iPM:It's BBM For The Rest Of Us.

[sinsin07]

Hey everyone!

I have looked at the other apps out there (whatsapp,ping!) and used them. I noticed a few things that my app features that theres do not.

Both WhatsApp and Ping! don't use PIN numbers. WhatsApp says that they have an advantage because there is no PIN number to exchange. I think that statement is bogus.

With my app, exchanging PIN numbers is easy!

1) Manually enter the other persons PIN
2) Friend request each other
3) Bluetooth the PIN numbers to each other!

Ping! does not have friend requests which means anyone can IM you and harass you (Like the guy that stole your girlfriend )

On a side note.

The app is almost done! From here on it's just feature add ons and little bugs. Expected to be submitted September 30th.

Feel free to post any questions you have or PM me!

Yo dude your out of order. Your slamming someone else's app to promote yours? I think that's bogus. And then you say the App is almost done? I was rooting for both of you.

That being said I think these apps are great.

Question, does your app have message receipts, and can you see when someone is typing a response? Where can I get a list of the features?

Thanks

 

[sinsin07]

You actually do exchange numbers which is kinda like a PIN?

The name is iPM

How is this pin number derived? I have the phone numbers of the people I will contact, so I don't see how the pin compares to the contact list I already have.

 

[jkb]

You actually do exchange numbers which is kinda like a PIN?

true, but if i exchange numbers with Bob 5 years ago, why do i need to exchange another number again?

i mean, i see the "privacy" angle, but i personally never have desire to chat with people who's number i already don't know. maybe i am just old fashioned

i like the fact that you need to friend somebody though.. that is something ping definitely misses IMHO. if i know your ping ID, i can annoy you six ways from sunday.

The name is iPM

be sure and check that there are other apps in the store which start with "i" -- not sure how apple feels about it... never know with their approval team either.

 

[Rob Mclovin]

Yo dude your out of order. Your slamming someone else's app to promote yours? I think that's bogus. And then you say the App is almost done? I was rooting for both of you.

That being said I think these apps are great.

Question, does your app have message receipts, and can you see when someone is typing a response? Where can I get a list of the features?

Thanks

You've obviously never seen the Apple vs. PC commercials!

 

[sinsin07]

You've obviously never seen the Apple vs. PC commercials!

Good point. Is SAG3194 app downloadable somewhere?

 

[sinsin07]

true, but if i exchange numbers with Bob 5 years ago, why do i need to exchange another number again?

i mean, i see the "privacy" angle, but i personally never have desire to chat with people who's number i already don't know. maybe i am just old fashioned >snip

I see your point, but if you are going to use this in the work environment, you made need to converse with someone you don't know to get a job done, like a server team or a Exchange team if your in the field.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Yo dude your out of order. Your slamming someone else's app to promote yours? I think that's bogus. And then you say the App is almost done? I was rooting for both of you.

That being said I think these apps are great.

Question, does your app have message receipts, and can you see when someone is typing a response? Where can I get a list of the features?

Thanks

Well I would not call him out of order considering the creator of whatsup game into this thread and bashed SAG app. Considering SAG kept his complaining ONLY to the thread he made about his app I think it is ok and hell it only came after the Whatsupguy came here and bashed his.

You actually do exchange numbers which is kinda like a PIN?

The name is iPM

Something you might want to consider is to also develope this app for Blackberries as well. That way iPhone users would be more willing to look at it as well since they may have a lot of friends already on blackberryies. You could base the Pin system on something where blackberries get to uses their pin numbers and iPhones would have like an extra digit in it to prevent overlap.

Easier for blackberry users because it using an existing number and not to much extra trouble for other phones because you could just add like a '1' as the extra digit of all other phones.

 

[sinsin07]

Well I would not call him out of order considering the creator of whatsup game into this thread and bashed SAG app. Considering SAG kept his complaining ONLY to the thread he made about his app I think it is ok and hell it only came after the Whatsupguy came here and bashed his. >snip

Sorry, I did not see any evidence where JKB directly bashed SAG's app. His reference was to BBM. The thing I see inappropriate was posting a reference to his app in another developers thread.

 

[SAG3194]

Good point. Is SAG3194 app downloadable somewhere?

Expected submit date is Wednesday September 30th. That date can vary. Never know. Last minute bugs always happen!

Developer of WhatsApp how long did it take for the app to get accepted?

 

[jkb]

Expected submit date is Wednesday September 30th. That date can vary. Never know. Last minute bugs always happen!

Developer of WhatsApp how long did it take for the app to get accepted?

these days it takes about two weeks to get reviewed. if apple finds something they don't like, you get rejected, get it fixed, re-submit and wait another two weeks.

