Yummy iPhone Apps
Posted on 09.30.08 to Technology by JoanI first got the BlackBerry because I had this illogical need to be online all the time, via emails and instant messaging. I used this brilliant chat program called Beejive and was willing to pay for the nominal license fee too. (Back then, there wasn’t an MSN chat program available for the BlackBerry.)
The husband also got a BlackBerry and we chatted using that mainly, instead of sending SMSes, which was a cheaper option in the long run.
When I switched to the iPhone, it was a learning process to not be contactable all the time since Beejive did not have a native version for the iPhone yet. Every other native chat program for the iPhone had a really crappy interface, was sluggish and sometime couldn’t connect properly. So I gave up.
Just last night, I questioned my need for an unlimited data plan, since most of the time I’m in a place with a wi-fi network and I just check my emails on the occasion. I hardly surf, unless it’s something I have to wiki straightaway (like what are the rules of F1, did Gracia die from getting shot in the last episode of Criminal Minds, or why is Eric Foreman from ‘That 70′s Show’ in Africa).
Was chatting with Kaizad today and I found out that Beejive has released a native application for the iPhone. Awesomeness! It’s also cheaper and is much less of a hassle to install the application on the iPhone.
The interface is very fast and sleek, and if the application logs out (since the iPhone doesn’t allow for native applications to run in the background), it will store your messages on the server and sends an email to you. I know others might have a problem with your messages being stored on an external server, but well, it’s not as if we’re transferring super sensitive information on Beejive.
In other iPhone news, Facebook has just released a 2.0 version of their iPhone app. You can now comment on status updates and tag photos, among other things.
So go to your iTunes store today and check out these lovely goodies!
