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[{"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301570076.5101421, "message": "I tried IM+, Meebo and eBuddy and none of them are reliable enough.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 490746}, {"user_id": 25786, "stars": [{"date_created": 1301575322.192456, "user_id": 26849}], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301572718.6604099, "message": "Beejive has been good for me", "group_id": 1295, "id": 490849}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574850.918915, "message": "i think beejive has the same issue,.. at least it used to...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491161}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574516.8659539, "message": "i need something that has more \"advanced\" options like - if on wifi stay online, if not sign out,....", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491098}, {"user_id": 22453, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301573726.3444691, "message": "I have IM+ its goo", "group_id": 1295, "id": 490986}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574286.6871071, "message": "how do you mean by reliable?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491077}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574389.3259749, "message": "i'm on meebo, the only issue i have is when a friend trying to add my MSN to his YM...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491088}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574399.6563621, "message": "so far meebo is pretty good on that", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491091}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574423.2655029, "message": "at least for me...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491093}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574740.7569749, "message": "haven't use IM+ in awhile, but their textbox bugged me. if i send a message ending with a question mark, it didn't revert back to the QWERTY view,...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491132}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574456.45998, "message": "i have meebo on my iphone and there are times i don't get messages on it until i start the app.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491095}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574615.011441, "message": "too bad :/ i don't think it's a complex feature to implement", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491112}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574629.541497, "message": "i like meebo just cause it has better ui, and i can bump connection off from the web ui", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491115}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574957.3512011, "message": "and the ads aren't annoying", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491171}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574794.7772419, "message": "and when the last word i wanted to send need to be autocorrected, and i hit send, it didn't auto correct...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491141}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574493.0780959, "message": "weird...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491097}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574578.8514781, "message": "i don't think anything exist with that feature...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491109}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574901.357167, "message": "i don't have android, but if i do, i think i just stick with meebo... for some reason, it just work for me", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491167}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574764.508924, "message": ":)))) what a bug :)", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491136}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574848.0464301, "message": "have you tried using any IM on android?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491159}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301575101.8378129, "message": "like this http://www.androidtapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Handcent-SMS-Landscape-Texting.jpg", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491190}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301575146.841624, "message": "i don't know who came up with this \"feature\" :)", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491195}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574931.202281, "message": "and it's free", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491170}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301575811.4923279, "message": "XD", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491279}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301575813.3926749, "message": "epic", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491280}, {"user_id": 18478, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301580118.0940671, "message": "I like IM+ pro as I get messages across all platforms on my PC and iPhone simultaneusly.  I especially lie it as I can remain logged in at all locations. all they are missing is a version for your personal computer and they would have the complete package. and it even working with skype im.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 492048}, {"user_id": 22453, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301582961.577198, "message": "I hear BoxCar is pretty good", "group_id": 1295, "id": 492648}, {"user_id": 18478, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301585330.5680621, "message": "@kyserboy Boxcar is ok for social networking apps.  But does not do IM \"What is the best IM app for iphone?\"", "group_id": 1295, "id": 492946}, {"user_id": 26433, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301593648.7702911, "message": "If you want \u201ccontinuous\u201d IM experience, Trillian got you covered there. http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2011/03/hands-on-trillian-conversation-sync-is-mobile-messaging-panacea.ars", "group_id": 1295, "id": 494086}, {"user_id": 486, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301591460.8883281, "message": "This is pretty cool http://verbsapp.com/", "group_id": 1295, "id": 493762}, {"user_id": 26910, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301592686.6616349, "message": "IM+ is fairly good. Although, I am waiting for an app that lets me to my iPhone verizon text messages and IMs from one app not 2 different ones.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 493993}, {"user_id": 25786, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301601466.7889919, "message": "@anildigital does Verb have push yet? When I tried it I couldn't get it to stay logged in when I closed the app and I couldn't get push notifications for messages that arrived when the app was closed. Without those features it's not a lot of use to me. Otherwise it was a nicely made app...", "group_id": 1295, "id": 495336}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301600803.1195719, "message": "just installed Verbe and so far it works great and looks even better. Thanks @anildigital", "group_id": 1295, "id": 495199}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301574331.008714, "message": "@unwrangle if I have one IM on my iphone and another on my ipad i sometimes get messages on one and not the other. things like that.