I'm looking for the best AIM messenger for my EVO. I don't mind whether or not it is free or if I have to pay. I just want a good one. I tried out eBuddy or whatever it was called, but I didn't really care for it. I'm thinking about Beejive but I don't wanna pay and end up hating it. So what do you suggest?
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Best one IMO is the one put out by AOL.
coraldayton said:
Best one IMO is the one put out by AOL.
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i use ebuddy, works very well for me.
eBuddy is great. Has all the IMs you need all in one.
I tried all the combo messengers and liked eBuddy over all the rest. Nimbuzz was a not-so-close 2nd.
The only problem I have with eBuddy is it kills the battery, but I haven't tried since I started flashing custom ROMs and kernels.
I tried both eBuddy and Beejive and I happy with Beejive, mostly because of the push notifications. Battery usage with Beejive is much better than eBuddy imho. Did you try the Beejive trial?
galandy said:
I tried both eBuddy and Beejive and I happy with Beejive, mostly because of the push notifications. Battery usage with Beejive is much better than eBuddy imho. Did you try the Beejive trial?
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Trying now, thanks.
EDIT: Wow, really liking Beejive. It seems close to perfect (better than eBuddy). Handles all my accounts seamlessly and supports Google Push to conserve battery life. Awesome!
Trillian, hands down. Cross-platform, and web interface.
The thing I didn't like about eBuddy was the fact that the buddy list didn't show my mobile contacts since like a majority of my friends are mobile. I haven't tried Beejive trial yet. I'll get on that right now.
Edit: So far I like Beejive. It's pretty legit.
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Beejive has always been my favorite but it's so buggy now it's almost unusable.
The latest version DOES NOT use push notifications, I had to verify that using a packet sniffer for Android.. It's not really saving any battery life at this point.
It also starts up by itself and logs you on automatically on every reboot, even if you have it set to NOT launch at startup...
Aaaand it will not always quit. Sometimes it will, but most times it will actually restart the app and change your status to available if you were invisible :/
Trillian has been great, though. Push notifications are working great, you just have to make sure it's enabled under settings (Battery saver option). It does not look as good as beejive, but trust me, it sips battery and is very reliable
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Trillian, hands down. Cross-platform, and web interface.
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Best IM application on anything.
I used to use Trillian on my computer a long time ago but have been using Digsby lately. The Trillian app looks pretty interesting. You guys have said its easy on the battery but before I pay to give it ****, how is the Meebo app?
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Eh, Meebo is so-so. Tried it for a bit and wasn't impressed with its feature set. I just really love Trillian for two big reasons:
1) Same buddy list, contacts, nicknames, icons, accounts, etc. on web, my computers, and Android.
2) Push notifications for messages help save battery power.
Trillian, I don't care what anyone else says, it's the best. I've tried them all.
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Trillian, hands down. Cross-platform, and web interface.
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+1, give it a try, you won't regret it.
Trying out Trillian now. Seems really solid too. I like it better than the PC version because it integrates more natively with the OS.
My only gripe: how do I get rid of that notification bar icon?
Trillian doesn't seem to auto-start OR stay connected. I open it up and more than half the time it says "Reconnecting..."
What the dilly?
It'll auto-logout after so many hours unless you go in the settings and change that. Plus when it's in the background, the app disconnects from the service and depends on C2DM for notification of messages, and then reconnects to the service when you reopen the app.
As for the notification icon... I'unno of any way to get rid of that.
+1 for trillian, only IM app ive tried that doesnt destroy the battery life. Make sure you turn on the optional "Battery Saving Mode" on in the settings, this turns on google push. Off by default since it only works on 2.2.
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Who's tried this? I think it just became available recently. A friend of mine told me about it and he liked it, so he told me. Cause we're both trying to find an instant messenger program that works good for AIM.
Here..
http://beta.aol.com/projects.php?project=aimwinmobile&loc=2
I think it f'ed up my phone. I uninstalled it and now the phone crashes every 20 minutes and needs a hard reboot. The app was cool though
I don't see how it can **** your phone up, lol. But yeah, it's probably the best AIM app i've used so far.
is it better than JiveTalk? because that is the best one i've used, i haven't tried this new AIM one though
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is it better than JiveTalk? because that is the best one i've used, i haven't tried this new AIM one though
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Yes, I think so. I used JiveTalk too. Just before I tried this new AIM.
it seems really slow to me. and my buddies aren't alphabetical. i guess i'll stay with JiveTalk.
