Weekly App Store Roundup: Nov. 29, 2008
TheAppleBlog — This week at The Apple Blog, like a farmer with a gaggle of turkeys in the week before Thanksgiving, we’ve caught the juiciest news and posted it here for your consumption. Early in the week we heard about how a dodgy developer has been paying for fake reviews of his app. The week improved with the arrival of a Quicktime fix for HDCP playback and we even found time to tell you how to browse the net on your iPhone securely. While our U.S. contingent have been preparing tender turkeys (or veggie equivalents), over in the UK I’ve been taste-testing the latest scrummy additions to the App Store. This week I’m looking at ...

BeeJiveIM: All Messaging, All The Time
iSmashPhone — BeeJiveIM is a multi-platform (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and now iPhone) mobile app that lets you keep in touch with your instant-messaging friends -- even on different chat clients. It advertises the ability to simultaneously IM on AIM, iChat, MobileMe, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo!, MySpace, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber.  Even more ...

Our Favorite iPhone Apps: Your turn
Macworld — by Macworld staff , Macworld.com We had our say last week, rattling off our favorite iPhone and iPod touch apps. We listed 38 apps in all that had caught our eye in the six months since the App Store opened its doors. Of course, that’s just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the more than 10,000 apps currently available at the App Store. Surely, some great iPhone and iPod touch programs fell through the cracks. Well, not to worry—because iPhone Central readers stepped up to fill in some of the gaps by listing their own favorite App Store selections. We’re reprinting just a smattering below to give you a more complete picture of all the choices ...

Beejive IM updated to 2.0, includes audio messaging
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Reviews, iPhone, App Store Beejive IM [iTunes link], the Swiss army knife of instant messaging on the iPhone, was recently updated to version 2.0. Beejive allows you to connect with many different instant messaging services including: AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN/Live, Myspace IM, and Yahoo messenger. This application was already top-notch in the previous versions and this new version just makes things a lot better. Let's take a look at each of the changes to Beejive. You are now able to send photos directly from your iPhone and have them show up ...

iPhone's Beejive 2.0 IM App Now Does Voice Messaging, File Sending/Viewing [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... The best part is the voice message feature, which you can activate with the microphone icon. The worst part is the price: $16. You do get what you pay for, and Beejive seems to be a pretty fancy IM app. [App Store via ...

BeeJive IM offers up sale, tells of Facebook chat feature
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Deals, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchBeeJive IM [iTunes link], the ultimate instant messenger application for your iPhone/iPod touch, will be on sale this week, beginning on Monday, March 2, 2009. The application will be available for $9.99US (down from $15.99US). While this application is a bit pricey, we agree that it's one of the best instant messenger applications on the iPhone. This sale is expected to last from March 2 through Sunday, March 8, 2009. With news of sale also comes the news that a new feature will soon be added to BeeJive IM. The guys at BeeJive have let us know that in just a ...

Article: iPhone Gems: Instant Messaging Apps, Take Two
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Instant messaging should be free for iPhone and iPod touch users. Period. Exclamation point. From iChat to AOL Instant Messenger and numerous other popular products, Mac and PC users have no need to pay for IM apps, and the core feature—text-based messaging—is a very modest use of both Apple’s pocket devices and the wireless networks they depend on. Unlimited data plans shouldn’t require users to buy special apps to enjoy their simplest benefits. [image] But in the absence of an Apple-developed iChat app for iPhone and iPod touch, third-party instant messaging apps have popped up to fill the gap. We reviewed a number of them last year ...

BeejiveIM 2.1.0 Includes Support for Facebook IM, Ability to Customize Background & Anti-Piracy Measures
iPhone Hacks — The new version of BeejiveIM includes: So BeejiveIM which already worked with multiple IM networks such as AIM/iChat/MobileMe, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo!, MySpace, GoogleTalk, ICQ, & Jabber, now also supports Facebook IM. Awesome Instant messaging iPhone app - BeejiveIM BeejiveIM 2.1.0 also allows you to customize the background wallpaper within the iPhone app. Simply tap “More” and then “Set Wallpaper” to bring up the selection of wallpapers. You also have the option to select a photo from your iPhone's camera roll or take a picture and set it as the background wallpaper for the app. Awesome Instant messaging iPhone app - BeejiveIM They have also implemented an ...

BeeJiveIM 3.0 Launching Next Week For iPhone OS 3.0, To Add Push Notifications
iPhone Alley - RSS — With push notifications on the way with the iPhone OS 3.0 update, the next question we have is what apps will be utilizing this newfound functionality? If there's one thing we'd need it for, it's definitely instant messaging. Thankfully, BeeJive, makers of iPhone Alley AIM client of choice, BeeJiveIM [$9.99 | App Store] , has already announced that their app will have push notifications enabled right off the bat, with the final version hopefully launching by WWDC next week. [via MobileCrunch]

BeeJiveIM 3.0, AIM Updated With Push Notifications, Available Now
iPhone Alley - RSS — An update to BeejiveIM has been released today which includes support for push notifications and iPhone 3.0. The release comes nearly two weeks after it was submitted to the App Store during WWDC. The update also includes a ton of additions, changes, and tweaks. Other than push, it also includes support for meta contacts, an updated look, and improved scrolling performance. You can check out our full review here and grab the update in iTunes. If you haven't purchased BeejiveIM, you can get it for $9.99! [App Store] Additionally, AIM has also been updated to include push notifications. Both the free [App Store] and paid ...

