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iPM:It's BBM For The Rest Of Us.
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Oh sorry. I was wondering why you didn't have a link. Yes, it would be a good idea as long as it worked in the background.
When all the other third-party apps don't (assuming this is an iPhone app)? Yeah, sure it does...
Sounds good, i really like the icon as well
How would it run in the background????
When someone send you a message you will get notification.
I would love this. For me push AIM isn't a good substitute because I hate always being logged on. When I'm on AIM people will try holding long coversations with me whereas a text message is usually just a quick comment/question. Any opportunity for free text messages is always welcomed
The only iPM I see in the AppStore sure doesn't seem to have anything to do with BBM or IM'ing.
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but that would kill the battery big time unless they made it go into a power saver mode of some sort.
As far as I know, BBM doesn't actually pop anything up when you get a message, it just plays that "badunk" noise and adds an icon badge, which is exactly the kind of stuff you can do with push notifications. So you would actually be able to replicate BBM almost exactly on the iPhone.
The ONLY reason most of my friends won't switch to the iPhone from their Blackberries is b/c of BBM. Anyone who says SMS or IM clients are the same thing simply hasn't used it (or hasn't had any friends who used it). A program like this would be a HUGE asset for Apple but I agree that it should run in the background.
