AIM and BeejiveIM updated for push support
And if these updates alone aren't enough to fill your Monday iPhone app updating appetites, multi-protocol (which also includes support for AIM) BeejiveIM has also been updated (download link) to support push notifications.

Note: AOL Instant Messenger is a product from AOL, which is also the corporate parent of TUAW & Weblogs Inc.
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AOL has updated both its free (download link) and paid versions (download link) of its AIM client for the iPhone. Besides push notification...
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I hope someone finds a solution... it's driving me crazy!
June 25 2009 at 4:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyredsn0w jailbroken iphone 3g on t-mobile with ultrasn0w. no aim push either. just nothing happens unless I open the window, at which point it downloads. but no notifications either.
June 25 2009 at 5:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyno push notification working on 2G unlocked. tried it on beejive, aim and quickpigeon with no results:
app http://brambourgonjon.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/push-2g/
you're right, beejive is gone from the app store; tried to login to my msn acct and it doesn't work...
June 24 2009 at 6:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat's up with Beejive? The app is no longer in Apple's Apps Store.
I tried to download it again after bug problems.
I am a fan of Beejive and I hope they get it together, soon.
Beejive looks tempting, but note that your graphic indicates that it's free when the actual cost is $9.99.
June 23 2009 at 3:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs anyone holding out for Meebo over Beejive?
June 23 2009 at 2:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm really disappointed in the UI and bugginess of the AIM app.
-- The UI is very confusing. It needs the simplicity of iChat.
-- The text in IMs and the font size in the composition field is, what, 5pt? Holy crap, I need to enable zoom in accessibility settings.
-- It crashes. A lot. And when I relaunch, it's magically signed me in to a different account than the one I was using.
-- I get an IM while in the app. I close the app, and then 7 minutes later I get a push notification of the message I got previously while using the app. And vice versa.
-- You know where it says to publish your location? Well, I defy you to find that location for your buddies. Go ahead, try. I'll wait. ... see? After going through all the UI nonsense to find buddy info, you're presented with a location LINK rather than the actual location. And then, tapping it OPENS SAFARI and takes you to an AIM page that STILL doesn't tell you the location. C'mon AOL, even the most lackluster Twitter app will open a Google Map with a pin.
-- Not specific to AIM, but is there any way to change the volume of push notification sounds? Changing the ringer volume seems to have no effect at all.
-- Seems to me that push notification is NOT the way to go if you get a lot of IMs. It becomes rapidly annoying and unwieldy.
The Yahoo Messenger app is much more polished and easy to use. Now if only it would get Push and iChat integration...
Downloaded and tested AIM, no problems at all. Received the message very quickly, the badge pops up just like a text message. I also like that you can set how much information the badge shows in the AIM preferences, from just the name to the full message.
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