Best IM App? Sidekick Quality.

kinglance82 · Oct 26, 2009

I really liked Ebuddy interface, but i noticed it makes my phone stay awake 100% and it wouldnt connect to my AIM. Meebo is nice but i dont see why its better then the built in one in my Hero, both you have to toggle between accounts. Ebuddy is more like Trillian were all your IMs are in one window.

kinglance82 · Oct 26, 2009

ok if you register on meebo, you can have all your accounts in one!! Now i just have to wait and see what it does to my battery, since my phone wont even last a day, that's important.

dkaufman1 · Oct 27, 2009

You mentioned you have a hero, does that have 1.6? I don't think it does. In 1.6 there is a new feature, Menu, Settings, About Phone, Batter use, which shows off battery use since last charge.

Check it out. Let us know.

vnssa906 · Oct 27, 2009

i think meebo is the best free IM application... I have downloaded ebuddy and hi aim. neither one was good enough for me... I actually just downloaded meebo from recommendations via this thread, and I'm happy with it already.

tsaunders · Nov 14, 2009

I am hoping Beejive comes to Android.

It's such a great app on the BB.

zzyxer · Jan 7, 2010

nimbuzz KILLS all others on the droid.. although on the g1 and anything below, it sucks so much. i am falling in love with this nimbuzz! its even better than beejive! although i admit not as customisable.

eskae · Jan 7, 2010

Hey guys, total Android newbie here. I needed help with Windows Live Messenger on my LG Eve but needed some clarifications on how the IM app works. So being an IM user I was thrilled to find Windows Live Messenger on the IM app but I cannot sign in. It uses data not sms right? Anyway, I'm on prepaid and I didn't want any data charges so I told my service provider to block all incoming/outgoing data. Before this, MSN still didn't work and it still doesnt connect, despite being able to connect with Gtalk on wifi. I thought they both used data but how come MSN doesn't connect.

Desperate!

OZFive · Jan 7, 2010

tsaunders said:
I am hoping Beejive comes to Android.

zzyxer said:
nimbuzz KILLS all others on the droid.

I had both Beejive and Nimbuzz on an iPod Touch. I loved both, but Beejive was the superior. I wish Beejive was on Android but I saw in a post the other day on their forums that they were still "looking into" Android development. Nimbuzz is great too, but I need the Jabber network, I posted an inquiry about why Jabber was not working on Nimbuzz (It had previously). Their response was that they had closed Jabber portals and were not planning on re-opening them any time soon.

So I am with Meebo for now.

craigrn16 · Jan 7, 2010

OZFive said:
I had both Beejive and Nimbuzz on an iPod Touch. I loved both, but Beejive was the superior. I wish Beejive was on Android but I saw in a post the other day on their forums that they were still "looking into" Android development. Nimbuzz is great too, but I need the Jabber network, I posted an inquiry about why Jabber was not working on Nimbuzz (It had previously). Their response was that they had closed Jabber portals and were not planning on re-opening them any time soon.

So I am with Meebo for now.

I use a combination of Nimbuzz and Meebo myself. I use Nimbuzz when Im stationary and wanna be able to send files but on the move I use Meebo. Seems to stay connected longer. Nimbuzz has major connection issues sometimes. Those are the two best to me. All the IM's on Android though suck compared to iPhone/iTouch counter parts. I have beejive for my iTouch and it is the best IM i've ever used. heck even the regular yahoo IM for iPhone is way better. You can change your profile pic, send files or photos/ recieve photos/ change status. Ebuddy and IM+ on iPhone you can do all this. You cant do it on the Android versions. I dont know why they wont give the same love to Android. Evberyone hear seems to love ebuddy. Just play with the iPhone version and you will feel so short changed.

Jeroentjee · Jan 8, 2010

IM+ lite

free, fast, does what it has to do

craigrn16 · Jan 8, 2010

Jeroentjee said:
IM+ lite

free, fast, does what it has to do

OK, well just purchase an iPod Touch and download IM+ for it. Totally different, night and day. But if you guys don't like when a developer gives you platform the same quality they give another platform, that's you. Not me.

mhynek · Jan 8, 2010

I also use IM+ and love it. It's very quick and well laid out.

curtdragon · Jan 8, 2010

IM+ is great, however I didnt want to pay for the full version since it is still in works. I had it for Blackberry and I liked it although I though Beejive was much better.
I currently have Meebo and it works well but disconnects often though it does reconnect automatically unless I am on a long call and not on wifi.

I'm waiting on Beejive, but I'm not holding my breath as it took them over a year to get a Blackberry Storm version out

sensesfail99 · Jan 8, 2010

There is an awesome program that is an all in one im app. Its called beejive... as of right now its useless to android phones, but im sure if enough people emailed them about it, they might create it. Right now it currently works on iphones and blackberries. I used it for my BB and it was well worth the 20 bucks... I hope theyll make an android version

Khan258 · Jun 27, 2010

Definitely ebuddy.runs in background and supports multiple accounts.

Nearly · Jun 27, 2010

If a developer would contact me I'd love to design a IM app.

22350 · Feb 16, 2011

Sorry to raise the dead, but if people are talking about what a chat application should be, they shouldn't be siting the sidekick.

The best chat application is on Webos. It is unified, all platforms, AND it includes sms and mms.

All in one place. That is what Android needs really bad.

papazche · Feb 16, 2011

22350 said:
Sorry to raise the dead, but if people are talking about what a chat application should be, they shouldn't be siting the sidekick.

The best chat application is on Webos. It is unified, all platforms, AND it includes sms and mms.

All in one place. That is what Android needs really bad.

Very much agreed. The Webos is just the nr1 app

janpetras · May 24, 2011

Guys forget about all the above. If you haven't used Trillian you're pretty much clueless. Just try it and speak later. I'm using it on my phone AND my computer, that's how good it is.

conwell73 · Apr 30, 2012

i use ebuddy it very good and simple to use

plemonjello · Apr 30, 2012

Wow am I the only one using IMO? The latest version is pretty good and free.

deltaforce · Jan 19, 2013

I am not too sure why Whatsapp messenger is not mentioned by anybody. Meebo is a good idea if you want to use your Gmail and other contacts but the disadvantage is, my status is seen by everyone in contacts and I do not want to go back and forth messaging with everyone. As a matter of fact, I avoid some as plague. Whatapp comes handy.

Note-Recently I restored my phone to factory settings and installed whatsapp, it gave me a message that I have 8 months to use it free then its 0.99c a year.
I may go Tango/Skype route in that case.

Shaper · Feb 26, 2013

IM+ is free and supports 20 the most popular messengers like Facebook, Jabber, Yahoo, Skype (it's a paid option though) etc. It has MSN as well. Microsoft promised that 3rd party mobile messengers like IM+ would work with Live Messenger even when the desktop client would be hold on in April.

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