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The BEST NON SMS messenger service

Ok so i have tried a few IM services, and i want to know what you folks think is the best one you have used.
I have tried Verichat back in the day but cannot seem to find it anymore
I just had Palringo and HATE it because i am getting spam IMs
I had agile messenger too and it seems to be the best out there.
Hopefully someone has a better suggestion. PLease make sure is does not use your SMS cause i would just use windows messenger but i do not have an unlimited text plan.
Thanks

I guess no one has a messenger service they like

johseph said:
i would just use windows messenger but i do not have an unlimited text plan.
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Do you mean unlimited data plan? Messenger does not use SMS, and I use that and it's flawless.

Nimbuzz. So far, the only one that can tap into Facebook chat, along with bunch of other chat-services, such as Messenger, ICQ, AIM etc.

My favourite IM is "BeejiveIM" the icq function is better then all the other icq IM clients.

Try 'BeejiveIM', the graphics are really amazing but it is for QVGA (still work on WVGA although)

I used to use Nimbuzz and quite liked it, but I've moved to Fring which gives you access to Twitter (which is excellent) and apparently Facebook chat (though I haven't tested this). Free of course.

My favorite you already said you don't like....Palringo
I never get spam ads from it...

BeeJive I had on my TyTn II but cannot get it to work on my HD, Ill try Fring again but i think there was something about it I didnt like, and have not tried Nimbuzz, thanks.

OOOOhh desire pulling me in!

Recently i got a hd2... beautiful phone but seeing the desire and its reviews.. im thinking of selling it and getting a desire....
can anyone tell me how the facebook, twitter, youtube app are compared to the HD2.. i found the hd2 apps verybasic..
other apps i use are:
msn messenger (beejive)
remote desktop
Resco explorer for ftp and streaming video of my windows network
Internet Explorer
Slingplayer
coreplayer for avi files
Office
skype
wifi router
Hotmail Push email instant email
will andorid os give me similar apps?

intrancer said:
Recently i got a hd2... beautiful phone but seeing the desire and its reviews.. im thinking of selling it and getting a desire....
can anyone tell me how the facebook, twitter, youtube app are compared to the HD2.. i found the hd2 apps verybasic..
other apps i use are:
msn messenger (beejive)
remote desktop
Resco explorer for ftp and streaming video of my windows network
Internet Explorer
Slingplayer
coreplayer for avi files
Office
skype
wifi router
Hotmail Push email instant email
will andorid os give me similar apps?
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- theres palringo for msn and that
- default browser works great, as a back up you can use opera, and firefox is on its way as far as i remember
- got a hotmail acc myself and it works flawless so far
cant help you with the rest, cuz not using it lol

cez10 said:
- theres palringo for msn and that
- default browser works great, as a back up you can use opera, and firefox is on its way as far as i remember
- got a hotmail acc myself and it works flawless so far
cant help you with the rest, cuz not using it lol
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cheers.... the hotmail is that push as items arrive ?

intrancer said:
cheers.... the hotmail is that push as items arrive ?
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not sure if i get the meaning of push emails but heres a little note from wiki
Google's Mobile OS supports Push e-mail based on Microsoft's ActiveSync platform, including push GMail.
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ahh ok i know what it means now then yeah it does update real time, but it obviously requires internet connection all the time which drains the battery way too fast

intrancer said:
Recently i got a hd2... beautiful phone but seeing the desire and its reviews.. im thinking of selling it and getting a desire....
can anyone tell me how the facebook, twitter, youtube app are compared to the HD2.. i found the hd2 apps verybasic..
other apps i use are:
msn messenger (beejive)
remote desktop
Resco explorer for ftp and streaming video of my windows network
Internet Explorer
Slingplayer
coreplayer for avi files
Office
skype
wifi router
Hotmail Push email instant email
will andorid os give me similar apps?
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MSN Messenger - Meebo/Ebuddy/100s of others
Remote Desktop - A few I have seen but can't comment on
FTP - AndFTP
Internet Explorer - Chrome/Opera
Slingplayer - http://gizmodo.com/5496896/slingpla...ing-this-summer-will-stream-over-wi+fi-and-3g
Coreplayer - Quite a few in the market
Office - Multiple Office Apps
Skype - Skype Light/Fring
Wifi Router - Wireless tether for root users
Hotmail - I have no idea, Hotmail is (IMO) inferior to googlemail. It is possible though.

