AIM app

**danielcj** · 08-24-2010, 01:39 AM

Is the official RIM app any good? The rating on app world is pretty abysmal.

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**rlmesq** · 08-24-2010, 04:18 AM

Depends on what you're going to use it for. As a simple, bare bones IM app on a widely available platform, it works just fine. I use it daily to stay in touch with my secretary while I'm in court. I could run Trillian but I only need one app and AOL seems as good as any other.

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**danielcj** · 08-24-2010, 02:46 PM

Hmmm...i don't think I would do anything important using this app...so far I think i'm dropping IMs and such.

**papped** · 08-24-2010, 02:52 PM

Trillian is a bit better, although there are still some connection issues that are supposed to be fixed in the next version.

But it's still more reliable than the RIM app and supports multi-protocols. But the RIM one is free so...

**danielcj** · 08-24-2010, 03:00 PM

I've used apps like nimbuzz and beejive but I'm finding that the rim apps sip power a lot better so my battery is at half charge at the end of the day. The yahoo app works great but aim sucks. Googletalk seems to work fine too.

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**Xopher** · 08-24-2010, 03:24 PM

The main issues people have with the native AIM app:
- Message delivery lag of up to two minutes.
- No buddy icons / avatars.
- No status / away messages.
- Buddy list doesn't always automatically update.
- Can sometimes log off without notice.

Other than that, when it works, it does really good. Since it uses push data, there isn't much battery drain. If you don't mind the 2004 interface, it's worth the price.

There are lots of other choices out there as well. It all depends on how you use it as to what you'll get out of it.

Free IM apps:
- IM+ Lite
- Palringo
- Nimbuzz
- eBuddy
- Instango

Paid Apps:
- Trillian
- IM+
- BeeJive

From what I have seen, the free apps don't have any type of push technology included, so they may use more battery power. Of the paid apps, I think Trillian (which is also the cheapest) probably has the best background option (doesn't need to be running while still logged in), followed by IM+ (which is the most expensive) and their use of e-mail for push messaging. BeeJive has to be running inthe background for push services to work, but it probably has one of the nicer interfaces.