The folks at Beejive have just tweaked some things and released Beejive Beta 2.1 (build 16) for BlackBerry. Beejive incorporates all your favorite IM apps including AIM, GTalk, Yahoo!, Facebook and more. The all-in-one client has long been a favorite of heavy IMers. The new beta includes support for OS6, updated chat scrolling as well as updated notifications and alerts. So if you're a Beejive user (or you haven't yet tried it) then head over to the link below to give the new beta a spin.
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BeejiveIM 2.1 Beta for BlackBerry now available
...The reason I had to downgrade again to 5 was due to Beejive freezing up the system randomly.
Anyone here tested this new version on a 6 - 9700 yet?
Hope it is sorted, then 6 here I come!
Beejive is horrible at support. They'll delete your forum posts, ignore your support emails and leave you in the dark about future releases. I regret buying a license from them.
if it is that bad then i will stick to native app.
Yeah, its true. With a few fixes this could be a fantastic app. I recently sent them threee emails, none of them were replied to.
You're right. I quote every single word.
The worst ( and expensive... -_- ) app I ever bought, the worst support I ever had. If there is any.
BIG FAIL BEEJIVE!
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why cant we get updates like im IM+ ??? seriously, they havent had an official update with good updates in a while, they are jus slackin takin their sweet time and taking our money
i think we should all email the person in the beejive forums, or we should all blow up the forums for blackberry on beejive and tell them hoe seriously unhappy we are with the lack of updates
Yea, its bad at support for sure. Also, the chat log (not history), occasionally disappear. So you're talking and you find out you're missing the last 2 lines of the chat when you re-opened. I try uninstalling it, other versions and that bug is still there.
Otherwise, except the support and that bug, its an okay piece of software.
The chat UI is improved, I like the new popup chatbox. Scrolling is decent now.
After a while though it still freezes up randomly, only way to fix it is to turn the phone off for a minute and turn it back on.
Then again I am using a 9700 with a hybrid OS6..
I had a non-hybrid 6 on my 9700, had random freezes too. Sounds as if the mentioned os6 support is limited.
With my experience, the program seemed to freeze when the chat log got long enough to start scrolling.
My fix for this was to clear the chat before it got to that point. It sucks but it stopped freezing. This "fix" applies to the stock version too.
wah wah wah wah wah.
That's what I read when I come in here. C'mon. The app is $30 goddamn dollars and during the time I have had a license, they HAVE released updates.
So again, suck it up. Which is what I say EVERY time I read comments on these posts because all people do is whine.
One buggy update every six month -_-
I agree about the lack of updates and relative lack of support, but the app itself (I'm running 2.0.3[4] on a 9630 Tour and OS 5.0.0.732) has worked smoothly and reliably for me, I'm almost inclined to say "bulletproof". (And it looks like their support webpage is a lot more complete than it was near the beginning of the year when I first installed BeeJive)
I really despise using bloated single-network chat apps that try to shove advertising at you and so on, and the extra features (if any) are rarely of any value to me. I want a streamlined multi-network IM client that does the modern basics, works reliably, and isn't a resource/memory hog. BeeJive serves that purpose well for me.
Neither will I have anything to do with apps like Trillian which require you to open an account with them to do anything. I don't need another Big Brother just so I can IM some people.
Oh and BTW: BeeJive doesn't cost $30 - it is either $10 for a license locked to a particular device, or $15 for one which can be transferred from one device to another. There is also a 30-day free trial.
It used to cost around $30 but they've lowered the price significantly since then.
Despite their customer support woes (i've never had to contact them so dont know about that) their app has been solid on my phones. I've installed on a curve 8320 and on my curve 9700 without a hitch. so far its been smooth sailing. i just wish they'd integrate it with my BBM... that way everything would be in one place. but all n all great purchase.
I was kind of disappointed in Beejive since I got the Torch for not releasing an OS6 touch specific version sooner, but now that I've installed this I'm pleased. It fixes the bugs I had with the Storm 2 version. I haven't had to contact them yet so I'm not too familiar with that, but all in all I'm satisfied again. This is the third Blackberry in three years I've used Beejive on and with this release I'm perfectly content.
Edit: After a while longer of using it I realize that this iteration of Beejive doesn't like it when I multitask in the slightest. It's updates are promising, but I hope they get this freezing up issue fixed.
Hi there im using BB 9700 OS version is 5.0.0.862. I have downloaded this version by OTA and via desktop too, but both the time when i click on "Get a trial license" its gives error " expired ", what can be reason behind it and whats the solution to it ?
You only get a limited time to use BeeJiveIM for free, I think it was about a month before I had to pay. If you have used any prior version it all counts towards that time. It work via PIN, so after you do pay for a licence you never have to enter any code as it checks your PIN against their records.
this one works fine on the 9800 and for the 9700 i use the official one still the one right after the first release, its much better on battery life and no crashes it works fine, thanks for the input.
and this build is kind of battery intense.