BeeJive Instant Messenger app now available for hefty price

It's good and it works. Palringo couldn't manage to keep its settings straight and was doing some weird corruption thing. Also tried IM+ which had worked great on my Blackberry, but it crashes frequently on the iPhone 3G. The native AIM app works ok, but I use at least 4 different IM accounts, and it's a pain to keep a separate client for each one. Like the price or not, BeeJive may be the only one that works and handles most of the IM services out there. As I recall, I paid a lot more for IM+ on the Blackberry for the same feature set.

I think that a lot of the comments here really show just how disillusioned the AppStore has made people when it comes to applications on smartphones.

I'm honestly beside myself with awe.

Why don't you guys use the Webapp from meebo.com?
It's free, flawless and your chat history gets saved over at meebo, so you can pick up any conversation on a regular Browser afterwards and after you signed up for a meebo account you just have to log in into one account and have alle the IM Options you need. And it's somewhat multitasking, because you use it in mobile safari and therefore can easily browse the web or check mail

Wow... the economy of the AppStore has really made people whiny about paying for stuff. As some pointed out elsewhere, IM programs for other platforms come with a pricetag. I remember not too long ago paying $14-30 for similar apps on the Treo, some with a monthly fee to support back-end server operations. No free meal ticket, folks. IM+ might be free /for now/ on iPhone, but it's certainly not free on other platforms. I suspect that's the case now because it's not fully baked (as was BeeJive web for iPhone).

I've personally used all the available options for IM on the iPhone so far and most of them really suck compared to other platforms. The /best/ example I'd seen was BeeJive web, but that had some issues with which I wasn't willing to live (losing sessions each launch, no email of sessions, etc). Those have largely been resolved in this first native release, though having the email workaround for offline notification helps while we wait for Apple to get it's job done with notifications. (And, as an aside, if Android's notifications demo was any indication Apple has it's work cut out for themselves.)

So I have purchased this app, consider the $16 quite normal for productivity and IM apps for mobile platforms. And I find the application quite usable and funtional in this first day of use. I'm someone who spends a LOT of time using IM for a variety of tasks (I have 10 simultaneous logins to a combination of Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, and Myspace)... and it's working beautifully. AT&T's network is a bit dicey, but the apps seems to be able to handle it pretty nicely.

This is the only app I've purchased for my iPhone so far and it's worth every cent. Landscape mode and 24/7 connectivity make this former sidekick user very happy. =)

I used Beejive on my BlackBerry and it was the best IM app out there. Of course I would get it for my iPhone and love it! One word, "quality".

$16... someone needs to get a grip on themselves.

I will pay for an app when you can return to the home on the iphone and it continues to work.... like a real instant messenger. Not that it re syncs when you re open it

I had the oportunity to test this app and it really is a wonderful app.

I just hope they drop the price because it is better than any other of the other apps.

To all those bu**jiving about the whole "always-on" jive, that's old news. And surely, you don't expect anyone to believe THAT is worth $16? When, and only IF EVER, Apple releases the push notifications, we will have a lot more choices to have the same, if not better functionality, STILL not paying astronomical $16 for that. So, hush, no one is buying that bu**jive.