AIM and BeejiveIM updated for push support
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: iPhone, App Store AOL has updated both its free (download link) and paid versions (download link) of its AIM client for the iPhone. Besides push notification support, the paid version brings with it the ability to message in landscape mode -- although AOL says that the free version will gain this ability in a later ...

Push notifications come to AIM and BeeJive. Is this the end of SMS?
iPhone Matters — One of the most exciting and anticipated new features of iPhone 3.0 is push notifications. These enable your applications to alert you even when they are not running. Today we saw updates to AIM and BeeJive to take advantage of push notifications. But it raises the question: Will this impact on SMSing? Why pay to SMS a friend when you can send them an IM (instant message) for free? Obviously this is limited to those in your IM client’s address book. But that is also likely to be the same people you SMS the most, such as your family and friends. Here in Australia, on our carrier Telstra, we’re lucky, on some deals, to have 1 cent text messages (to others ...

News: Push instant messaging comes to iPhone 3.0
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — image A handful of Push Notification-ready AIM client applications have hit the App Store. AOL has updated both its paid and free versions of AIM for iPhone OS 3.0, adding the ability for users to stay logged in for up to 24 hours after closing the app, with all messages received during that time pushed directly to their device. The paid version, which sells for $3, also adds landscape support in buddy list and conversation views; the release notes state this feature will be added to the free version in a later update. In addition to AOL’s official AIM clients, BeeJive has updated its $10 BeeJive IM client with Push Notification support, as well ...

Today's Notable iPhone Apps - Tuesday June 23rd Edition
iSmashPhone — Today we have some pretty exciting new apps. First of all, AT&T has released a turn-by-turn navigation app which costs $10 a month. This is the first turn-by-turn navigation iPhone application for American ...

Partial push chat sync between Mac and iphone
MacOSXHints.com — I've been using push notifications with the Beejive app on the iPhone, which got updated recently and it works great. But when using AIM on a Mac, it can be kind of frustrating since you cannot be logged into two Machines at the same time with AIM. So, if you are logged into the iPhone (even in the background), and you connect with iChat or Adium on the Mac, then AIM sends you a message at both places asking you which Machine you want to be connected from. To me, it would be ideal to only receive notifications on my Mac when I'm using my Mac, and only receive notifications on the iPhone when I'm using my iPhone. This seems to be pretty much attainable when ...

AIM, BeejiveIM instant-messaging apps get push
iPhone Atlas — ... and BeejiveIM 3.0 are among the first instant-messaging apps to support push notification, meaning you'll get alerted to new messages even when the apps aren't running. ...

Beejive 3.0 updated; adds video support
Just Another iPhone Blog — Copyright © 2009 Ragart. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/beejive-30-updated-adds-video-support/ . I can’t test the video support yet (I’m hoping to get a 3GS this Wednesday), but I will say this new Beejive update seems to have fixed the issues I had been having on my unlocked 1st-gen iPhone. Typing within the app is absolutely lightning fast and chatting is subsequently a hell of a lot more fun. The intitial 3.0 release and the first patch completely fouled up the application for me and it was near unusable for about two weeks, so I’m really glad to have it ...

10 Instant Messaging Apps for the iPhone
TheAppleBlog — When push notification finally made its way to the iPhone, a lot of people were anticipating IMs pushed to their iPhone. At first, I scoffed at this idea. I’d always figured IMs were based around the “instant” part of the phrase, and someone pushing an IM to me might be disappointed if I don’t get back to them right away. Well, guess who’s been a big ...

Revised AIM app for iPhone hooks into new Lifestream service
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhoneThere's a first time for everything: while the updated premium version of AOL Instant Messenger for the iPhone [iTunes link] was scheduled to arrive later this month, CNET reported that it actually went through the approval process early (no!) and as such it represents the first of the AIM clients to support the new AIM Lifestream multi-service status update capability. If you check out the landing page for the service at lifestream.aim.com, you'll be able to update and monitor your posts and pictures on Delicious, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter alongside your ...

BeejiveIM Updated to Version 3.1 – Adds Group Chat and Meta Chat
iPhoneHeat — BeejiveIM Updated to Version 3.1 – Adds Group Chat and Meta Chat BeejiveIM for iPhone and iPod Touch has been update to version 3.1. Along with bug fixes and other enhancements, BeejiveIM  3.1 comes with group chats, meta chats as well. Group chats works on IM services that support the feature (MSN, Yahoo, AIM, GTalk) and meta chats let you merge contacts with multiple IM services into a consolidated stream like A’s Yahoo and A’s Gtalk show up under A. New in BeejiveIM 3.1 You can download BeejiveIM 3. 1 from the App Store for $9.99. If you have tried BeejiveIM 3.1, let us know about your experience with it. [ iTunes Link ] beejive-iphone-31 (1) ...