socket.io 0.9.10 + socket.io-client 0.9.10 are not playing nice with xhr-polling...

1 - server.js

/* 1. node server.js */
var io = require('socket.io').listen(1234);
io.configure(function () {
    io.set('transports', ['xhr-polling']);
});

io.set('authorization', function(handshakeData, ack) {
    return ack(null, true);
});

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
    console.log("Someone connected!");
    
    socket.on("news", function(data){
        console.log(data);
    });
});

2 - client.js

/* 2. node client.js */
var io = require('socket.io-client');

var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:1234');
socket.on("error", function(err){
    console.log(err);
});
socket.on('connect', function(message){
    console.log("Connection established!");   //You'll never see this.  
    socket.emit("news", "hi");    
});

error

// This is the error you'll see after several seconds.

timers.js:103
            if (!process.listeners('uncaughtException').length) throw e;
                                                                      ^
TypeError: Cannot call method 'onClose' of null
    at Object._onTimeout (/private/tmp/sockettest/node_modules/socket.io-client/lib/socket.js:281:22)
    at Timer.list.ontimeout (timers.js:101:19)