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why do they suck? Haven't had any problems with Beejive.
by pclark 17y ago
why do they suck? Haven't had any problems with Beejive.
- jonknee 17y agoYou have to pay for them, you count on third party servers staying up, screen names aren't managed in the phone's central address book, messages get separated out into different areas, etc. On my Mac Mail already knows if who I'm emailing is on IM--that's the kind of functionality that I expect on the phone.
- pclark 17y agoYou do have to rely on 3rd party servers staying up with Beejive - but you get a push message when you're disconnected. Beejive also recently integrated with Address Book - so you can connect your buddies with their address cards. Just thought you might not be aware. It's no blackberry, but it isn't half bad.
- jonknee 17y agoGood to hear about Address Book integration. It still feels awkward to me though, the way the Pre does it seems to be what I'm looking for. I want be able to start an IM or an SMS from a contact in the Address Book (or right in Messages) and see both in the same place. I don't want to go back and have to remember if it was an IM or SMS when I want to re-visit a conversation. They're all messages.