IM+ or Fring

[twisted-pixel]

so, I attempted to try both of these apps yesterday. Sadly I'm still waiting for T-Mobile to upgrade my web'n'walk plan and remove the port blocks.

In the meantime I thought I'd try them out on wifi.

Fring worked and was ok (I don't make internet calls or skype etc) so might be more than I actually need

IM+ simply wouldn't connect via wifi so I can't even try it.

so, I thought I was ask peoples opinions of each app on here.

what is the most common on with the folks on here?

thanks

[dayene]

i've been using IM+ and i like it because of its search function when you have a lot of contacts and running a lot of accounts. i'm not sure if i tried connecting with wifi but it should work..will try it later. when you get your web n walk try out IM+ for 7 days i think for the trial.

[dayene]

just tried it with wifi and it works. :)

[twisted-pixel]

that's a bugger :o(

I just keep getting the message that it "connection to the MSN server failed".

Will have to chase T-mobile for a hurry on my plan upgrade

[gavinguinness]

I use fring all the time. I've not tried the IM+ though.

I personally like the way fring automatically uses any of the available WIFI points wherever I am, then uses GPRS when I'm out of range. I just leave it on all the time and let it manage the connection itself and it always chooses WIFI if available.

[dayene]

Originally Posted by gavinguinness

I use fring all the time. I've not tried the IM+ though.

I personally like the way fring automatically uses any of the available WIFI points wherever I am, then uses GPRS when I'm out of range. I just leave it on all the time and let it manage the connection itself and it always chooses WIFI if available.

yeah, i like fring that way and it's free :)...but i like IM+ UI as you can list them small. i have unlimeted internet so i use that instead for chatting so it doesn't eat up the battery with wifi. by the way, how do you turn off alerts on fring? i put the fringtones to off and it still gives a loud sound though on my profiles i only put it to two bars?

[gavinguinness]

Originally Posted by dayene

yeah, i like fring that way and it's free :)...but i like IM+ UI as you can list them small. i have unlimeted internet so i use that instead for chatting so it doesn't eat up the battery with wifi. by the way, how do you turn off alerts on fring? i put the fringtones to off and it still gives a loud sound though on my profiles i only put it to two bars?

The sound? hmmm I don't know. Well, as you may have seen from previous posts, I quite like my N95 to emmit odd sounds, so I actuall changed the sound to this, which just makes me smile, but I guess if all else fails, you could set it to use a blank MP3 file as the alert tone. Here, try this.

[twisted-pixel]

ok, finally got T-Mobile to upgrade my data plan...and I'm trying out slick....seems to do the job ok...and it's free!!

anyone any knowledge about this app and why I shouldn't use it?