Aria Rajasa’s Blog

For those of you that doesn’t have s60 or s90 Nokia phones to install Agile Messenger or any other symbian-based mobile messaging application, and because you MUST PAY to use Agile Messenger, You might want to try using there free alternatives:

Mig33 beta

This is the first application that I use. I once use it on Sony Ericsson k700i, then w550i and then Nokia 9300i. It doesn’t have any weird quirks on the last 2 phones but it behave strangely on my current 9300i. It doesn’t show all of my online contact, and it crashed quite often. Maybe because of the OS (Symbian) but guess it’s time to find a replacement.

The look and feel is quite simple and straight forward. It has that jittery pixel feel though.. not a fan of that. In overall, this is a very good app for a low-end phones. Not good for High-end because you’ll always hoping to have a better looking application for your better looking phone

This app could work on any Java MIDP 2.0 mobile phones. But I can’t guarantee it to be quirk free in any phone. Besides, it’s still on beta so give it a break. It supports Windows Live, Yahoo and AOL and you need to register to use it. Owh and if you join the community, you can share photos and profile with your friends. I haven’t confirm this since I’m still using the old version but you might wanna give it a try

e-Buddy Mobile beta

Now e-Buddy mobile is a personal favorite of mine and what I’m currently using. It has a beautiful interface with a very responsive functions. It supports Windows Live, Yahoo Messenger and AIM.

I haven’t had a disturbance using this baby and pretty satisfied with the results. It doesn’t require registration so you can IM right away from your phone. It saves your account information so you don’t have to fill it in again and again (gotta love this app).

Moreover, this app can be used in any Java MIDP 2.0 enabled phone that you have (or borrow). I’m using it on my Nokia 9300i and even-though it’s still on beta, it works flawlessly until now. One more thing, it can create a conference! Nice little feature..

Yahoo Mobile Web Messenger (Hm.. rather a long weird name)

If you really don’t want to install any application in your phone, you can use Yahoo Mobile Web Messenger (hm.. still weird even on a second try). Since Yahoo and Windows Live have this coop going on, so you can also use this to add your Windows Live friends. What fun we can have! (or not).

It has the appearance of a website being looked from a mobile browser so what can I say? At least it works on all phones with a web browser installed. Don’t have a Web Browser on your phone? Install Opera Mini and be on your way

The Conclusion

As I’ve said in the above, I’m using eBuddy purely because I love the look and feel of it better than the other. It’s up to you on what application you would want to use. Whatever it is, I hope you can benefit from it as much as I do.

written by Kuy