JiveTalk iPhone Instant Messenger
August 7, 2007 Posted by Al Castle
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Categories: OSX, Puter Stuff, iPhone
Oh sweetness. I’ve been waiting for even this limited functionality for so long. A buddy of mine sent me an IM from his iPhone telling me to check out BeeJives JiveTalk instant messenger for the iPhone.
JiveTalk is a web based multi-protocol client which supports Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, MSN and GoogleTalk. SSL encryption, buddy lists, and even emoticons. Since it’s web based there’s nothing to install, simple goto http://iphone.beejive.com and login.
While a Blackberry user I shelled out $40+ bucks for IM+ which worked great. One feature I miss right off the bat with the JiveTalk web based client is notification of new messages when I have the phone in my pocket or am otherwise not looking at the screen. Maybe we can get a <buzz></buzz> tag built into the RFC spec for XHTML. I wonder how Apple thinks 3rd party applications are supposed to kick ass when something as simple as a notification (audio/visual) can not be properly implemented.
Anyways, try out their alpha software, it’s currently free. The ajaxy notification along with the preference settings, the look at feel of the whole thing really makes it seem like an actual iPhone application. Well except that the ON/OFF settings don’t actually slide, but that aside, nicely done BeeJive.
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Al, Thanks
for taking a break from posting the same garbage I receive in email forwards from my Italian grandmother who speaks no English.Good find here.Are you really friends with Peter Gibbons? Lucky…
Um what? We’re only on a first name basis, but yeah, we party.