One of the more noticeably missing applications from Apple's wunderphone, the iPhone is a solid instant messenger client. Thankfully, since the iPhone SDK was released, third-party developers have more than stepped to the plate and provided iPhone owners with an dizzying array of options.
In any case, today's review features the excellent, full-featured BeejiveIM.app for the iPhone. Beejive Inc., the developer of this instant messenger aggregator for the iPhone has put a lot of thought into this application and has packed many iPhone-friendly features into it.
Along with support for: AIM/MobileMe, MSN Hotmail/Messenger, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, MySpace, ICQ and Jabber, BeejiveIM is able to keep you logged in to your account even after quitting the application. This is an important feature as Apple has yet to implement the Push Notification Services (PNS) and only upon starting the application will you see incoming chat messages. There is however an option that allows BeejiveIM to mail you whenever an IM comes in...these are only temporary fixes until Apple comes up with a more "elegant" solution.
Some other features I'd like to point out are:
The ability to send and receive files over the internet (Both pictures and voice notes)
The ability to view and forward received documents (MP3s, PDF, DOC & XLS)
User configurable chat backgrounds
Full unicode support, chat in any language
Keyboard available in landscape mode
Chat history can be recorded
Support for hyperlinks (YouTube videos, email addresses and phone numbers)
Emoticons support
SMS outgoing support via AIM or Yahoo
Either bulk account manageable or single account manageable
and the list goes on...
Let's just put it this way, there are A LOT of features and I'm not sure a single vid review covers them all. I may try to do a follow up video to my YouTube review, so keep an eye out for it.
I highly recommend BeejiveIM to anyone who is an avid IMer and who has multiple IM accounts. Right now it's a steal in the iTunes AppStore at $9.99, watch my vid review and enjoy. Thanks for watching!
Comments
DL
said:
You can also use your iPhone to access remote files and stream your music collection. I ran across an interesting article entitled "Drive a Hybrid Cloud" at DealDogs.net reviewing the ZumoDrive program which works on the iPhone. This is the article link here which has a description and video about the Hybrid Cloud storage provider.
One of the more noticeably missing applications from Apple's wunderphone, the iPhone is a solid instant messenger client. Thankfully, since the iPhone SDK was released, third-party developers have more than stepped to the plate and provided iPhone owners with an dizzying array of options.
for the iPhone. Beejive Inc., the developer of this instant messenger aggregator for the iPhone has put a lot of thought into this application and has packed many iPhone-friendly features into it.
You can also use your iPhone to access remote files and stream your music collection. I ran across an interesting article entitled "Drive a Hybrid Cloud" at DealDogs.net reviewing the ZumoDrive program which works on the iPhone. This is the article link here which has a description and video about the Hybrid Cloud storage provider.