Review of SHAPE Services New IM Client

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mpx200.org/forums/index.php?s=64afbfac9342b96f939eb87e41022c1c&showtopic=8545' target='_blank'>http://www.mpx200.org/forums/index.php?s=64afbfac9342b96f939eb87e41022c1c&showtopic=8545</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Two weeks ago I mentioned a new product called IM+, a SmartPhone and PocketPC instant messaging client. The developer offered to let me review the software so I have used it for a week now. Let me say that Instant Messaging on a phone is tedious regardless of what client you use. But how well does IM+ work? Is it worth the $29.95 price tag?"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/shape.gif" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />This might be new and improved and anything else you might think of but $29.95??? It had better type the messages for me for that price especially considering how many FREE IM clients there are out there!

[Mike Temporale]

This might be new and improved and anything else you might think of but $29.95??? It had better type the messages for me for that price especially considering how many FREE IM clients there are out there!

It looks like Slacker came to the same conclusion in his review. Good, but hardly worth the high price.

[gcherian]

I got this IM+ when it was the free application for the week from Handango a while back - used it for a few hours and promptly uninstalled it and went back to agile. It is not worth the effort and money (even if it is free) - for agile is more refined and intutive to use in a smartphone environment. I give the GUI and 'thumbs down' and for a IM software there is nothing else.

George