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 Agilemobile.com, a Bangkok based company, has released the final version of Agile Messenger 3 which is a "all-in-one" Instant Messaging client for mobile terminal.
Agile supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ Jabber & GoogleTalk can carry all type of messages (IM, Voice, Video, Photo) and is available for Nokia, Sony Ericsson (Symbian) as well as for Windows Mobile devices (Pocket PC and Smartphone running on WM2002, WM2003 or WM5).
Price is 50 USD per licence.
For corporate users 2 options are available.
- a version of Agile Messenger that can be customized to reflect corporate identity
- a LCS client version for that connect directly to Microsoft Live Communication Server without additional gateway.
Installation is straight forward with an *.exe package, or *cab files can be downloaded directly to the mobile terminal.
I have made few test, and found the interface very pleasant & easy to use. File and photo transfer works fine, specially if you're connected through a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Cons:
- Could not update Twitter using GTalk IM protocol. Twitter user is seen online, but sent messages are not published on Twitter page.
- Skype support would certainly turn this application to a "must have" specially if the possibility of using SkypeOut gateway is given to contact people by phone.
While reaching the end of 7 days trial period given by Agile, I just found another multi-protocol IM tool for PDA and Smartphone which is free: Fring
A quick review of Fring will follow shortly is now published.
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 I found an interesting review made by ExtremeTech about some of currently available multi-services Instant Messenger (IM) clients supporting at least all 3 majors IM services (MSN, Yahoo, ICQ). While the option for Mac users is limited to Adium, it exists few Web 2.0 based solutions such meebo and eBuddy and a bunch of classic software for Windows-based computer. Etremetech's prefered choice is the long existing Trillian Pro version (25 USD) but they also speak about PC-World prefered SightSpeed (also for MacOS) and the Swiss Army knife-like Raketu (I plan to test both of them in the coming days).
The list will grow up again with soon release of Orgoo, which aims to integrate email, IM, chat, SMS, and video messaging into one interface.
To sum up the six services in this review roundup, here's a table comparing their features:
| |
Adium |
eBuddy |
Meebo |
Meetro |
Pidgin |
Trillian |
| |
| Services supported: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AIM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MSN/Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Yahoo |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ICQ |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IRC |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jabber/Google |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes** |
| Bonjour/Rendezvous |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes** |
| |
| Multiple simultaneous service login |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ad free |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tabbed message window |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Contacts in groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Message history |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text formatting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes/skins |
Yes |
No |
Just colors |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Group chat support |
Only join existing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Only join existing |
Yes |
| Buddy icons |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audio chat |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
| Video chat |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
| Mac/Windows |
Yes/No |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes*/No |
No/Yes |
| Web-based |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Plugins |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, but only 2 available |
Yes |
Yes |
Source : ExtremeTech
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