Category Archives: Messaging
IM+ for iOS Updated, Adds BBM-Style Multi-Platform Messenger
IM+ from Shape Services, one of the better instant messaging platforms for iOS, has received an update that includes a few new interesting features: Access to Shape’s cross-platform (iOS, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Phone) instant messenger called “Beep”. Like BBM, Beep can be used as an alternative to SMS/MMS, …
iSource Picks of the Week
Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many …
Why WhatsApp Messenger is better than iMessage
When Apple announced plans to create their own messenger app, I got really excited. Then we learned the details and my excitement quickly dissipated. This was not going to be as groundbreaking as I and many others had hoped. And now, having had the chance to use it alongside WhatsApp, …
Beejive 4.3 for iPhone and the case of the missing buddy pounce
Beejive 4.3 ($9.99) is, unfortunately, one of the more confusing and buggy versions of this otherwise-excellent instant messaging app. I’m not terribly sure which bugs from the last versions were fixed, but I can vouch for the existence of a few new ones. Turning a chat from landscape to portrait …
Will we see an iOS version of Blackberry Messenger in April?
[Update: A few hours after I published this rumour post, it was busted on BGR. Looks like RIM is looking to bring BBM to iOS -- just not on April 26.] Rumour has it that RIM is planning on bringing its Blackberry Messenger platform to both Android and iOS, so …
iSource Picks of the Week
Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many …
iSource Picks of the Week
Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many …
Verbs 1.2 for iPhone: landscape support, improved navigation
Verbs ($2.99) is one of the two iOS instant messsenger apps that I enjoy using on my iPhone (the other being Beejive). I reviewed the initial release in late December and thought that it showed quite a lot of promise, and although there are still a number of aspects …
Beejive 3.2 for iPhone: location support, minor UI changes
Beejive ($9.99), the big daddy of messaging apps on iOS, has been updated to version 3.2. The changes this time around aren’t terribly exciting, but here’s what I’ve noticed so far: Location Support. I’ve never had use for location support and the one time I tried it within WhatsApp, it …
iSource Picks of the Week
Picks of the Week Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and …
Review: Verbs instant messenger for iPhone
Verbs ($2.99) isn’t quite ready to compete with full featured IM applications like Beejive (currently $4.99), but its minimal interface and speed make it interesting enough to keep around, if only to see how it grows. There are currently only two reasons to want Verbs right now: its clean interface …