Hello,
SHAPE Services is glad to announce that today we launch a beta-testing campaign for our best-seller IM+ All-in-One Messenger. The newest version is noteworthy by Skype chat functionality that has been recently implemented. Give it a try! Download the beta version of IM+, connect to Skype and chat with your Skype buddies!
Your feedback and suggestions are welcome and highly appreciated. Please note, that Skype chat is the primary aim of this beta testing. To make your observation, please fill out the Report Form.

The most active beta-testers will be rewarded with licences for IM+ or any other SHAPE Services product.
The latest version is available for download at
Shape Services web site or wap site.

I'll help. I already have a license from my previous beta testing for IM+, but it'd be interesting to see how it works with Skype

Ketchums: thanks for your interest. Waiting for your feedback!

I'm sold since beejive fb implementation is quite buggy.

Best,
Jaime

Got error 500 in bb browser.

Best,
Jaime

Wirelessly posted (My Bold)

I'm also getting errors online. I'm willing to try it and drop beejive if it is good. I just need to be able to dl it. =)

Pm me if u can or email it to dankarlinski@gmail.com

Try again please in half an hour. Should be ok.

Running...

It would be nice to shortcut using first letter of menus when they are opened. Great time saver.

Also, is it possible to receive shapeservices voicemail when all other skype sessions are closed. That would be great!

Best,
Jaime

Wirelessly posted

Great shape in compare to my licence of im+skype that I own

Is there no OTA install version?

Will IM+ let pass skype calls when I'm on desktop or should I log off from blackberry?

Best,
Jaime

Oops, nm that. So, that's what the wap version of the page is for... ;)

I have both IM+ & IM+Skype. Is this going to combine the two? I'll give it a go.

Ok.. I see.. it's just adding the chat portion. For the call back, I'll still need IM+ for Skype. So far it looks good.

Feels faster than 7.0.1.

Jaime, we strongly recommend to disconnect from Skype on all other locations prior to connecting with IM+. If you would like to answer the call you would need to disconnect from IM+ first. Shortcuts will be implemented in the next versions of the application.

Thank you for your cooperation!

You feedbacks and suggestions are welcome here and by report form.

I noticed also messages replied in push mode are sent back to myself when friend is offline (there's no way to tell that in push mode).

best,
Jaime

I've been logged in to FB chat all day with IM+, keep this up and I may very well drop BeeJive.

IM+ seems to be very solid so far.

Working very good so far.

It would be nice is the icon on the main screen would change when you are connected to an account. I have IM+ for a while, but switched to BeeJive. So I am trying this beta out, to see how it goes.

Also, I miss a busy status on skype.

Best,
Jaime

Thank you for your feedback.
Please specify what do you mean by "main screen" and "icon".

As I reported on your beta feedback page, I think what he means is that older versions of IM+ would have a green border around the "fish" (that's what I call it hehe) icon when IM+ was active. The new beta (I am not sure about previous 7.x versions) no longer does this.

On the main screen, I see the IM icon. When I use BeeJive there is a little green dot below it's icon showing me that I am logged on the IM's. But with IM+ it looks the same whether I am logged on or not. Not a big problem, but it would be helpful if you can make the icon change if you are logged on, or have missed messages. I have a full license code, I just un-installed IM+ in favor of BeeJive. Now I am back to IM+, but miss a couple little things that are different.

I see the dialog envelope. Never seen that before. I guess I only get that when on of my contacts leaves a message. Not sure how they became a contact, but I did find out how to remove it.

Thank you for your feedbacks.

When you have an uread incoming message in IM+, its icon will have a small envelope.
The green outline is available only for the users of IM+ on OS 4.2.

If you would like to delete a contact, select it in you contact list, press Menu button, then go to menu Contact and select Remove a Contact.

I found that out. But I am not downgrading OS to 4.2 to get the notification that the IM's are active or not. Just rather have them upgrade the program to show that there are active IM's on the Today Screen Icon. (Or main screen Icon) BeeJive does it, shouldn't be too hard to accomplish for IM+. I have had IM+ for the last couple years, started using it on my PDA (Dell Axim x51v) and then when I got the BB I paid the extra $10 to upgrade it to that.

For me, this is the very best BB IM app. Aside from the homescreen online indicator mentioned above, my big problem with IM+ is their lack of integration with BB profiles. I've been asking them for years to do it and it still isn't here.

Installing beta now and will give it a try

It would be nice to automate IM+ to enter in push mode when battery reaches a certain level e.g. 10%.

Best,
Jaime

I've been testing the beta for a few days and one thing I've noticed that rocks is the new chat message indicator in the header area (same type of indicators as for new messages, sms, voicemail, missed calls, etc.) which is yellow and shaped like the main IM+ application icon.

Another new thing (to me) is that chats show up in your Messages folder, just like BB Messenger chats do. When you see that you have a new chat, you can either go to it from the popup, or by clicking the main IM+ icon, or by going to Messages.

Note, these 'new' features may have already been present in 7.0.0/7.0.1, but I am coming from v6.x so I hadn't seen these before. Those that haven't tried IM+ for a while may want to take another look.

My Skype won't sign in now, sometimes without an error message or progress bar. Was working great for a couple days. ICQ and G-Talk works fine.

Does this work with Skype In?

i.e. Can I receive a call over the Skype network directly to my Blackberry?

Also, can it be set to only work over WiFi?

In the current version, only Skype chat functionality is included, for Skype calls we have a separate application "IM+ for Skype".

Hi there,
Twitter chat is available in IM+ (also in beta). Try it, visit
SHAPE Services website
or
SHAPE Services wapsite

Facebook is not working since few days ago.

I like it, an all in one IM+, Twitter is working fine, when it comes out of Beta will it be in a permanent feature? I already have a license for IM+. I've had it since my Axim PDA. And will have it when I get a HTC Touch and dump the BB!!

Twitter went down yesterday and haven't been able to connect yet. I can connect via my laptop browser, but not in IM+.

twitter and facebook are both down

I have facebook running..

How long before the rest of us can use Skype on our Blackberries?