Mobile phones have brought us closer to people from all of the various aspects of our lives. Where once they allowed the likes of business executives and medical practitioners to make quick calls to the office or in emergency situations, they have quickly ensconced themselves as personal accessories that have enabled us to be in constant ouch with our loved ones to keep them abreast of what’s going on in our lives. Of course, the reverse is also true – our loved ones can keep us updated about where they are and what they’re up to, and whether or not they need to get in touch with us for assistance or just to say hello. These are comforting opportunities in hectic times, and it is no small feat that mobile technology has given us this.
Science marches on, however, and so does technology, and they have both worked in tandem to give us a new way that mobile phones can keep us in touch with the people in our lives. Mobile applications – now supported by mobile smartphones – have become strong ands viable types of mobile content that can keep us occupied with various things such as games and the like, but there are many social networking support apps that can keep us in touch with the people we need to be kept in contact with, via various popular social networks such as AIM, Twitter, or Facebook. One application that sets out to do just that is IM+ With Push. This instant messenger client supports push notification for ten social networks [including currently popular ones like Facebook and Twitter] for $29.95. While somewhat steep in price for an application, IM+ offers quite a bit of easy functionality for the price.
IM+’s basic interface design is fairly intuitive, making it easy for users to pick up. There is a clearly laid out screen that utilizes the iPhone’s large screen size, with a bottom toolbar laden with tabs for one’s inbox, favorites, contacts, status and other functions. Once tapped, the default arrangement for contacts shows them organized by online availability, with offline contacts separately lined up as a separate group. One can also elect to organize contacts by specified groups. One helpful feature in IM+ is that while tapping a contact opens a new chat window, the chat window will most likely include a previous conversation with that contact. Conversations can in fact be stored in the Inbox [@replies and direct messages on Twitter are treated as separate conversations], and can be deleted using the Edit function.
Beyond its instant messaging functions, however, IM+ offers support for Apple’s push notification features to incorporate Twitter functionality. While not a primary client for Twitter, the competently-executed added option makes IM+ a solid application nonetheless. It enables users to access Twitter while having an IM conversation, as opposed to having to switch between both programs. The push notification support allows direct messages and @ mentions to get pushed in as little as four minutes from being sent. While there are still some bugs there, this remains a welcome feature that can be tweaked as time goes on – something that is also true for the recently-enabled Facebook support.
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