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What MSN app stays connected? (Web or native)
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Posted by: Mark2000

New to the iphone world here, up in Canada.

Pretty disappointed to see the MSN offerings for this thing. I realize I'll have to wait until jailbreaking happens to install any of the native Iphone apps.

Wondering what people recommend out there, either as a web app (Safari) or native app (to be installed manually after it gets jailbroken) for MSN messenger. I want something that stays connected all the time ... whether I'm on the phone, whether the phone is in standby mode, etc.

So far I have tried meebo, beejive and e-buddy ... all Web apps. I'm not too impressed with any of them. Meebo's pretty limiting. E-buddy constantly disconnects. Beejive's a little TOO resource-intensive.

This is pretty much a deal-breaker for me... if this thing doesn't even have a stable MSN client which stays connected when I'm idle, it's going back in favour of a Windows mobile device.

Posted by: Ryan1524

apple will be implementing a service to allow im apps to stay connected. Currently my suspects are agile messenger and Apollo im

Posted by: pooya

agile is the best, install it once its jailbroken (hopefully soon)

Posted by: Ryan1524

I'd be surprised if Agile doesn't show up in the store soon. I'm pretty sure it doesn't maintain connection while idle though.

Posted by: superman17

fring is a good one

Posted by: Mark2000

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Originally Posted by superman17

fring is a good one

Does FRING stay connected when idle? Is it a web app or a native app?

To another poster: Where did you hear Apple will implement better IM support?

Lastly, I am also wondering about Agile ... if it is so widely used, why isn't it on the App store yet?