BeejiveIM

Posted by Dr Kierbear

BeejiveIM
Version: 2.0.1
Released: 2008-09-28



BeejiveIM Screenshot

Everything aspect of the app can run in landscape mode – Yes!! Widescreen chatting!! The app has lots of beautiful transitions for doing things such as deleting a chat, or when you shake the phone to tab over to the next chat. If you touch the name of a buddy in the chat window, a sheet drops down that gives you the ability to record and send a voice note, upload or take a picture, delete the chat, or email the chat transcript. You can also scroll through your active chats on this screen. There’s a slew of UI preferences in the Settings app on iPhone, you can do things like change the colors of the chat bubbles, alter the IM sounds, set a chat background, change the name display order, etc. BeejiveIM really shines when it comes to customization and attention to detail, traits that I believe really add value to the app. Not only that, it’s just plain fun to tweak out your chat client, and the more options, the better!
BeejiveIM supports:
-AIM
-Google Talk
-ICQ
-Jabber
-MSN/Windows Live
-Myspace IM
-Yahoo! Messenger

As an OS X server administrator that sets up Jabber/iChat server for clients, I was particularly impressed with the Jabber integration in BeejiveIM. If you use just two of these messaging services, the convenience factor of BeejiveIM jumps up considerably.