{{Infobox software , name = Jimm , logo = , screenshot = , caption = , author = Manuel Linsmayer , developer = Jimm development team , released = 2004 , latest release version = 0.5.1 , latest release date = {{Start date and age, 2006, 10, 31, df=yes , latest preview version = 0.7.100123 beta , latest preview date = {{Start date and age, 2010, 01, 23, df=yes , operating system = Cross-platform , platform = Java ME , language = English, French, German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian , genre = Instant messaging client , license = GPL , website
www.jimm.org
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instant messaging client for the ICQ network. It is written in Java ME and should work in most of mobile devices that follow MIDP specification. Jimm is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

History

Creator of Jimm is Manuel Linsmayer. In 2003 he released a client Mobicq. The client allows to view a list of contacts and exchange messages on a protocol OSCAR (ICQ v8). In 2004

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banned the use of the name "Mobicq" because it contains a part belonging to company trademark "ICQ". At that time, client was able to display status, display information about user, play sounds and display messages in the chat. It was decided to rename Mobicq to Jimm. The name "Jimm" means "Java Instant Mobile Messenger".

Jimm development team

*Manuel Linsmayer (founder of the Jimm project) *Andreas "Rossi" Rossbacher *Denis "ArtDen" Artemov *Ivan "Rad1st" Mikitevich

External links

Jimm Website
2004 software Free instant messaging clients Free software programmed in Java (programming language)