Mobile to UIQ. Here is what i found:
Virca
This first client i tried, which came recommended by the guys in #mobitopia, was Virca.
It's a J2ME based IRC Client which is free to use making it a good
place to start. Its a very simple piece of software with no frills. The
interface is text-based and very simple and setting-up a connection is
easily done. My only annoyance is the fact that you can't just start
thumbing in messages but have to push in the joystick first to open the
text-input screen. This also means you can't see what people are saying
while you are typing a message. The text-based interface also gets very
annoying and a more structured interface would be far more appropriate.
Supports any java-enabled mobile phone.
WLIrc
Another free J2ME based IRC Client, WLIrc
is almost identical to Virca. It has a very similar UI (text-based) but
uses colour instead of the depressing black and white that you have
with Virca. Sadly it also has the drawback of a separate text-input
screen which means you can't type a message directly and when you are
entering text, you can't see what everyone else is saying. There is
little to differentiate between WLIrc and Virca, it is simply a matter
of personal preference. Both have a simple connection set-up and use
multiple windows and both a free and Java based.
Supports any java-enabled mobile phone.
Wireless IRC
The last, and indeed the best, IRC Client I tried was "Wireless IRC"
(9.99 from Handango). This was by far the slickest IRC client i used
and is the client i now use daily. It looks good, it connects
seamlessly, its tabbed windows makes it easy to navigate different
chat-rooms and since its not freeware/shareware, it has some customer
support for when you have problems. It solves all the problems i had
with the other clients. The UI is more graphic and far more
user-friendly than either Virca or WLIrc and it has far more connection
and setting options than the free clients. The text-input problem is
also solved as the text-input screen pops-up at the bottom of the chat
window which allows you to read other people messages as you type your
own. Text can also be automatically thumbed in without having to press
any other buttons to open the input box. Another great option is the
Download Tab which allows you to see which files you are currently
downloading and how far along they are, something which isn't included
in most of the free clients.
Supports Symbian Series60 Phones Only.
Other Clients
Here are a few other IRC-Clients i found. SmartIRC is a client for Windows based mobile phones which i am told is excellent. QUIrc and SymIRC are a clients for UIQ based phones (such as the Sony-Ericsson P800).
December 10, 2004 by Tarek Abu-Esber
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this is Ibrar. Ur website is quite amazing. please give us free ringtones and games for nokia 6600. Keep up the good work
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Posted by: ibrar | 15 Dec 2004 10:35:17
i got a nokia nagae i want msn messanger on it so much !!!!! please help me!!! pleez
Posted by: Gaurav | 17 Dec 2004 21:43:39
Guarav:
http://www.agilemobile.com/downloads.html go there and click the first link (that says n-gage). Its Agile Messanger and you can use MSN, yahoo messanger, ICQ aznd a few others.
Posted by: Tarek | 17 Dec 2004 22:23:13
The lcdui (the j2me user interface api) consists mostly of vague pointers to how a user interface should work, to allow widely different devices to construct a representation suitable for their own capabilities. This allows the device to fit T9, handwriting recognition or plain keying seamlessly into the interface at the expense of loss of control.
In practice, this means that opening a window allows the phone to decide how best to input, which is why (apart from the ease, of course) midlets tend to do this.
The other way, which Wiresless IRC presumably follows, is to implement an input mechanism in the midlet. This works fine for plain keying, and is often sufficient.
Vidar, author of Virca
Posted by: Vidar Holen | 1 Jan 2005 05:26:11
About the IRC programs... do you know of any that will allow me to chat on IRC using my 6620 via a bluetooth connection with my pc? This would save me alot of money on per-minute internet charges when i'm just say... in the backyard with the family.
Thank You!
-DiSpy
Posted by: DiSpy | 2 Jan 2005 22:34:35
JMIRC! Under active development..
works great..!
http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/
Posted by: stan | 11 Nov 2005 00:25:37
Wireless Irc is a good chat software in symbian, keep good working guy, let see Wireless Irc in next version, Ok
Posted by: Yohanes SC | 15 May 2006 17:49:42
do you know how to use the "ignore" command on jmIrc? or where i can find a list of commands?
Posted by: Sue | 16 Oct 2006 14:02:24
Hi there
Please note that CoolIRC is a mobile IRC client that has a lot of features compared to others. It is designed for J2ME. Download it at http://www.coolirc.za.net
Posted by: Cool123 | 9 Aug 2007 13:12:54
This is nice to mirggi
www.Mirggi.Net
thanx
Posted by: loak | 19 Oct 2007 03:13:17
try this irc its more powerful and has emoticons :)
Posted by: Mo | 26 Mar 2008 05:06:32
try this irc its more powerful and has emoticons :)
http://jedirc.wen.ru
Posted by: Mo | 26 Mar 2008 05:07:55
I cant use irc on my mobile. I've tried all these irc but da error is coming like ur DNS doesnt match. Ignoring host name. Kindly tell me how to use MIRC undernet EU. Server.
Posted by: Senoria | 7 Jul 2008 01:46:09
My mobile is nokia 6280 plz ans me.
Posted by: Senoria | 6 Aug 2008 16:14:59
The last, and indeed the best, IRC Client I tried was "Wireless IRC"
(9.99 from Handango). This was by far the slickest IRC client i used
and is the client i now use daily. It looks good, it connects
seamlessly, its tabbed windows makes it easy to navigate different
chat-rooms and since its not freeware/shareware, it has some customer
support for when you have problems. It solves all the problems i had
with the other clients. The UI is more graphic and far more
user-friendly than either Virca or WLIrc and it has far more connection
and setting options than the free clients. The text-input problem is
also solved as the text-input screen pops-up at the bottom of the chat
window which allows you to read other people messages as you type your
own. Text can also be automatically thumbed in without having to press
any other buttons to open the input box. Another great option is the
Download Tab which allows you to see which files you are currently
downloading and how far along they are, something which isn't included
in most of the free clients.