Best IM program for TP?

[strra]

i just want to get people's opinion about what the best IM (AIM, MSN, etc) program for the touch pro is. i've tried palringo and beejive but both have a problem where if you put the phone into standby via the button on top, they stop sending/recieving (and eventually disconnect)... i know that s2u2 has a "blank screen only" option, but it majorly kills the battery life...
so i guess what i'm looking for is any IM program that supports at least AIM and actually keeps me online and able to recieve IMs while the phone is in standby

thanks,
Randy

P.S. i know about AIMs SMS feature, but i'm not a huge fan

*edit* i did do a search, by the way. this topic was brought up once and was never resolved

[razorloves]

Originally Posted by strra

i just want to get people's opinion about what the best IM (AIM, MSN, etc) program for the touch pro is. i've tried palringo and beejive but both have a problem where if you put the phone into standby via the button on top, they stop sending/recieving (and eventually disconnect)... i know that s2u2 has a "blank screen only" option, but it majorly kills the battery life...
so i guess what i'm looking for is any IM program that supports at least AIM and actually keeps me online and able to recieve IMs while the phone is in standby

thanks,
Randy

P.S. i know about AIMs SMS feature, but i'm not a huge fan

what's wrong with the one that comes with your phone. OZ

[strra]

does the same thing... disconnects from the service whenever the phone is in standby.
the worst part is that none of them actually tell me that i've been disconnected... i'll pull out the phone and send an IM, but the person never recieves it...
for everything i've tried, i have to exit the program and reconnect before i can send and recieve IMs again.

basically, i just want something where i can be on aim and readily able to send or receive IMs without a hassle...

[razorloves]

well, i'm not familiar with it, but i know tons of people on here rave about palringo. Have you done a search to see if anyone else has this problem?

[bigpapii]

for me i would have to say beejive... its free and it does everything i need it to do... never had any problems with it what so ever

[rawdikrik]

personally, i use palringo, and it works incredibly well. i dont see any issues like u mentioned ( i still recive messages even is my screen is off) and it supports most major services and have alot of handy features.

I love the voice chat option, sometimes you cant type so u can send a little prerecorded message and the other end recives a link to play. and sending pics is a breeze.

try it out. Hope that helps.

http://www.palringo.com/en/gb/

[strra]

Originally Posted by rawdikrik

personally, i use palringo, and it works incredibly well. i dont see any issues like u mentioned ( i still recive messages even is my screen is off) and it supports most major services and have alot of handy features.

I love the voice chat option, sometimes you cant type so u can send a little prerecorded message and the other end recives a link to play. and sending pics is a breeze.

try it out. Hope that helps.

http://www.palringo.com/en/gb/

this gives me the same problem. i recieve no IMs while the screen is off and when i turn it on to send a message, i'll press enter and it will say "sending"... and never get past that point

[lordhelmet]

I have to +1 for Palringo. When I have it on, I get messages even in Standby mode, and supports all major IM programs. If you're having trouble w Palringo, it's gotta be on your end or some setting you don't have set up correctly.

Beejive will destroy your battery if you keep it signed in, keep that in mind.

Palringo will cost some battery, too, but if you already have something like push e-mail which keeps your data connection up all of the time, you'll hardly notice the difference.

Palringo doesn't stay connected reliably though.

[dr g]

How does Fring compare?