First Look: Beejive for the iPad

Unfortunately they've chosen to waste all that space on the right with the active chat list. Look how much space you're wasting even when you've only got one chat open. I would have instead just made it so that you had to drag your finger or hold your finger on the buddy name in the buddy list to switch. Stupid Stupid Stupid.

This was overpriced on iPhone and doing the despicable double dip for the iPad layout is ridiculously stupid.

Ditto. Love the iPhone app but probably won't get this if it requires a new purchase. I paid $9.99 for the iPhone version which was too high.

I'm DEFINITELY NOT buying this app merely because of the awful fugly backgrounds you get behind chat conversations! Yuk.

All I'd like to know is will it allow web browsing within the app like IM+ does. :) I don't seem to see any hint of it in the screenshots or feature list.

A suggestion for people like myself who bought the $16 iPhone version and don't feel like shelling out for a half-baked iPad version... Jailbreak your iPad and install FullForce. FullForce lets you run many iPhone applications full screen on your iPad without the horrible aliased pixel-doubling. It looks totally native. I'm running BeeJive with it and it looks terrific. No need to upgrade at all.

And for you kids who want to flame me for jailbreaking, save your breath. I'm not stealing anything, nor am I advocating stealing anything. You will not convince me that there's anything wrong with modifying the product I own in the way that I see fit. Seriously, save your breath.

Kudos for the Office Space themed screenshots they used.

I paid $16 for this at iPhone launch, and as much as I like it there I honestly don't see a need to replace AIM for the iPad, which is free.

Maybe I'd pay a few bucks, but I'm not paying for $26 for two almost identical applications, there is no added functionality here - something universal apps were designed to address, apps with duplicate functionality on the iPad and iPhone.

Anyway, AIM looks pretty, has push notifications and their own "lifesteam" thing, I honestly don't think I personally am missing much by not buying it.

You guys can say as much as you want that you're gonna go with IM+ because it has a free version, but the fact is, Beejive is a superior product. You get what you pay for. And if I can afford a sandwich for 7 dollars, I can afford this.

I have to say I personally find it funny how in the world of apps people for some reason feel really entitled to get everything for free, and how suddenly 7 dollars is outrageous.

I paid 15 bucks for the iPhone version. Being that Beejive for iPad is 6 and the iPhone version is 10, I would really appreciate being able to upgrade via in app puchase. My first instinct herevwas to write a hateful rant. But business is business. The sad thing is that I will probably end up paying. But I won't be happy about it and when friends ask which IM app is best I will have to recommend IM+ from now on. Previously I would recommend Beejive. But the feature set is nearly identical and IM+ isn't squeezing me for a couple more bucks.