AIM and Beejive Instant Messaging iPhone Apps Updated with Push Notifications
Two major instant messaging clients (AIM and Beejive) for the iPhone and iPod Touch were updated tonight with support for Push notifications. Instant messaging was always cited as one of the major reasons the iPhone and iPod Touch needed some form of background processing. Prior to iPhone 3.0, if you were to switch out of these applications, there was no easy way for the applications to notify you of an incoming message.
AIM (Free) - AIM is the official AIM client from AOL. The new version allows you to stay logged in for up to 24 hours and receive notifications through Apple's Push Notification system.
BeejiveIM ($9.99) - Despite its higher price, it has been a very popular instant messaging client with support for multiple protocols (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, Facebook, ICQ, Jaber, MySpace). The latest update adds push notification support and other enhancements.
Push notifications require the 3.0 firmware that was released last week. Apple announced today that it has been downloaded over 6 million times since it's release.
AIM (Free) - AIM is the official AIM client from AOL. The new version allows you to stay logged in for up to 24 hours and receive notifications through Apple's Push Notification system.
BeejiveIM ($9.99) - Despite its higher price, it has been a very popular instant messaging client with support for multiple protocols (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, Facebook, ICQ, Jaber, MySpace). The latest update adds push notification support and other enhancements.
Push notifications require the 3.0 firmware that was released last week. Apple announced today that it has been downloaded over 6 million times since it's release.
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35 months ago
Interesting...iTunes shows free version of AIM as still the pre-Push version, but App Store on my iPhone downloaded the 3.01 update with Push. Guess they're still syncing things up?
35 months ago
Just installed both, tried them out and both work very well.
The one thing I will recommend before you use them...
After installing..
Reboot... Reboot... Reboot..
Did I say reboot your phone? Rebooting will solve problems I had and others I have heard were having.
Well worth the wait!
Oh and btw, Yahoo will not connect. If you cannot connect with Yahoo, there appears to be a problem with Beejive connecting.. Gives a tried all ports error message..
The one thing I will recommend before you use them...
After installing..
Reboot... Reboot... Reboot..
Did I say reboot your phone? Rebooting will solve problems I had and others I have heard were having.
Well worth the wait!
Oh and btw, Yahoo will not connect. If you cannot connect with Yahoo, there appears to be a problem with Beejive connecting.. Gives a tried all ports error message..
35 months ago
The push notifications come through to your phone even if you are currently using AIM on your desktop machine. I have had the app for only an hour and have sadly had to disable the notifications since it was driving me nuts.
35 months ago
BeejiveIM's push is amazing :eek: I have tried 3G,Edge and Wifi and during all 3 as soon as I hit enter on the keyboard (sending a message to myself via a different account) the message arrives on the iPhone. I am so in love with my iPhone now:D
35 months ago
I can't even log into anything on Beejive right now, I think their server is overloaded
35 months ago
IM+ does not have push, read the app description!
Yes, IM+ does not have push notifications - it's just 3.0 tested, and the push version is still in approval
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