What? Your buddies appear in the order you add them in. That's how AIM is.
i know it is. i haven't used AIM in years, the ads, spyware, near impossible uninstalls have left me using 3rd party clients. every single 3rd party client i have used organizes your buddies alphabetically. AIM still lacks this feature. i love it, i know where all my friends are and where to find them no matter who is online.
and i don't know how exactly AIM work, on my phone it had my friend that i added in december listed first, over people i've had on there for years. i personally think it is just random, or is in order by signup date.
actually, if you right click on a buddy group, you can organize groups alphebetically
when did they add that? i've been trying to do that for years and never found an option.
hi
well i havent tried the AIM beta version.But I did run into this, PALRINGO,vocal IM for mobile phones...Has anyone used this. It says its also free, is it, because i dont have no text plan nor internet plan, the only thing thats connecting me to the internet is thru WiFi
TIA
palringo is good. uses data, unless you connect to wifi before running the program.
i prefer jivetalk over palringo, but palringo allows you to send pictures.
Palringo isn't bad. It disconnects ALOT though, which I hate. That was the MAIN reason I stopped using it. Other than that, there's really nothing wrong with it. I liked Jivetalk better than that though.
always connected program
so is there any program to stay connected to your wifi all day long???because i hate when my phone goes on standby the wifi turns off with it. I know it takes up battery but it will be okie... i want to stay logged into my parlingo acount all the time!
adding to my comment above.. Is there a IM program that can have an 'always on presence'???thanks guys!
I have used slick by Lonely Cat Games
http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=slick
It works great with maybe an error here or there. I did have issues using it with a UI program.. I think it was UL
beta 3 is out
Try Jive talk or Palringo. work well.
Hi all, looking for a good all in one IM app for the HD2.
I have been using in the past
Palringo
Nimbuzz
Live Messenger
All are pretty riddled with bugs and not meant for touch screen, any ideas?.
Mainly for MSN and Facebook.
I like Beejive
what kind of bug are you experiencing with palringo? The only thing I hate about palringo is how it downloads some update and always fail to load it. But other than that, it's probably the most reliable one I've use and far, far less memory hungry as the other IM programs.
A few issues with palringo being it keeps disconnecting, the interface is rather poor, and it does not update contacts properly, but your right it seems to be the best around so far.
I love the nimbuzz interface on the nokia 5800, but the wm version sucks.
I will give this programe a go thanks, although it does not do facebook
I prefer Pigeon. It's the best fingerfreindly and nice looking im ive ever seen. But sometimes it causes a crash on the unlock screen. Im pretty sure its the app causing the crash when its displayed and you lock screen. so before you lock the screen you better press the home button first
I don't like the fact that most new messengers use their proxy server. Which means you simply give all your passwords to third party.
So I use rather old-school, but working, IM-plus.
also a big fan of nimbuzz, the only real problem is you have to use the scroll bar rather than flicking your thumb. I just tried out Beejive, i like it but its missing facebook chat.
Beejive just crashes constantly, so thats a no go
I am using Palringo and I am really happy with it. It supports all the IMs I need and I did not notice any problems. Worked well on my Omnia, works perfect on my HD2.
hi,
i use im+, you have to pay for it, but its worth it's money. supporting lots of protocols an working smooth on advantage and hd2.
mad.
Tried IM+ Its pretty good, but i like to view online contacts all at once, this just sits on the all accounts screen, annoying.
I think i will have to stick with palringo for now.
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Tried IM+ Its pretty good, but i like to view online contacts all at once, this just sits on the all accounts screen, annoying.
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hi, just play around with the 'show groups' an 'show account' (i dont know how they called in english version of the prog., but the manual ist your friend ) settings, its easy to configure it the way you want. i think both of is what you want.
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i tried
palringo (free not bad look gd but cannot save history unless u pay $$ to them)
ebuddy (it using jblend, dont create own icon)
im+ (nt bad, but i dont display the default user profile name)
Hey peeps, is it me.. or is the facebook app for winmo.. jus not upto scratch.. i never get notification, jus pokes.. it takes ages to load up even on a hsdpa connection and pictures.. i cant even see the tagged one.. jus albums.. ive used one preinstlale don mightyrom and juicy.. (same app) and jus wondering if it was me or others experience it.. an is there a better solution then jus using opera too see your fb page instead?
Nope. Facebook for WinMo is just garbage.
i dont mind using the new v1.2 . i get all my notifications, yall must be using the old version.
