Instant Messaging -which one are you using?

[notrock]

Originally Posted by Matrix

Does anyone know of any clients that use SMS? Seeing as I have unlimited SMS on my plan, and data-only clients kill my battery in a few hours, it seems like SMS would be a better bet.

Oz messenger. Uses sms.

I wish the data only clients had a quick "forward to mobile option" Rather then leaving it on all the time.

I always wondered why sidekick users get a different icon in Pidgin.

[redz1234]

I currently use slick and beejive myself.

Beejive = Uses too much memory.
Slick = Uses too much battery.

I'm looking for another alternative. Even the Messaging through SMS would work perfectly with me. Is anyone else using Oz Messenger?


- ReDz

[notrock]

Originally Posted by redz1234

I currently use slick and beejive myself.

I'm looking for another alternative. Even the Messaging through SMS would work perfectly with me. Is anyone else using Oz Messenger?

I pop it on every now and then. Best method I've used so far is mobile forwarding and turn on Palringo or beejive for sending. At least with aim this works.

[redz1234]

Originally Posted by notrock

Oz messenger. Uses sms.

I wish the data only clients had a quick "forward to mobile option" Rather then leaving it on all the time.

I always wondered why sidekick users get a different icon in Pidgin.

Does Oz Messenger work with any provider? From what I been reading it seems like it only works on T-Mobile. Can anyone confirm this?


- ReDz

[shellguy]

I think OZ is a Sprint Product.


Shell

[ScrapMaker]

OZ is not Sprint-only. Every carrier seems to have it.

You just have to have the right one, I believe.

I would use OZ more often, but it lacks in so many ways. I leave OctroTalk on most of the time, but if I know I will be away from my charger for long, I will exit, and AIM automatically goes into text-mode... Then I can open up whatever client I want.

I have Slick, AIM, OZ, JiveTalk, and OctroTalk.

OctroTalk is my favorite, because it saves your conversations to your gmail account... so I use that.

OZ uses less battery... but lacks in all other areas. Messages take FOREVER to get it sometimes. It's typical for me to get like 10 messages in 10 seconds, although they were sent over a few minutes...

Beejive is pretty, smooth, awesome. Uses up a lot of battery, and doesn't save conversations well.

Slick is pretty good, and you can backup your messages--but not as easily as OctroTalk.

I love being able to log into my Gmail account and search through whatever IMs I have.. awesome!

[notrock]

I wish the native live messenger client, could be tricked into logging on to aim. I think it has one of the best looking interfaces. Too bad I only have 5 MSN contacts.

[Sprints700wx]

Is There any that runs Aim besides the Offical (Aim) Newly Beta Version -Thats So Sluggish -that allows you to fully Read and post your own away messages..? i Honeslty Wish Palringo did this becuase it the best app hands down .. ! I also know Slick you can post your own custom aways but cant fully read peoples away without messaging them..

Thanks in Advance!

[notrock]

Good question. Palringo you can read a few words of peoples status messages, but you can't set a custom one. BeeJive you can set one but only can read a few words. It seems every client is missing one or two key features. If all the clients available were combined we'd have a full featured program.

Originally Posted by Sprints700wx

Is There any that runs Aim besides the Offical (Aim) Newly Beta Version -Thats So Sluggish -that allows you to fully Read and post your own away messages..? i Honeslty Wish Palringo did this becuase it the best app hands down .. ! I also know Slick you can post your own custom aways but cant fully read peoples away without messaging them..

Thanks in Advance!

[mobilejray]

Originally Posted by jds580s

I so glad this thread was posted. I didn't even realize there were this many options for IM clients.

You're welcome - glad it helped.