I just hope later the games for Android will be as good as on Iphone, Desire has alot better CPU but when i compare same games on Iphone and Android.. on android it sucks both by speed and graphics.. seems to be all just a ports, while iphone has games specially for iphone

just been looking at the x10 forum .... tough dicision

intrancer said:
cheers.... the hotmail is that push as items arrive ?
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The default email client is pull only however I found an app called Seven (http://www.seven.com/) which is free and manages push email for hotmail.

langers1 said:
The default email client is pull only however I found an app called Seven (http://www.seven.com/) which is free and manages push email for hotmail.
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excellent answer i needed

intrancer said:
excellent answer i needed
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Little more info for Seven its free but you have to sign up and they text you the dl link (choose all for manufacturer and then android),only downside is u dont have a widget yet for mail on the home screens like you got with winmo.

langers1 said:
Little more info for Seven its free but you have to sign up and they text you the dl link (choose all for manufacturer and then android),only downside is u dont have a widget yet for mail on the home screens like you got with winmo.
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thanks will look into it when i get home

langers1 said:
The default email client is pull only however I found an app called Seven which is free and manages push email for hotmail.
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Would push email use less battery power than "pull" email set to update every 15 minutes or so?

All the FB apps I've seen annoy me, even FriendStream here I just prefer hittin the full FACEBOOKdotCOM using the webkit browser. Much more satisfying.

oursoul said:
All the FB apps I've seen annoy me, even FriendStream here I just prefer hittin the full FACEBOOKdotCOM using the webkit browser. Much more satisfying.
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doesnt friendstream give u the same functionality as the web access

intrancer said:
doesnt friendstream give u the same functionality as the web access
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Friend Stream is just exactly that... a friend stream.
Facebook for Android will give most of the site's functions on the phone.

just ordered it ! arrivez tomorrow....

and its here!!!!!.. play time!

MSN?

So would it be possible to make an offical-ish looking app that works like MSN on blackberrys? I bloody hate the 3rd party IM clients im currently stuck with, I only care about MSN not AIM or bloody Yahoo.
I don't mind making up art work, I can't code to save myself however

Bouncer5 said:
So would it be possible to make an offical-ish looking app that works like MSN on blackberrys? I bloody hate the 3rd party IM clients im currently stuck with, I only care about MSN not AIM or bloody Yahoo.
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what do you mean that works on blackberrys?
If you mean one that can communicate with BBIM then thats not possible, thats only for Blackberrys.
Also there is no official android MSN app. Ebuddy works fine, you only need to add a MSN account and then it wont show or ask you about anything else. It will auto sign in your MSN account when you launch your app and then you can start chatting away. There is nothing wrong with Ebuddy

msntalk is free on the market. working very fine for me. its not adfree but not that disturbing

Nekromantik said:
what do you mean that works on blackberrys?
If you mean one that can communicate with BBIM then thats not possible, thats only for Blackberrys.
Also there is no official android MSN app. Ebuddy works fine, you only need to add a MSN account and then it wont show or ask you about anything else. It will auto sign in your MSN account when you launch your app and then you can start chatting away. There is nothing wrong with Ebuddy
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No no for blackberry or to communicate, I mean something that looks like the MSN app provided by Microsoft/Blackberry, I am aware of eBuddy as I currently use it, In my opinion it is nasty but also the best of them, Why I was hoping to go about getting a official looking MSN app on Android

I would love a real MSN Client. Like in Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.
With:
- Change your User Icon
- Change your Nickname
- Change your Personal Message
- Offline Messaging
- Able to send and receive buzzers
- Able to send and receive files.
- While looking good without crappy iPhone-style bubbles (Looking at you eBuddy!)

kekkle said:
I would love a real MSN Client. Like in Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.
With:
- Change your User Icon
- Change your Nickname
- Change your Personal Message
- Offline Messaging
- Able to send and receive buzzers
- Able to send and receive files.
- While looking good without crappy iPhone-style bubbles (Looking at you eBuddy!)
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I would be happy with just standard messages with the ability to change Nickname and personal message, User icon would be a bonus all the other stuff im not TO fussed about, especially since "Windows Live" has changed the send on files like photo to a sharing experience

Is it just T-Mo UK that blocks MSN via 3G, then (that is, the official version on :1873).

