[zocster]

Originally Posted by ipos

anyone using Palringo?

Loving it on my pearl!

[arcurlyq]

Originally Posted by J

No one using beejive?

I haven't used anything other than beejive, but I'm pretty sure I'll never leave it.

I love BeeJive. Their customer service is great too. I bought the transferable license a couple of years ago and have used it over three different Blackberries. Absolutely the best.

[arabcamel]

BeeJive is good, but not worth the money, in my opinion. I'm using the 30 day free trial now and let me tell you it is very nice. But I have downloaded AIM, GTALK, and MSN free from the blackberry website that do the exact same thing. In fact, I think there are some features that may be better with the manufacturer programs.

[arcurlyq]

Originally Posted by arabcamel

BeeJive is good, but not worth the money, in my opinion.....In fact, I think there are some features that may be better with the manufacturer programs.

The major difference I found was the battery saving capabilities of BeeJive. Initially, I had the various programs installed and was running them separately. The battery drained very quickly. BeeJive does a great job of preserving battery life when you're idle, which for me is very important. I can leave it running all day and it only has a small impact on battery life.

[MERK350Z]

Originally Posted by arabcamel

BeeJive is good, but not worth the money, in my opinion. I'm using the 30 day free trial now and let me tell you it is very nice. But I have downloaded AIM, GTALK, and MSN free from the blackberry website that do the exact same thing. In fact, I think there are some features that may be better with the manufacturer programs.

some of those or most of them use the text message so if you dont have unlimted or dont want to pay for a text message jive talk is nice because it uses the data plan from the blackberry side. i have beejive running with my MSN AIM and MYSPACE and also have FACEBOOK installed and MYSPACE installed on my bold. becareful people if you do alot of im's make sure its not using textmessage your going to have a major bill if you dont have a text message plan.

[nickganga]

Just access the mobile blackberry site via WLAN, then AT&T will let u download it

[arabcamel]

Originally Posted by MERK350Z

some of those or most of them use the text message so if you dont have unlimted or dont want to pay for a text message jive talk is nice because it uses the data plan from the blackberry side. i have beejive running with my MSN AIM and MYSPACE and also have FACEBOOK installed and MYSPACE installed on my bold. becareful people if you do alot of im's make sure its not using textmessage your going to have a major bill if you dont have a text message plan.

This is not true. AIM, MSN, and GTALK do not use text messages.

[arabcamel]

Originally Posted by arcurlyq

The major difference I found was the battery saving capabilities of BeeJive. Initially, I had the various programs installed and was running them separately. The battery drained very quickly. BeeJive does a great job of preserving battery life when you're idle, which for me is very important. I can leave it running all day and it only has a small impact on battery life.

you're probably right. point taken.