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Beejive IM Released
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After checking again, BeejiveIM is now showing up when you search the App Store.
Is there someone out there who's using YIM on Beejive app on iPhone that could prove the 24/7 works? As well as the notification thingy?
I only have Yahoo OneConnect, but it won't let me logged in after I press the Home button, if Beejive can do this as well as the "pushed" notification (considering I'm not a MobileMe user) and yes I'm sold. Could anyone comment about it?
From what I am understanding, the notifications (email) and staying logged for 24 hours are what's worth paying for for the app.
However, for the price of $16 it is really asking for a little bit too much for now.
Yes that's $14 cheaper than the Blackberry version, but for the iphone I think we do have a contender for competition here: Palringo.
We can do a comparison of features and ease of use here..
Picture messaging (using camera, library/screenshot) - Palringo:1, Beejive: 0
Push to talk messaging - Palringo:1, Beejive:0
Setting status on exit - Palringo:1, Beejive:0 (i could be wrong about this)
URL links: Palringo:1, Beejive: 0 (coming soon?)
Group Chats: Palringo:1, Beejive: 0,
Emoticons: Palringo: 1, Beejive:0 (coming soon?) <- would be nice if you can have custom emoticons on the app.
The interface in Palringo also allows swiping the screen to jump to the next chat window... I don't know if Beejive is the same, both interfaces are not perfect although I think I would like Beejive's version a little better.
I also personally feel that the Beejive icon is non-representative and is far from being iconic, totally different from Apple's design cues (but Palringo also suffers from this).
For now, I wouldn't buy it.
This might change in the future of course, but personally I would not buy it unless I absolutely need to be logged on 24 hours+, and notified via email. Whether or not Palringo will support push notification we do not know yet, but it is likely.
My question is then, won't the advantage of having Beejive would be nullified when Push does become available?
We'll have to wait and see.
In my opinion they should have waited a little longer before releasing this version.
However, for the price of $16 it is really asking for a little bit too much for now.
Yes that's $14 cheaper than the Blackberry version, but for the iphone I think we do have a contender for competition here: Palringo.
We can do a comparison of features and ease of use here..
Picture messaging (using camera, library/screenshot) - Palringo:1, Beejive: 0
Push to talk messaging - Palringo:1, Beejive:0
Setting status on exit - Palringo:1, Beejive:0 (i could be wrong about this)
URL links: Palringo:1, Beejive: 0 (coming soon?)
Group Chats: Palringo:1, Beejive: 0,
Emoticons: Palringo: 1, Beejive:0 (coming soon?) <- would be nice if you can have custom emoticons on the app.
The interface in Palringo also allows swiping the screen to jump to the next chat window... I don't know if Beejive is the same, both interfaces are not perfect although I think I would like Beejive's version a little better.
I also personally feel that the Beejive icon is non-representative and is far from being iconic, totally different from Apple's design cues (but Palringo also suffers from this).
For now, I wouldn't buy it.
This might change in the future of course, but personally I would not buy it unless I absolutely need to be logged on 24 hours+, and notified via email. Whether or not Palringo will support push notification we do not know yet, but it is likely.
My question is then, won't the advantage of having Beejive would be nullified when Push does become available?
We'll have to wait and see.
In my opinion they should have waited a little longer before releasing this version.
BeeJive's push notification currently consists of sending an email to the address of your choice. If you don't have push email, the notification will not be immediate. Separate from this, yes, you will be connected 24/7 (configurable) no matter what IM account you use.
Seems to be working well for me, notifications and all. I've found a couple bugs but nothing that gets in the way of using it. Buh-bye MobileChat, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
out of curiosity, did you even buy beejive? doen't sound as if you did, so to say that they should have waited longer before releasing.......makes no sense to me.
to each their own. i have no need for picture sending (i use email for that), push to talk (that's what the phone is for), and quite frankly even url links (none of my friends really send me such links). i just want reliable instant messaging with my buddies, especially when i'm on the road for work or in the office and not always when i have the app running. i'm busy throughout the day so i can't be glued to the iphone let alone have the IM app running continuously. hence, my most important criteria is having the app keep me logged in, alerting me to when messages are sent to me so that i can click on the app to converse when i have the time.
however, i do believe that one should always keep a "backup" IM app around just in case, and originally i had hoped that would have been MC but those incompetent morons really shot themselves in the foot and f'ed up so i will also be keeping palringo as that backup IM app since the dev for palringo has been doing a fantastic job in ensuring his app is reliable while continuously adding new features. what i don't really like about palringo when compared to beejive is its user interface as well as lack of notifications and nice long auto login time when the app is not running. not to mention the startup time for beejive is simply amazing, buddy lists come up nearly instantly. with palringo, I have a painful amount of waiting and loading time to login and have the buddy list come up.
looks like a really good app, just don't know if it's QUITE enough better than Palringo to justify an $17.35 outlay (since that's what it works out as here in the UK - we get absolutely screwed on iTunes prices, for no good reason that I can figure out)
Will wait for a few more detailed reviews before I make a decision.
