Apple approving apps with push, Beejive goes live
You heard that right, folks. People complaining that Apple’s very-much-delayed push notification service might be delayed again can all relax — Beejive 3.0, the fantastic new version with push support will be going live in about an hour or so from now.
We exclusively gave you a look at Beejive for iPhone almost a year ago, and you have to give us some credit — we called it the best IM application for the iPhone, and were we right? Now think about push notifications and a whole slew of other additions and tweaks and you’re looking at a desktop-class IM application. We’ve been using a version with push for a pretty long time and can safely say it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s a breakdown of the new goodies and let us know when you try the new version!
- Push notifications
- Meta contacts (link IM buddies to address book entries!)
- Various UI enhancements, updated layout and color schemes
- Performance enhancements
Oh yeah, two more things… the price is now $9.99 (down from $15.99), and we’re testing a version that allows videos to be sent over AIM. (You could always send photos) Look for this in the near future.
Just downloaded and it is awesome. Yes, push notifications are the shiznits! Glad I stuck with beejive. Been using it since day one and this only makes it perfect.
Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).
only people paid would say it’s great because otherwise they’d look dumb buying it… anyway IM+ lite is free and works equally well…
is the new 3.0 compatable with the blackberry storm? if its not, iphone here i come (since no good apps are out for the storm for im’n)
I’m glad to see that Push Notifications is live. I am looking forward to my favorite IM having it’s update. Pretty much the same stuff as Beejive.
The Associated Press app wirks like a charm with Push Notifications as well.
And as for the iHaters, you guys are looking really sad trolling in here with snide remarks. It clearly shows your envy and that you are not happy with your choice in a Smartphone. If you were you would go out of your way just to say stupid things in here.
Seriously, grow up.
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I cant see the an update coming up on my iphone but i can see the full updated version for £5.99. Surely i’ve not got to purchase it AGAIN for push??
@christaexport
Uhhhh no. SMS is not always connected. I don’t know who told you that crap, but they obviously don’t know what they are talking about. SMS is not a service that has to be on. SMS messages are sent via SS7 within the standard GSM MAP framework. SMS messages are 140 bytes because they are sent using left over space within a packet burst. So SMS doesn’t require ADDITIONAL battery power outside of GSM radio polling.
Push services on iPhone are like Push on BlackBerry … they use SMS for the push messages. If you take your SIM out of a blackberry and put it in a regular phone, that phone will receive weird SMS messages because it doesn’t know how to handle them.
So since Push on BB and iPhone use the same SMS framework for their data push, they don’t require any more power than SMS, which doesn’t use any more power because it piggybacks on normal GSM packet information.
@davidroaldfrick
Did you really think it would work on Tmobile?? Tmobile does not have a push framework on their network. I could have told you from the very beginning, without prior knowledge, that push would not work on an unlocked phone on Tmobile, for the same reason visual voicemail does not work.
@christaexport
Error … the signaling protocol length that GSM uses is 140 bytes. SMS has to live within that.
@ Christopher Cox,
I was merely saying that SMS DOES affect battery, as it requires the constant connection to the network, versus no network connection at all, which saves battery. It won’t “drain” the battery because the device was designed for this performance, just like Blackberries and Nokias have PUSH email and it doesn’t drain the battery. I assume PUSH works via 3g, so it will have an affect on the device, since I doubt the iPhone was designed to stay connected, unlike the Nokias and Blackberries.
I’ll admit I’m not so tight on mobile tech to the degree you are, however. How can TMobile not have a push framework on its network, yet I can use PUSH email on my N95 8gb? I assumed the PUSH service was achieved by the app and its servers, not at&t’s, but this is an assumption, I’ll admit.
I just think this is so sad. You guys are trumpeting something like its great, when I’ve long taken it for granted. If push and background apps is important, why use an iPhone? Its my biggest caveat. if it multitasked, I’d be so much higher on it, even with its closed ecosystem.
visual voicemail doesn’t work because its a network service. on a symbian device, we can have visual voicemail because the device and app does the work, not the network. it won’t work on the iphone because its a network service, not a user installed choice. apple is so stupid for this, or maybe its just not possible on the iphone.
@christaexport
see that’s the thing. SMS does NOT use extra battery. The short messages knd of hitch a ride on packets that would have been sent anyways. So if I take my radio controlled car, shove it in my truck and drive it 10 miles away, the radio controlled car ate more gas just because it was sitting in the bed of my truck?
No matter how you slice it, the act of push notification does not drain battery. Push email may, because the initial push notification instructs the phone to use the data network to downoad the message. But it’s still not the initial push notification that is doing it. On iPhone, it does not instruct the app to download content. It just runs the app when user clicks view. That app will use data to get it’s stuff. But the argument still remains. In saying push eats battery, you are wrong.
@christaexport
No, push services are different. RIM has announced they will have push API similar to iPhone. Why if they can do background tasks? The advantage of push is that I can have a crapload of apps giving me updated information on things like im, patient records, bank information, news, etc … All withough having to run several apps in the background all constantly using the radio and eating battery. With a push system I can have 50 apps all notify me andbi don’t have to worry about making sure the app runs. It just happens, and happens without eating battery. What if you had to reset your phone (don’t say windows mobile never crashes) an you had critical apps you need to inform you. On the go it’s a pain to make sure all my apps are running so I can do work. With a push system, I don’t have to worry. I just reset my phone, stick it in my pocket, and sit comfortably knowing that all 50 apps will still notify my without me doing anything. And without eating battery, processor cycles, or RAM.
Does apple have MSN messenger for iPhone with Push?
I didn’t have hopes for it working. A lot of people don’t understand that it’s not a service for activated AT&T customers. I was merely just making a statement. For people who might of thought that it’d work. I love when people act all tough through the Internet.
im rocking the new beejive 3.0 and loving it. love the push notification. beejive you rock man!!
I’m having issues as well… AOL keeps sending me notifications that I’m logged in elsewhere which I’m not & I get booted out. PUSH isn’t working & i’ve already deleted and redownloaded the app. Needs an update. Using an iphone 3Gs if it makes a diff.
It was clearly stated about 5 times that it would NOT work for the 3GS…only the 3G.
oops. wrong post.
Not wanting to spark off a debate, but with there being the current choices of im+ and beejive – which ones generally considered better?
I see the im+ of 3.1 supports push, is cheaper and supports skype as well, where as beejive is slightly more expensive and no skype (atm at least) – is beejive worth the extra $$?
You’ve got push?? welcome to 2008…err…2009 iPhone users!
I am getting about 5% of the push notifiers from Beejive I should be. I hope this issue is raised up soon by someone with a voice.
push notification drains the battery like crazy. before beehive i would last a full day and today, battery is 3/4 shot.
Ok, so I have realized my push notifications do not arrive when on wifi. Anyone else having this issue?
I love this program, push works nicely. But the program now crashes after every message I send.
@andeh
beejive is cosmetically almost identical to im+ but in my experience im+ crashes a lot espicially with the built in browser and sometime when i log out and let someone else sign in with their account and then log myself back out all my buddies get a 1 next to their name.
i recommend beejive