Beejive IM on sale this weekend

[hexonxonx]

Worth every penny! I bought it at the full price last week. I also bought the version for my BlackBerry. very cool program!

Beats AIM or any other app.

 

[elbirth]

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I believe beejive picture support is coming if I'm not mistaken. Also MC does NOT support their own SMS push notification. They just tap into AIM's SMS notification for just that protocol. And even that doesn't work. Beejive supports their own SMS/Email notification for all protocols. As far as price it'S totally worth it IMHO. It's already half the price of it's BB counterpart. I really don't think Beejive would drop the price of their app/service to $5 to cater to kids with paper routes.

That's good news, if that's coming in the next release. Once they add some of those smaller (but important) features, I think it'll be more worth the cost than it currently is... although I still stand by it being a bit too expensive.
You have a good point about MobileChat just tapping into AIM's SMS function. But on the same token, if it's nothing they're hosting themselves, that's even more of a reason why BeeJive should already have it. Of course, once Apple stops screwing around and releases 2.2 (or whichever update it'll be) with push notifications, that will be irrelevant since they'll be implementing that (at least, they should.. they'd be fools not to).

As for the comment about it not being lowered to $5 to cater to kids with paper routes. I'll assume you meant this generically and not directed at me- besides, I'm not a kid with a paper route; I have a full-time job and make pretty decent money. I'm just careful with my money and do what I can to get the biggest bang for my buck.
It's not about catering to kids or poor people anyway. I actually find the whole argument that "you spent $xx on an iPhone and a monthly plan, so a $16 app is nothing in comparison". It's irrelevant what you're paying for the phone. The app is overpriced, simple as that. Not everyone is ok with getting financially raped and finding ways to justify it.

 

[kevin512]

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That's a great deal program is worth it!

R U serious?
There are free versions that do the exact same thing you know?

The only free version that comes vaguely close is Paringo really. But they only keep you logged into your IM accounts for 15 mind after closing the app.

 

[kevin512]

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I believe beejive picture support is coming if I'm not mistaken. Also MC does NOT support their own SMS push notification. They just tap into AIM's SMS notification for just that protocol. And even that doesn't work. Beejive supports their own SMS/Email notification for all protocols. As far as price it'S totally worth it IMHO. It's already half the price of it's BB counterpart. I really don't think Beejive would drop the price of their app/service to $5 to cater to kids with paper routes.

That's good news, if that's coming in the next release. Once they add some of those smaller (but important) features, I think it'll be more worth the cost than it currently is... although I still stand by it being a bit too expensive.

You have a good point about MobileChat just tapping into AIM's SMS function. But on the same token, if it's nothing they're hosting themselves, that's even more of a reason why BeeJive should already have it. Of course, once Apple stops screwing around and releases 2.2 (or whichever update it'll be) with push notifications, that will be irrelevant since they'll be implementing that (at least, they should.. they'd be fools not to).



As for the comment about it not being lowered to $5 to cater to kids with paper routes. I'll assume you meant this generically and not directed at me- besides, I'm not a kid with a paper route; I have a full-time job and make pretty decent money. I'm just careful with my money and do what I can to get the biggest bang for my buck.

It's not about catering to kids or poor people anyway. I actually find the whole argument that "you spent $xx on an iPhone and a monthly plan, so a $16 app is nothing in comparison". It's irrelevant what you're paying for the phone. The app is overpriced, simple as that. Not everyone is ok with getting financially raped and finding ways to justify it.

No the "paper boy route" was not intended to you. Just the mentality of many that expect everything in the app store to be .99 cents. This is why more than half of the apps in the app store are crap. I think we just disagree on whether Beejive's price point is worth it. I think Beejive has been in the "IM" app buisiness awhile and offer a quality app/service.

 

[opticalserenity]

I bought it, and it's well worth it. One of the best designed apps I've seen so far.

 

[elbirth]

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No the "paper boy route" was not intended to you. Just the mentality of many that expect everything in the app store to be .99 cents. This is why more than half of the apps in the app store are crap. I think we just disagree on whether Beejive's price point is worth it. I think Beejive has been in the "IM" app buisiness awhile and offer a quality app/service.

I completely agree that a very large number of the apps in the store are utter crap. Even many that are more than 99 cents, such as MobileChat. Unfortunately, this is where things get tricky with the pricing. While I personally don't expect them all to be that low (I have bought several apps that are several bucks each and think they're high enough quality to where I don't regret spending more than $1), the sheer fact that these are 3rd party apps and we have no way to try before we buy (unless there's a "lite" version, which is rare) or really get much in the way of a refund, it becomes very hard to justify spending a higher amount on a number of apps when you really have no idea how it'll turn out. BeeJive very well could be an exception since they have the reputation already, but it still remains that you can't try it before you buy to know if you really do find it to be worth the cost.

 

[NATO]

R U serious?
There are free versions that do the exact same thing you know?

You get what you pay for and the free apps that do a similar thing are nowhere near as polished, stable and feature-rich.

 

[bbplayer5]

I dont know why people are surprised. Beejive is and always has been, the best IM program for any phone platform (at least the ones the develop for). I had it on my BB and it was sick how good it was.