 

[jkb]

Sorry, I did not see any evidence where JKB directly bashed SAG's app. His reference was to BBM. The thing I see inappropriate was posting a reference to his app in another developers thread.

mea culpa

to be honest, i didn't even realize iPM was going to be a product 'til today's post saying that. i was under impression it was just a graphics/name mock up

 

[sinsin07]

mea culpa

to be honest, i didn't even realize iPM was going to be a product 'til today's post saying that. i was under impression it was just a graphics/name mock up

From reading the first few post, other people thought the same thing. I again ask Sag, is there somewhere I can read up on your app?

Edit: And yes, I know about last minute bugs. I expect to see some tomorrow morning when I walk into work.

Thanks

 

[0970373]

Oohhh...I got totally confused and thought Whatsapp was this one. I remember this thread from months ago and wondered why you decided to get rid of the "pin" feature.

Hurry up with this one! lol. Do you need beta testers...cuz I'd def like to be one

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Sorry, I did not see any evidence where JKB directly bashed SAG's app. His reference was to BBM. The thing I see inappropriate was posting a reference to his app in another developers thread.

Page 7 of this thread. I though it was poor form for it to be posted here in another devs thread.

Now I give jkb benfite of the doute for not reading the first post from the dev but he kind of lost his protection from any bashing in this thread the 2nd he did that.


Please note the thread was started a while ago by SAG and was about his apple.

http://itunes.com/app/whatsapp

we just added chat and app went live today. it is exactly like BBM but for iphone. in fact, it is even better since there is no PIN to exchange. will update itunes app store description and screen shots later.

 

[sinsin07]

Page 7 of this thread. I though it was poor form for it to be posted here in another devs thread.

Now I give jkb benfite of the doute for not reading the first post from the dev but he kind of lost his protection from any bashing in this thread the 2nd he did that.


Please note the thread was started a while ago by SAG and was about his apple.

Sorry, you have no point. The quote you posted has no reference to SAG's app. It refers to BBM. I have already conceded the point that it was not a good idea to post and advert in another developers thread. Before you try to correct someone, make sure you know what you are talking about.

 

[anjinha]

This app is taking too long to come out. Ping! is getting very popular. It's on the top 20 list of free Social Networking apps and it's constantly getting mentioned on Twitter.

It doesn't matter how good your app is, if all my friends use Ping! I'm going to use Ping! too. I don't want to have 3 different apps, each one to communicate with a select group of iPhone users, this only makes sense if everyone uses the same app.

 

[0970373]

This app is taking too long to come out. Ping! is getting very popular. It's on the top 20 list of free Social Networking apps and it's constantly getting mentioned on Twitter.

It doesn't matter how good your app is, if all my friends use Ping! I'm going to use Ping! too. I don't want to have 3 different apps, each one to communicate with a select group of iPhone users, this only makes sense if everyone uses the same app.

I was thinking the same thing until I figured out that ping was crazy draining my battery. I removed it this am and battery function is back to normal. So I'm recommending wapp fir now...but need to see how iPM will run before final decision.

 

[anjinha]

I was thinking the same thing until I figured out that ping was crazy draining my battery. I removed it this am and battery function is back to normal. So I'm recommending wapp fir now...but need to see how iPM will run before final decision.

It's not Ping! that's draining the battery since it can't run in the background, it's push. That will happen with any push app.

 

[jkb]

It's not Ping! that's draining the battery since it can't run in the background, it's push. That will happen with any push app.

well, yes and no. we do use push to notify you of a chat message, but once you start chatting with somebody and you both online, we no longer use push for chat anymore

 

[IronLogik]

I was thinking the same thing until I figured out that ping was crazy draining my battery. I removed it this am and battery function is back to normal. So I'm recommending wapp fir now...but need to see how iPM will run before final decision.

it will not drain your battery any more than another app. If the app is closed then it doesn't drain battery. Only time the app itself uses battery is when it's running. And Push notifications are the same regardless of app. your logic is flawed i think.

 

[jkb]

And Push notifications are the same regardless of app. your logic is flawed i think.

almost.. small correction:

some apps use push notifications to communicate even if both parties are online and using the app to exchange messages.

some apps (like yahoo messenger) only use push notification to tell you there is a message, but once you connect, they use yahoo proprietary chat to communicate and don't use push anymore.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

almost.. small correction:

some apps use push notifications to communicate even if both parties are online and using the app to exchange messages.

some apps (like yahoo messenger) only use push notification to tell you there is a message, but once you connect, they use yahoo proprietary chat to communicate and don't use push anymore.

wouldn't a system like that drain the battery very quickly because it requires the phone to constantly have its antenna powered up to full power.

 

[jkb]

wouldn't a system like that drain the battery very quickly because it requires the phone to constantly have its antenna powered up to full power.

well yes.. if people want applications which don't drain power, there is iFart

but if people want to use yahoo messenger or icq or google talk, there is a price to pay...

 

[SAG3194]

Update!

Hey guys!

I want to know what you guys want added to this...

Throw out features to me!


Thanks,
iPM Team

 

[crazymexx]

Send location w/ map like BBM. Smileys. Picture/video sending. PING(Buzz) friends.