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

[Devilstrider]

Originally Posted by 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...

Never happens to me even with the one that comes with it.

[regression]

Originally Posted by razorloves

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

I never get alerts when my phone is in standby and I receive a new message.

Another vote for Palringo here. And, if you install it, join the PPCGeeks group.

[ajskhan]

I like parlingo here too but would just rather something new!

[killerkhatiby009]

try slick, i used to use it on my mogul and worked very well but i switched to palringo with my Pro for facebook chat support.

http://www.lonelycatgames.com/?app=s...=windowsmobile

[DarkLord]

i think that a lot of problems we have is based on some of us using a Blackberry and/or friends using it. to my knowledge (as limited as it is), no service other than Blackbery has an "always on" connection. and there in lies the problem. it's not necessarily the chat software but it is for sure the way the phone is connecting that creates the issues we have. so as nice and infomational as these threads are that talk about the best IM program, the results are very scued based on the connection each user has on his/her particular carrier.

..."the opinions expressed by this user are based on hearsay only and can not be used in a court of law..."