subject: The Im Review - The Decent Cross-platform Messenger Application [print this page] In case you need to talk or get in touch with all your own contacts in one place, then you'll need to pay attention to this IM review. This is actually a messenger application that facilitates for a great number of instant messaging accounts and social network sites which include Beep, Facebook chat, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, MySpace, Renren, Odnoklassniki, Skype, Yandex IM, Yahoo, AIM, and VKontakte. Listed here is the IM review along with its system requirement, and all sorts of things that you may wish to know about this multi-messenger app.
To begin with this IM review, lets take a closer look at the user interface of IM app. As the very first time you launch it, you will see the three menu buttons at the very top section which include Contacts, Chats and Account. Beneath the Accounts menu there's a listing of social media and instant messaging accounts that you will have to choose just by tapping on your own desired account. After you have chosen the account then you have to fill in the username and password. When you have logged on, you will see the contacts list under Contacts menu. To check out the open chats, you can simply navigate to the Chats menu. The user interface is pretty simple and you can switch faster between chats by just swiping from side to side.
The IM app is full-featured for instance you may allow yourself available to different groups, you will also have groups set up in all the various messengers. Also, users will be also able to hide their offline contacts and save the chat history. There'll be also the Compact Mode containing the option to minimize contacts so user will no longer see the buddy icons. This is really very helpful specifically for extending the screen space.
Under the Contacts menu, you'll notice the option to utilize the IM Beep. This is the free mobile-to-mobile in-app messenger that is certainly compatible with iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry platforms. It basically utilizes your web connection to send or receive messages to or from your own address book contacts. It can be utilized as the SMS replacement. For the BlackBerry owners, there is the advantage to enjoy Skype features on their own BlackBerry using the IM Talk. This service utilizes the free VoIP calls in WiFi areas as well as over the EDGE and 3G network.
This app is available in free and pro version. The free version includes ads indeed, and if you wish for the ads-free version you can buy the IM Pro with the cost of $9.99. This application will require at least OS 2.1 (Eclair), Windows Phone 7.5, BlackBerry OS 4.5 and iOS 3.0.
As my final thoughts, this IM review has been conducted to know the advantages and disadvantages of this app. The advantages are the cross-platform capability, very simple interface, rich-featured, and easy to use even for the inexperienced users. However, you may experience that the application will freeze and crash every now and then whenever logging in to your account.
