Comments on: TiPb AT WORK Instant Messenger Showdown: BeejiveIM vs Palringo

By: Randy - NYC

Randy - NYC — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:31:06 +0000

Palringo is free and supports WM6. BeeJive too is but then it is in indefinite beta. PalRingo does not support email support, that is the only negative I have found. I would like it to show email notification in a matrix/table format and it will be a complete messaging solution for me.

By: gary

gary — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:59:05 +0000

Palringo 1.2.3 has the same push notification that BeeJive does and with Yahoo mail accounts you get your IMs instantly when you exit out to the home screen. Palringo also allows you to change the behavior of the app when you exit to the home. Example, I have my status set to "away". Last of all, Palringo will keep you online for 3 hours and is incrementing that by 5 minutes a day until they hit 24 hours.

I see no distinctive advantages with BeeJive now. Sorry, Palringo is #1.

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:06:31 +0000

I’ve had palringo burn up a whole charge while leaving it running in the background all night. Happens randomly. I did notice that it does try to reconnect several times randomly as well. I’m also not quite sure how its “10 min.” time limit comes into play with this. Any one with similar experiences?

By: bob

bob — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:26:29 +0000

palringo is kinds better because of the ability to send audio and pictures but then again status and being logged in for max 1 hour is bad

By: Sal

Sal — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:20:51 +0000

I’ve been looking for an IM client that will work with a corporate jabbar server, and it has to not capture the login/password. BeeJive looks cool but I’m pretty sure that they are storing the login information on their server. Comments?

By: Zorglub

Zorglub — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:23:22 +0000

I’am using the WebApp at http://www.meebo.com It is free, simple and efficient

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:57:35 +0000

I love BeeJive … I had been using Palringo before, and allthough it’s a nice app, the GUI was kinda confusing. BeeJive has a great GUI … real Apple like … just tap around with your finger and everything figures itself out. Wether it is overprized is debatable, I certainly don’t regret that I bought it.

By: mr. Hi-Definition

mr. Hi-Definition — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:55:37 +0000

@ Rick,

Yeah Rick, how do you get a SMS notification when you get a new IM?

I have it set up for an email notification, not SMS. If I could get an SMS notification, I wouldn't even mind not having push notifications running in the background that much.

@ Veronica,

Thank You...! I have been trying to tell everyone I know that BeeJive IM is the best mobile IM client. There is no mobile IM app that comes anywhere close to it. The best part is the dedicated servers that never sleep and keeps you connected to the app up to 24hrs. Once Apple "flips the switch" for push notifications in the background of other apps, everyone will appreciate BeeJive a lot more.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:14:55 +0000

@Rick

How do you get the SMS sent to your phone to let you know you have a IM?

But I agree with a few of you… there is no comparison. I believe Beejive is the best for the fact you do not have to leave it up all the time. It saves all your IMs and you’re able to email you IM.

If anyone is debating the “plunge” to buy BeeJive and you’re a huge IM freak, I suggest just going for it. It’ll pay off!

By: Keil Miller

Keil Miller — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:34:09 +0000

Same here Rick. I now only use iChat for videochats when I have a mac buddy online.