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AT&T Messenger costs???
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Posted by: kb9nvh

So I get my net TILT and my kid goes to town with windows messenger.

Now, my data plan has no "message" features ($20/mo unlimited data 0 messages) but I figure that this messaging is over the Internet not through the phone message service.

WRONG....So 5 bucks later.

Is there a messenger that uses Internet and not AT&T service????

Posted by: Deadem

palringo, imov do a search for more.

Posted by: kareem9nba

Slick is by far the best. Windows live messenger (actual messenger from microsoft site) doesn't use ATT's service. The OZ app does use att's network.

Posted by: kb9nvh

Thanks, I'll look for "slick" and if not then download WLM from their site and install that. I'm trying octro something or other now...

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Originally Posted by kareem9nba

Slick is by far the best. Windows live messenger (actual messenger from microsoft site) doesn't use ATT's service. The OZ app does use att's network.

Posted by: RF9

octro, versamail, and IM+ (shapeservices.com) are some
IM+ while being one of the best at the moment is also one of the most expensive.

Posted by: kareem9nba

IM+ is horrible in my opinion. Slick is soooo much better. I hated IM+. It drained the batter and it's UI was HORRIBLE.

Posted by: RF9

I disagree the UI is horrible though I agree it needs plenty of work. But you're right about the battery life. Also IM+ has difficluty staying connected. For the price it should be better.

I just tryed Slick (took a while to find it) and you're absolutely right. It's the best I've used so far! I don't know wh I had never heard of it before.

Thanks! It's now have a new IM app.

Posted by: dewhut

I concur, slick is by far the best IM program out there...it gets better and better.

Posted by: FlugPoP

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Originally Posted by RF9

I disagree the UI is horrible though I agree it needs plenty of work. But you're right about the battery life. Also IM+ has difficluty staying connected. For the price it should be better.

I just tryed Slick (took a while to find it) and you're absolutely right. It's the best I've used so far! I don't know wh I had never heard of it before.

Thanks! It's now have a new IM app.

With IM+ you have to set the reconnect to 9999 then its not bad. Where can I find slick at?

Posted by: FlugPoP

Never mind found it however there is a few things that I already don't like about slick. One is you have to use the touch screen to send the message and there is no today screen for it. But other than that it works.

Posted by: zephxiii

wow, never heard of SLick till I ran into this thread, nice!

Posted by: FlugPoP

Yah slick is actually pretty good make sure you download its updates.

Posted by: Gmedalion

I've been using Agile, I like the fact that it has a placement on the Today screen but it cuts off piece of the message in some cases. Haven't used Slick.

Posted by: BKF

I had never heard of Slick either, and I had been searching for a good IM program a few weeks ago.

Even searches for it didn't intially turn up anything (lots of stuff named Slick).

It's from a company called Lonely Cat Games (kinda misleading), and is in alpha stage. I just downloaded and installed it and it seems pretty cool so far.

Posted by: Pops_G

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Originally Posted by kb9nvh

Thanks, I'll look for "slick" and if not then download WLM from their site and install that. I'm trying octro something or other now...

I highly discourage you use Octro. I used it and it will modify all your contacts on MSN or google. It changes them to something like "person@gmail.com.octro.net". It will also cause the gmail application to get slow and stop responding.

I ended up having to delete and readd a lot of contacts. The uninstall does nothing to fix the contacts.

I like Windows Live Messenger, but it only supports yahoo and msn contacts. It does not charge as txt messages.