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Meebo Brings Dedicated App to iPhone

Monday February 15, 2010 9:55 am PST by Eric Slivka

Popular multi-protocol instant messaging service Meebo has released a free dedicated iPhone application that appeared in the App Store yesterday. Meebo allows users to connect to nearly all of the major IM services, including AOL/AIM, Yahoo!, MSN/Windows Live, Gmail/Google Talk, Facebook, and MySpace.

Meebo's iPhone application offers push notifications, seamless shifting between EDGE, 3G and Wi-Fi networks, and automatic reconnection following loss of coverage. It also integrates with the Meebo.com web interface, synchronizing chat histories, and offers a built-in web browser for opening links.


Meebo users on the iPhone were previously limited to an iPhone-formatted version of Meebo's site.
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angle
Posted: 26 months ago
About damn time!
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niuniu
Posted: 26 months ago
Digging it
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Niiro13
Posted: 26 months ago
Almost a year after they DEMO'd the app...

If they update with the ability to email chat logs...then I'm sold and will say it's better than BeeJive for my taste.

EDIT: I take that back...it interfaces with their server, which stores chat logs forever!
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fishmd
Posted: 26 months ago
Wow, I can't believe this app is free! Looks to be just as good if not better than Beejive and IM+ which are my current ones that I use, and payed for!

Definitely going to check it out. :)
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Oman
Posted: 26 months ago
Got it and love it.... great app and a great price...
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djinn
Posted: 26 months ago
Not bad. Been using it this morning.
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nachos4twoo
Posted: 26 months ago
can you add a mobileme account to this app?
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Ambrose Chapel
Posted: 26 months ago
i wonder what took so long...i had been holding out for this app after the demo last year, but eventually gave up and bought beejive when it was on sale. that app has been pretty sluggish, and coincidentally just released an update to address performance...

anyway i'll give meebo a chance, why not since it's free...
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cavemonkey50
Posted: 26 months ago

can you add a mobileme account to this app?


Yes, I believe so. MobileMe accounts should just be regular AIM accounts, so use your MobileMe username (you probably need @me.com or @mac.com tacked on at the end) to sign into AIM.
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macduke
Posted: 26 months ago
I have fond memories of using the Meebo webapp on my first gen iPhone when I lived in the dorms. Now I'm grown up and married and never instant message anyone. We just text and email. Maybe if push notifications hadn't taken so long...
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