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Nope. Facebook for WinMo is just garbage.
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Agree'd, it's quite pathetic to tell the truth. I just use Opera 10 and view facebook in full html. Yeah, it's not the fastest but it looks better than facebook mobile and Microsoft's facebook app.
I just don't understand how Microsoft could let the world's most active social networking site slip past their only mobile OS. I guess they are just too busy working on WP7S. :|
don't forget about the lite.facebook.com, works great in mobile browsers (any) no need to view full-on..
strange, I've never got one notification from the Facebook app in 2 years (since I had it on my Shadow too) do you have to always keep it running in order for you to get notifications??
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don't forget about the lite.facebook.com, works great in mobile browsers (any) no need to view full-on..
strange, I've never got one notification from the Facebook app in 2 years (since I had it on my Shadow too) do you have to always keep it running in order for you to get notifications??
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no, whenever you start the app just press refresh an thats it.
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no, whenever you start the app just press refresh an thats it.
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lol, ok, I think I got it now! somehow I thought you guys were referring to notifications that would somehow pop up like a 3rd-party icon (a la Palringo notifications)
Someone please take this idea. Charge money for it, make it for free- it doesn't matter to me. What I cannot believe has never been made is a chat widget. Just imagine the Handscent widget but for gtalk/aim/msn/yahoo.
I'm so surprised it hasn't been made. I would actually pay for this app. Anyone interested in developing it?
Sounds like a potential battery drainer. But it's a great idea.
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Meebo? imo instant messenger? eBuddy Messenger?
Don't know if thats exactly what youre looking for.
I think he is looking for a homescreen widget that updates every user defined time and allows the person to chat via MSN, Facebook, ect. ect. directly from the homescreen. Sounds like a great idea.
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This would most likely drain a lot of battery very quickly because the point of chat is to recieve messages instanly, hence INSTANT messenger. To make this into a widget the developer would have to set the widgets onUpdate() method to update every second or less to make it seem instant. Now a work around would be to have the user set the desired time to say 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Doing that would seem "instant" but you could notice some signifigant lag in recieve messages if you set the update time parameters to high, say 30 - 90 seconds.
adecker said:
I think he is looking for a homescreen widget that updates every user defined time and allows the person to chat via MSN, Facebook, ect. ect. directly from the homescreen. Sounds like a great idea.
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This would most likely drain a lot of battery very quickly because the point of chat is to recieve messages instanly, hence INSTANT messenger. To make this into a widget the developer would have to set the widgets onUpdate() method to update every second or less to make it seem instant. Now a work around would be to have the user set the desired time to say 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Doing that would seem "instant" but you could notice some signifigant lag in recieve messages if you set the update time parameters to high, say 30 - 90 seconds.
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Having it refresh once a minute wouldn't be bad. Would a dev be able to try this? These guys are smarter than I am, I'm sure someone could find a way to make it happen and not kill battery life.
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Someone please take this idea. Charge money for it, make it for free- it doesn't matter to me. What I cannot believe has never been made is a chat widget. Just imagine the Handscent widget but for gtalk/aim/msn/yahoo.
I'm so surprised it hasn't been made. I would actually pay for this app. Anyone interested in developing it?
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Trillian does this
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Trillian does this
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Trillian for android has a widget, really? I tried beta when it first came out. Are you sure it has a widget?
Trillian doesn't have a widget! Bah, you got my hopes up.
Well, Trillian does have an API, not sure if this is true for the Java/Android version of their client just yet. However, if they do support it on Android, there is nothing to stop someone writing a plugin that communicates with a widget ;-)
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Trillian doesn't have a widget! Bah, you got my hopes up.
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Well not a widget but a app. I have it installed now on my evo. Works like all other messaging apps on android, just no widget option.
edit: Sorry when I read your post I just read "chat" lol.
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Well, Trillian does have an API, not sure if this is true for the Java/Android version of their client just yet. However, if they do support it on Android, there is nothing to stop someone writing a plugin that communicates with a widget ;-)
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I would pay for this app! Someone. Please. Anyone. Lol.
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This is more of a just letting people know just kind of post. I, personally, uninstalled Facebook from my devices in 2012, and haven't been happier. but, many people still use the Facebook app. and for those that use it, here is some info about it that many of us already know, but many others do not http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...ok-app-saves-up-to-20-of-android-battery-life
I've been using fast for facebook and I haven't seen anywhere NEAR the battery drain I did with the official app.