Also... REALLY not wild on the Icon
... I know it shouldn't matter, but what can I say, I guess I'm a bit shallow in some ways, but I *do* like my iPhone screen to look nice... especially since this would probably be on the first page.
Will wait for a few more detailed reviews before I make a decision.
Also... REALLY not wild on the Icon
... I know it shouldn't matter, but what can I say, I guess I'm a bit shallow in some ways, but I *do* like my iPhone screen to look nice... especially since this would probably be on the first page.Awesome. My favorite app on the Blackberry and now it's my favorite app on the iPhone.
MobileMe notifications work PERFECTLY.
MobileMe notifications work PERFECTLY.
how do the mobileme notifications work? is it just push email to your mobileme email account? or is there a more "obivious" kind of alert like you receive for sms messages?
by the way, i created a new yahoo mail account (since my primary email is a gmail account and doesn't do push but yahoo does) and configured beejive to push messages to this new yahoo mail account when i receive instant messages when i don't have the app running, and so far this has been working perfectly as well!!!
what's cool is that the email notification actually contains a button that you click on that takes you from the mail app directly into the beejive native app.
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To name a few: Beejive will keep you connected for 24 hours. Palringo only 15 minutes currently. Beejive has a better UI IMHO and has landscape mode. Also has notification alerts (email) of received IM's when app is closed.
To name a few: Beejive will keep you connected for 24 hours. Palringo only 15 minutes currently. Beejive has a better UI IMHO and has landscape mode. Also has notification alerts (email) of received IM's when app is closed.
currently you're only logged to palringo at a certain number of minutes (i think it's at 15 minutes now). beejive can keep you logged in for 24 hours.
beejive is faster, well-thought UI (i don't like palringo's 'send' button near the spacebar), bigger fonts (palringo's too small), landscape IM.
I don't do picture (that's for mail), and voice (that's for phonecalls).
I still keep palringo since the developer always update it.
EDIT: oops whatever i said, kevin said faster
Per the description on Beejive's AppStore page:
"Be connected even after you close the application. Get notified instantly when you get a new message (requires MobileMe or Exchange/ActiveSync push email)."
So, the guy actually did know what he was talking about, and you kind of...don't.
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Beejive will keep you logged in for 24 hours (when app is closed) regardless. MM or exchange (or any type of push email like yahoo) is needed for instant notification (via email) of a received IM when the app is closed.
jcde7ago said:
Per the description on Beejive's AppStore page:
"Be connected even after you close the application. Get notified instantly when you get a new message (requires MobileMe or Exchange/ActiveSync push email)."
So, the guy actually did know what he was talking about, and you kind of...don't.
Beejive will keep you logged in for 24 hours (when app is closed) regardless. MM or exchange (or any type of push email like yahoo) is needed for instant notification (via email) of a received IM when the app is closed.
Looks like the best IM app so far but with free alternatives like AIM for those just needing AIM access or IM+ not sure if this is worth it. Those still have bugs and issues but that can be resolved. Kinda early at least for me to dish out $16 for an IM app.
For $16 they should have an option to text you im alerts when your out of the app like mobilechat does (or at least did)
$16 or aim mobile forwarding for free?
While I've been waiting for background notification for aim/ichat, you can have AOL send my a txt message when you're not logged into AIM.
http://aolmobile.aol.com/
or
In iChat -> preferences -> aim or mobileme to register your phone -> click mobile forwarding button and follow the directions.
You can even reply via sms.
Call me cheap but I would have bought beejive if it were $5.... everyone would buy it if it were $1.
Guess they don't realize the value of market saturation.
While I've been waiting for background notification for aim/ichat, you can have AOL send my a txt message when you're not logged into AIM.
http://aolmobile.aol.com/
or
In iChat -> preferences -> aim or mobileme to register your phone -> click mobile forwarding button and follow the directions.
You can even reply via sms.
Call me cheap but I would have bought beejive if it were $5.... everyone would buy it if it were $1.
Guess they don't realize the value of market saturation.
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They probably will in an upcoming version. They are probably testing to see what their servers can handle first.
That would be sick too!
Problem with that is, most people wont message me if im listed as on mobile... not sure why, they just dont. This way I appear online and ready to reply.