In Sametime 8.5.2, one of the most important items was the announcement of support for Sametime on several additional mobile devices including Androids and iPhones/iPods/iPads. Additionally, a Sametime meeting client is also available for Blackberry.
New in Sametime 8.5.2 is the support for Sametime Mobile on Android devices. The new client offers some interesting features. If a user is running the Sametime client in the background, they will now be notified when new messages are received. The use of the camera is now integrated into chats. A user can take a picture and send it to the chat participants, or they can select and include a picture from their picture library into a chat. The new text-to-speech feature will read chat messages aloud, enabling a user to visually focus on something else during a chat exchange. Finally, the Sametime geographic location information is updated from the GPS receiver on the device. More information can...