As far as im aware the "Official" version is made and provided by Three and only works on there network

Any pictures of this 'Three' version? Also, isn't there a way to reverse engineer their stuff

OT: I prefer to use Google Talk for chatting. Is anyone else using transports to connect to ICQ and MSN via Google Talk?

kekkle said:
Any pictures of this 'Three' version? Also, isn't there a way to reverse engineer their stuff
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The apk is avalible somewhere, Not to sure on what it looks like but
FloHimself said:
OT: I prefer to use Google Talk for chatting. Is anyone else using transports to connect to ICQ and MSN via Google Talk?
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I only know of one person with a Google Talk account, Everyone else is either a contact or on MSN

kekkle said:
Any pictures of this 'Three' version? Also, isn't there a way to reverse engineer their stuff
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I have it on my phone but it's very basic.
I can't take a picture of it because I don't get a 3G singnal in my house. When you open MSN if it dosen't detect a 3G network it says Please connect to the 3G network and then just shuts down.

Bouncer5 said:
I only know of one person with a Google Talk account, Everyone else is either a contact or on MSN
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Thats why transports are used to chat to your ICQ and MSN (and other IM services) buddies from Google Talk.

As I said anybody that I actually want to talk to is on MSN, In the UK ICQ or AIM weren't really popular, so everyone of interest is on MSN

Correct!
And I said I'm chatting to MSN buddies from Google Talk App...

MSN Talk is the best I've found so far, does everything you want and has a very nice UI aswell.

FloHimself said:
Correct!
And I said I'm chatting to MSN buddies from Google Talk App...
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Didnt know I could do that? I'll have to look at it I guess

Hm, my Google Talk android app fc's on me, when I try to contact a MSN contact via transports. Any comment on that ?

thed0g said:
Hm, my Google Talk android app fc's on me, when I try to contact a MSN contact via transports. Any comment on that ?
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Here it works all fine...

Can you tell which phone / rom / gtalk version ? And possibly the jabber msn transport server (doubt that would make a difference, protocol is protocol) ?

[Q] MSN Instant Messaging?

I had MSN/AIM/Yahoo Instant Messaging on my Samsung Epix, anyone know how to get this on the TouchPro2/Tilt2?
I read it's on "Window's Live" ...tried it on the phone...w/it being pre-installed...but still couldn't access instant messaging, only synced e-mail.

I was having this issue as well. I think the one that comes preloaded with the phone is only hotmail. You can go to the Marketplace and download the Windows Live from there which has the messenger, email, etc.
Certain roms come with the downloadable version as well if you ever decide to flash

I'll have to grab it Market Place.
Thank you!

You have to install Market Place, right?
I went to it on the phone, and it asks if I want to install it...just double checking.

Np and yeah the marketplace has to be installed before you can use it

Thanks
Found it here too: http://www.windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/messenger/default.aspx#

Palringo (burned into the Energy ROM) works really well on the TP2. I don't use MSN personally, but its included. I use Palringo with Google Chat, and it works great.

redpoint73 said:
Palringo (burned into the Energy ROM) works really well on the TP2. I don't use MSN personally, but its included. I use Palringo with Google Chat, and it works great.
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Cool! Found it! It has AIM and Yahoo Messenger too, if anyone was interested.
It wouldn't let me upload the file, so here's the link: http://www.palringo.com/en/gb/
Added the Windows Live CAB that has Messenger. On the Today Screen you can have Bing, Hotmail, and Messenger. If you don't want the Hotmail you just uncheck the "sync E-mail" box.

[Q] Alternative to Gmail app

Is there a good alternative to the Gmail app? I need support for threaded view, and must be able to view messages when offline.
I have my personal Gmail account synced to the Gmail app, but I also want to see my company email (which uses Gmail as a back end) in an app. Don't want to mix business with private emails though.
At the moment I access company mail through the browser interface which isn't optimal.
Thanks!

You can try K-9 mail app

jayerfernandes said:
You can try K-9 mail app
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Doesn't support threaded view.

U can use the default exchange mail app. Just setup as IMAP account.

Have tried a lot of different mail clients, but ended up using K9.
K9 do not have the most sexy GUI and I hate the icon even I know why devs keep on to it ... but honestly ... come on a head of a robot dog LOL
It have some smal bugs, but all together the best mail client I have tried until now.
I actually likes it so much that I contributed with a Danish translation.
BTW its open source and its possible to download latest version from http://code.google.com for free

Best mail client is Maildroid:
https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWlsZHJvaWQiXQ..
Better than K9 and does support threaded view.Just try it...