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491082}, {"user_id": 24899, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301575032.3517001, "message": "on android you can't see the messages you get when in landscape mode cause the input box takes the upper half of the screen and the bottom half is keyboard :)))", "group_id": 1295, "id": 491179}, {"user_id": 26949, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301603047.4745021, "message": "beejive gt, quite good gtalker, love the UI", "group_id": 1295, "id": 495795}, {"user_id": 20733, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301620422.5706689, "message": "Beejive", "group_id": 1295, "id": 498185}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301647179.8362701, "message": "trillian has left a bad taste in my mouth. back then my pc was actually faster running all ym, icq and msn than a single trillian", "group_id": 1295, "id": 500151}, {"user_id": 20464, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301779621.8619831, "message": "I like Trillian very much on my iPhone.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 510492}, {"user_id": 18780, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302221402.1668251, "user_id": 253}], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301781099.101346, "message": "Meebo is perfect. Good interface and works great with every IM service.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 510566}, {"user_id": 16058, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301788667.2582221, "message": "Verbs", "group_id": 1295, "id": 510981}, {"user_id": 15780, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1301876084.767472, "message": "Beejive and IM+ have some of the worst UIs ever", "group_id": 1295, "id": 518907}, {"user_id": 19752, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302062575.0967331, "message": "I like how verbe has local notifications so messages are still received for 10 min after closing the App. But I wish it has push notifications as well. Is there an app that has the best of both worlds?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 554385}, {"user_id": 26001, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302073841.8569031, "message": "I believe push notifications are coming in the next update. I was disappointed that Verbs only had local notifications at first, but I've come to prefer it.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 555780}, {"user_id": 12641, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302184258.9008939, "message": "\"best\" meaning is subjective.  For me the best app was the one that let me connect directly to an XMPP (or Jabber) type of server without having to go through a proxy.  Therefore, I started using OneTeam. They also have account proxies as well if you need such functionality (e.g. you need to connect to multiple IM servers/networks at once, you need offline message notifications, etc.).", "group_id": 1295, "id": 575135}, {"user_id": 253, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302221396.8928881, "message": "i like meebo", "group_id": 1295, "id": 582587}, {"user_id": 28153, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302252090.3119841, "message": "Palringo is my all time favourite! It's free, but you have to sign up but that takes 3 minutes tops :) You can add any of your favourite IM's like Windows Live (MSN) Messenger, Yahoo, Facebook, Gtalk and so on. The best part is the Palringo community itself where you have thousands of chatrooms to join, from hundreds of topics in a huege groups gallery.  You can even create and administrate your own chatrooms and invite your friends. Palringo is available for iOS (iPhone/iPod touch), Windows, MAC, Linux and most other mobile phones like Android and Nokia. With your Palringo account all your IM accounts are connected, so all you have to do is log in and start texting either you are at your desktop or your iPhone on the bus :) Yea i know, i sound like a freakin ad, but i really love this app! :D Read more at www.palringo.com  -shorty", "group_id": 1295, "id": 587875}, {"user_id": 28153, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302252346.386138, "message": "http://www.palringo.com/", "group_id": 1295, "id": 587897}, {"user_id": 26285, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302414162.952615, "message": "Vimi messenger", "group_id": 1295, "id": 608103}, {"user_id": 26285, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302414253.2872231, "message": "Vimi has same function with whatsapp,but it's free", "group_id": 1295, "id": 608112}, {"user_id": 24988, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302639048.4913011, "user_id": 29100}], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302464306.1146231, "message": "Kik messenger. Had sent, delivered and read receipts like Blackberry Messenger and is very stable & fast.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 613001}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302492598.8785191, "message": "kik, whatsapp, (maybe) vimi, or yobongo, or beluga, doesn't really count here cause they use their own messaging system rather than using MSN, Gtalk, AIM, etc..", "group_id": 1295, "id": 618158}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302510234.15817, "message": "no simultaneous desktop access on Verbs. deal breaker", "group_id": 1295, "id": 621541}, {"user_id": 2293, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302509930.5029681, "message": "If you're looking for IM, Verbs is great. If you're looking for an SMS replacement and can get your friends/family onboard, Kik is spectacular.", "group_id": 1295, "id": 621450}, {"user_id": 29105, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302685707.683619, "message": "+1 for Meebo", "group_id": 1295, "id": 661819}, {"user_id": 29238, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302688218.2470591, "message": "And vimi is really", "group_id": 1295, "id": 662260}, {"user_id": 29238, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302688225.6219079, "message": "Free?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 662262}, {"user_id": 29238, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302688186.7766039, "message": "what do u think about kik?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 662250}, {"user_id": 2293, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302686780.620867, "message": "Simultaneous desktop access?", "group_id": 1295, "id": 662000}, {"user_id": 15929, "stars": [], "topic_id": 16466, "date_created": 1302688905.7638259, "message": "@barkerja logged-on on multiple devices... tablets, computers, iphones", "group_id": 1295, "id": 662366}]