Comments on: BeejiveIM Live in the App Store -- Is $15.99 the Right Price?

By: karn

karn — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:04:34 +0000

How to use by not jailbreak

By: Sam perez

Sam perez — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:54:28 +0000

I have no insurance on my I phone I didn't think I would break the screen with the case on it but I did .now I can't find a screen under 250.00$ come on it's only a lil piece of glass..I have a two year contract with AT&T plus I have no signal buy me I'm off network WTF !!! So my contract is for two years //I'm stuck

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:55:42 +0000

Everyone keeps missing the point. This is the ONLY chat program that comes with a server that keeps your connection alive while you quit the program or sleep your iphone. You can stay online all the time with it. No other program does this. They also notify you (I use a text message to my phone) when you get an IM. There is no alternative that does what this does.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:41:32 +0000

as far as IM goes i'm pretty happy with Fring, plus it gives you skype support and Voip... and free!

I'm not sure what the ga-ga is over bee jive but $15 is not worth IM.

By: Kaysha

Kaysha — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:21:39 +0000

Bought this one this morning and I absolutely love it... far superior to the free apps out there...

By: mrHiDefinition

mrHiDefinition — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:32:50 +0000

when you exit*** Sorry guys, I was on my iPhone 3G while leaving the comment above.

By: mr. Hi Definition

mr. Hi Definition — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:25:13 +0000

I've used this app a lot so far and I have to say it is worth every penny for people who need to have their chat sessions on a dedicated server and not just cancelled when you exits the program. For non-power users though, I wouldn't recommend dropping $15.99 for an app that is probably going to be dropped to $9.99 or less soon. I have the email forwarding option on but I prefer Mobile Chat's SMS solution more because it's more practical then having someone check their email constantly to see if they received a new im. Even with it's faults (which aren't many...) BeeJive IM for the iPhone is still the best mult-platform IM app to date for the iPhone. I'm just patiently waiting for Apple to "flip the switch" to their push notifications. That will enable this app to be so much more than it already is.

By: Usman

Usman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:05:33 +0000

i had this for my old blackberry, it really was awesome. I have a new company curve and it was linked to my device's PIN so i have to buy it again if i want to use it.

I would seriously recommend this if you are an IMer. Good job beejive!

By: Bill Taroli

Bill Taroli — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:31:26 +0000

Well, I've commented elsewhere on this whining over developers charging for quality applications. Hell, there are $0.99 apps in AppStore I think are too expensive. But I paid $16 for this without a second thought. First rate app.

As for whether Palringo or IM+ will support notifications, I'm not sure I care. Already those (and MobileChat) are were almost completely unusable and give me not what Beejive has in just the first two days of use. I've used way too many IM applications (all options on the iPhone so far and most of the best known for PalmOS) to wait around for the free ones to catch up to what can be done when you can put some real $$ behind development and support. I spend $16 on this app (which is $20 for the blackberry already, BTW, and selling quite nicely) with complete and utter glee.

By: Keil Miller

Keil Miller — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:30:47 +0000

I downloaded this app.

I wrote a "shoot out" between Aim, MobileChat and Beejive here; http://www.tuscanidream.net/?p=165

Bejive was the winner in my eyez.

By: Spiros

Spiros — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:08:04 +0000

probably a good app (especially now that IM+ is stack with a connecting on the screen) but 15.99 is way tooooo much. I too would be glad to give a fiver though

By: patrick b

patrick b — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:00 +0000

I will wait for push. Aim will come around

By: RsB

RsB — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:30:18 +0000

..I had this on my BB Pearl and it works great..however $15.99 is expensive for an iPhone app..I will buy it once it's closer to the $5 mark..if it ever gets there..

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:45:44 +0000

For $5 I would have bought it already. At this price, I'm waiting to see what happens when Push Notification is out.

By: dloveprod

dloveprod — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:37:22 +0000

There is no way I'd pay 16 bucks for an i'm application, it doesn't do much more for me than palringo does for free.

By: R0N1N

R0N1N — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:10:32 +0000

$15? No way - that's way too high. I'm surprised that they didn't at least offer an initial 'discount' price to gain attention and get good reviews before raising it higher like a lot of apps are doing these days.

Anyway, for me, I'm waiting for Fring, which is free, supports all the same protocols, and is rumored to be heading to the iPhone sometime soon.

http://www.fring.com

By: cherryhead25

cherryhead25 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:08:32 +0000

Features are nice but I'm gonna wait until the official push notification comes out. I know there are a few IM clients out there that are free but I want to see if and what they will charge for their versions that support the push notification service. What if Palringo or IM+ release their push apps for $5.99 or for that matter free? Patience is the key on this one. Beejive shouldve released a introductory special at a low cost that way when the official push notification service came out they would have more users ready to just transition to the normal push service.

By: Agent_s87

Agent_s87 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:07:05 +0000

actually it is too much!! i guess MAYBE $5 is even too much to pay!

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:51:26 +0000

Although I'm of two minds on it, I definitely come down on the side of $15.99 being a fair price. The app really is quality stuff.

By: Z

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:50:51 +0000

I'll consider it when its below the $10 mark. (I actually wrote an email to BeeJive with questions and I told them $6 is a good price)

By: Appruv.com

Appruv.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:47:27 +0000

I don't think many consumers will pay $15.99 for an IM client like this one. There are too many free options available to justify this. The app looks great however. I'd pay up to $20 for Fring though.

By: Al Sacco

Al Sacco — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:30:26 +0000

Too expensive, especially with a number of free IM apps available from the App Store. BeeJive looks like a quality app, but $15.99 is too much.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:23:36 +0000

I have to admit that I bought this for my BB. It is a great app for the BB, especially since BB allow background processing. I was hoping they would let you transfer over your key for the iPhone version, but nobody seems to know if this is going to happen.

I read on another forum that you can user yourtendigit_number@att.txt.com (or something like that), and you will get a text message from BeeJive just as you would with the e-mail way. The only issue is this eats up your text messages if you don't have unlimited.

I think I am going to hold out for a bit and see if they drop the price.