Mittaa said:
Have tried a lot of different mail clients, but ended up using K9.
K9 do not have the most sexy GUI and I hate the icon even I know why devs keep on to it ... but honestly ... come on a head of a robot dog LOL
It have some smal bugs, but all together the best mail client I have tried until now.
I actually likes it so much that I contributed with a Danish translation.
BTW its open source and its possible to download latest version from http://code.google.com for free
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Thanks, but again it doesn't support threaded view Though I understand there are some custom versions that do.
eltarod said:
Best mail client is Maildroid:
https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWlsZHJvaWQiXQ..
Better than K9 and does support threaded view.Just try it...
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Thanks, have tried it and it's not bad. The threaded view is a bit cumbersome though, it groups messages correctly, but you need to exit each message to view the next instead of just scrolling down. Will keep it though.
Wish I could duplicate the Gmail app actually, or even better port the Mail app from iOS.

Nitsson said:
Thanks, but again it doesn't support threaded view Though I understand there are some custom versions that do.
Thanks, have tried it and it's not bad. The threaded view is a bit cumbersome though, it groups messages correctly, but you need to exit each message to view the next instead of just scrolling down. Will keep it though.
Wish I could duplicate the Gmail app actually, or even better port the Mail app from iOS.
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Why don you use default samsung email? It can be set as pop3 or imap. Can create multiple account on it.

Why don't you use Gmail?
If you have two Gmail accounts just add them both to your phone. Your mail won't mix, you'll just have to select the account you'll use in the upper left corner.
Or you can use the default Samsung app like anlimdy22 suggested.

anlimdy22 said:
Why don you use default samsung email? It can be set as pop3 or imap. Can create multiple account on it.
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K9 offers some features that I need, and most important ... editing in Gmail and Samsung mail is pain. I use Swype Keyboard and it behaves odd when I use Gmail and Samsung mail.

anlimdy22 said:
Why don you use default samsung email? It can be set as pop3 or imap. Can create multiple account on it.
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Honestly, couldn't get that to work - just forced closed time and time again, and when it did work it couldn't verify the settings (the very same ones that K-9, Maildroid and the Gmail app could). Better apps are usually available externally
bpivk said:
Why don't you use Gmail?
If you have two Gmail accounts just add them both to your phone. Your mail won't mix, you'll just have to select the account you'll use in the upper left corner.
Or you can use the default Samsung app like anlimdy22 suggested.
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You're right, I assumed that it would mix emails from both account but it actually works well. Can't say I think the system to switch between accounts is the smoothest possible, but usage-wise it's still the best experience I've found. Thanks.
Mittaa said:
K9 offers some features that I need, and most important ... editing in Gmail and Samsung mail is pain. I use Swype Keyboard and it behaves odd when I use Gmail and Samsung mail.
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Yes, K-9 is powerful and feature-rich but I just prefer the Gmail app. The threaded view alone is worth it. Each to their own though!

Mittaa said:
K9 offers some features that I need, and most important ... editing in Gmail and Samsung mail is pain. I use Swype Keyboard and it behaves odd when I use Gmail and Samsung mail.
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Turn off word suggestion in Swype, it will help you to edit mail in default email app.
On the subject, the stock GMail app is the worst client I've ever seen. No multi touch is a PITA. The stock email app is good, still not the very best out there. Tried almost all the clients, Maildroid and all, yet to find one which suits my need, K9 was good, maybe I've to try it again.
Its really unbelievable that the client in iOS I used 3 years back was way better than all of these in Android!!!
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ithehappy said:
Turn off word suggestion in Swype, it will help you to edit mail in default email app.
On the subject, the stock GMail app is the worst client I've ever seen. No multi touch is a PITA. The stock email app is good, still not the very best out there. Tried almost all the clients, Maildroid and all, yet to find one which suits my need, K9 was good, maybe I've to try it again.
Its really unbelievable that the client in iOS I used 3 years back was way better than all of these in Android!!!
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Actually, I'd say the iOS Mail app is still better - where better, for me, means easier to use. Swipe-to-delete alone makes it a winner.

Yes, that's correct. Simplicity of using is way beyond everything.
Anyway started using K9 again, nice, but I couldn't get the idea of getting 'Message Sent' confirmation/notification! I guess it was present before or am I missing something...!
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