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Beejive Instant Messenger Released for iPhone

Sunday September 28, 2008 6:38 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Those of your waiting for a better Instant Messaging client may want to look at Beejive's new instant messenger for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

BeejimIM [App Store] is a full featured client which offers the following features, as listed by the developer:

General Features
- Reliable and efficient networking: be connected 24/7, and it's gentle on your battery.
- Be connected even after you close the application. Get notified instantly when you get a new message (requires with MobileMe or Exchange/ActiveSync push email).
- Works with multiple IM networks, multiple accounts per network: AIM/iChat, MSN, Yahoo!, GoogleTalk, ICQ, Jabber, and MySpace IM.
- Desktop-like instant messaging with all of your IM buddies from a single intuitive user interface.

Chatting Features:
- Real-time chats: quick switch between multiple simultaneous chats.
- Full Unicode support, chat in any language supported by your iPhone.
- Landscape option, type with a larger keyboard.
- Chat history: Email chat logs to save chat history.
- SMS out, chat with your SMS buddies through AIM or Yahoo SMS out. Fully integrated with your iPhone/iPod Touch address book.

Account & Buddy Features:
- Manage your buddy-list, including add/remove, nicknames, groups, block, approve/deny requests.
- Sort/group/search your buddy list.
- Control your own availability, set auto-away and custom status messages, be invisible, change privacy controls.
- Configurable alerts, customizable sound, vibrate settings.
- Buddy icon support, view your friends' icons, set your own.

Despite all the listed features, the price of the app may give you some pause. At $15.99, it's well above other instant messaging options on the iPhone. That being said, Beejive is not a newcomer to the scene. They have similar product options available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile 6 as well. They've also long offered a web-version for the iPhone that has been well received.

App Store Link: BeejiveIM
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macbookairman
Posted: 48 months ago
Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but Beejive IM has been released.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291720439&mt=8

Its $15.99.
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madfresh
Posted: 48 months ago
Thanks for the info! I actually used this before the app store came out on their site.

EDIT: $15.99! :mad:
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diesel
Posted: 48 months ago
macbookairman, thanks!!! awesome.........though how did you find it without the newly released apps option anymore? you must have been searching for it over, and over, and over again :)

BOUGHT.........
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macbookairman
Posted: 48 months ago

macbookairman, thanks!!! awesome.........though how did you find it without the newly released apps option anymore? you must have been searching for it over, and over, and over again :)


actually i went to the macrumors iPhone page, and on the right of the page it has the list of some new apps. It was right on top :)
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diesel
Posted: 48 months ago
okay, first impressions is that this app is hands down the BEST IM app out there. the look and feel is great, the settings options are great. my hats off to the dev. the settings also allow you to remain logged into their servers for up to 24 hours!!! meaning that if you click the home button to do other stuff, messages will get queued up by their servers and when you log back in, those messages will be displayed. also allows you to configure an email message to have messages pushed out to you!!! I haven't tested these features yet, however if they do work.......woohooohoooooo

in any case the list of configurable options in the settings screen is impressive:


Buddy List:

Use Groups: On/Off
Hide Offline: On/Off
Sort By: Display Name/Status


Chats:

Preview In List: 1 Message/2 Messages/3/4/5/All
Chat List Transition: Flip/Slide
Allow Landscape: On/Off


Notifications and Alerts:

Sent IM Sound: On/Off
Received IM Sound: On/Off
Ringer When Inactive: On/Off
Vibrate: On/Off


User Interface:

Buddy List Layout: iPhone/Desktop
Table Divider: Lines/Alternating Colors
Chat Background: Grey/White/iPhone Background


Auto Away:

Auto Away: On/Off
Message: Defaulted to "On iPhone..." (but user defined)


Network and Push:

Push Email Alert: On/Off
Email Address: user defined
Session Timeout: From Logout on exit to 10 minutes all the way up to 24 hours


Misc:

Log Level: Trace/Debug/Info/Error/Silent
Server: user defined


As you can see from the above options, the dev certainly put a lot of thought and work into this app, and as mentioned the interface is simply awesome

I might do a full review sometime later, i'm just so excited about this app
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ijohnw
Posted: 48 months ago
This app looks totally awesome! Although, I went to search for it in the app store on my iphone and it is not there to download yet...have they officially released it yet?
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diesel
Posted: 48 months ago

This app looks totally awesome! Although, I went to search for it in the app store on my iphone and it is not there to download yet...have they officially released it yet?



yes it's been released, i have it on my iphone. as reported by someone else you can't "search" for it but you can follow the op's link to purchase it from the app store.

i can't describe to you how great it is to finally have a kick ass native IM app. i loved beejive for safari, but this native version app loads my buddy list so much faster than the web app that it doesn't feel like i'm really waiting at all!!!

however one thing to note, i don't see anyway of sending pictures or "voice" msgs to buddies via this app like palringo allows you to do, however for me, i never used such features. i just wanted a nice looking reliable IM app that would continue to queue up messages for a long tim when you weren't actively in the app on your device, and this app does that.
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ijohnw
Posted: 48 months ago
Man..im away for the next couple of days from my home computer so I can't download via itunes on the computer...i wish it was available on app store on the phone..I don't see it there yet...
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Rayfire
Posted: 48 months ago
Hey diesel,

Thanks for the quick review, I'm wondering if you could give us a more detailed review for this app? If you have time though, not rushing you or pressuring you. I just need to be sure that spending almost $16 should be worth it (unlike others out there) but yeah if you have time or if anyone bought this app could you give us a detailed review? Thanks!

The whole 24-hr being logged thing sounds cool to me.
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FLAVAH
Posted: 48 months ago
wow looks promising... it has all the features that one could ask for, and features i know everyone has been waiting for on a native app for the iphone.

is it worth the $16?

im not sure yet. i will wait a couple days to see how everything pans out.

i hope that everything works as advertised, that would be awesome.

POST-EDIT... and i just saw that it also works in landscape... awesome.
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