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I've been using fast for facebook and I haven't seen anywhere NEAR the battery drain I did with the official app.
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Just downloaded Fast, love it so far. One question though, does it offer push notifications, or should I enable SMS notifications. I do think the web view is a bit slow to start but other than that its good. I like their native part of the app.
I just use the browser. The app uses a lot of memory as well.
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I just use the browser. The app uses a lot of memory as well.
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I use the browser for Facebook as well, I'm even happier using the browser
Harry44 said:
Just downloaded Fast, love it so far. One question though, does it offer push notifications, or should I enable SMS notifications. I do think the web view is a bit slow to start but other than that its good. I like their native part of the app.
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I don't use push notifications, but I'm almost positive the app does allow it. This one is so much more fully featured than the stock app, I can't imagine them cutting such a standard feature like push notifications.
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I don't use push notifications, but I'm almost positive the app does allow it. This one is so much more fully featured than the stock app, I can't imagine them cutting such a standard feature like push notifications.
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Actually, I just spoke with the developer. Unfortunately there are no push notifications do to a limitation set forth by the Facebook API.
Harry44 said:
Actually, I just spoke with the developer. Unfortunately there are no push notifications do to a limitation set forth by the Facebook API.
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That sounds a little strange, since chrome mobile allows FB notifications. Regardless, maybe allowing FB notifications in chrome is at least a possible temporary work-around.
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That sounds a little strange, since chrome mobile allows FB notifications. Regardless, maybe allowing FB notifications in chrome is at least a possible temporary work-around.
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They could possibly not be using the chrome api, and instead using a simple webview. If they were to bring chrome to their app for their webview then it would work.
57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?
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57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?
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Agree. My most rececent charge lasted 36 hours to get down to 5%.
- 3:45 SOT
- 2:19 calls
- Facebook only used 5% over that period. Held the phone awake for a total of 9 seconds.
I'm on the beta using 62.0.0.19.77. Notifications and chat turned off.
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57% battery, have been opened the facebook app a few times... 2% drain from facebook.
If you haven't had the facebook app on your phone since 2012.... You may not be the right person to comment on it?
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I had Facebook on my both my nexii at the time, tablet and phone. on my tablet, it was never ever opened. on my phone, it used between 15-25% most he time, with very little use. on my tablet, for months it used 15-40% battery, again never ever opened nor set up. and I have family and friends that have Facebook installed, people who refuse to remove it. so I see how Facebook goes, first hand. I'm more than happy using their website.
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Agree. My most rececent charge lasted 36 hours to get down to 5%.
- 3:45 SOT
- 2:19 calls
- Facebook only used 5% over that period. Held the phone awake for a total of 9 seconds.
I'm on the beta using 62.0.0.19.77. Notifications and chat turned off.
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notifications are a big part of it, but even just having it installed has made my devices run like a gimped weasel....it's a severe resource hog, and removing the app immediately clears things up. There is no way to deny it's the root of the problem when you see this happen on device after device, over the course of 5 years as an android user....sorry, but you are never going to convince me the app isn't the ultimate source of many many issues on peoples' devices.
Try metal for Facebook
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notifications are a big part of it, but even just having it installed has made my devices run like a gimped weasel....it's a severe resource hog, and removing the app immediately clears things up. There is no way to deny it's the root of the problem when you see this happen on device after device, over the course of 5 years as an android user....sorry, but you are never going to convince me the app isn't the ultimate source of many many issues on peoples' devices.
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You are very right. FB and Messenger are both on the top of the worst coded android apps and it is well known that they drain battery like mad. Lucky for me other then my kids no one I know even uses FB anymore.
Always has been a bad battery drainer. No idea why but one would think they would have had it rewritten by now. I despise FB and been far happier since leaving them anyway.
Hm... Removing Facebook app saves 20% of Android battery life but the REAL battery saver to do is delete facebook all together & get back 90% of your life. Think how much battery you'll save not staring at your phone for 6+hrs.
I don't have battery issues with the Facebook app, but I stopped its background sync, and I also don't have messenger installed. In general, social media apps are the worst battery abusers as they typically sync in the background a lot by default.
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It looks to be true. I uninstalled the Facebook app and from the day 1 my SOT has exceeded 5 hours on daily bases. Before, with the FB app installed I would usually get something like 3 to 3 and a half hours of SOT.
Now I just use FB on Chrome and it looks good.
Oh and yeah, the N6 rooks
If you look at a logcat with FB installed it will show you the drain. It is one of the worst coded apps available