IM+ for iPhone Adds Group Chat, Twitter, Themes

iM+ for iPhone has been updated to v3.6 bringing numerous improvements such as: Group Chat, Twitter and Themes.

Some of IM+ features include…

NEW EMAIL PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Get notified instantly when new email arrives in your mailbox. Supports Hotmail, Yahoo and GMail.

SPEECH RECOGNITION (as in-app purchase)
It is the first and only speech recognition service for instant messaging on iPhone. Easy as 1-2-3. Dictate messages instead of typing them in. This service is offered on a monthly basis. English only.

SEND PHOTO / VOICE / VIDEO and IM for FREE
IM+ uses your existing data plan or Wi-Fi connection. Voice messages are sent as MP3 files – yes, playable back on any Mac, PC or mobile.

SKYPE CHAT
You may chat with your Skype buddies, and in addition to chat, incoming Skype call can be recorded and instantly played back as a voice message for free.

TWITTER
View friends’ timeline, favorites, direct messages and replies. Update your Twitter with voice, photo or geo-location messages, ReTweet, Geo Timeline, Search.

CUSTOM STATUS and GEO-LOCATION
You may use your own status messages and set geo-location as a dynamic status message to let your friends easily find you on a map.

BUILT-IN BROWSER
IM+ enables multi-tasking with a built-in browser. You may surf the web and open hyperlinks from dialogues not leaving IM+. The browser uses the same filtering as Safari. This means, if Safari is disabled on phone, IM+ won’t launch browser too.

APPLE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Stay connected and be notified about new IMs after you close IM+ up to 72 hrs. Note: Due to technical reasons IM+ keeps Skype connected for 1 hr now. Time session for Skype Push may be increased soon.
Besides push notification for incoming messages IM+ will notify you via Push when certain contact appears online (customizable in settings).

ANIMATED EMOTICONS
IM+ is the only app in AppStore with fantastic looking animated emoticons. Though for those who don’t need them an option to turn off the emoticons is available.

EMOJI
IM+ enables Emoji smileys/emoticons on your iPhone and iPod Touch, now no need to purchase a special app for that!

CUSTOMIZABLE SOUNDS
Use various sounds for different events in IM+: incoming message, contact goes online, push alert, etc.

OTHER FEATURES
- Customize IM+ look with cool wallpapers from your Photo library or from IM+
- Animated emoticons
- Avatar support
- Copy/Paste
- Multiple accounts per network
- Multi-lingual support. Chat in any language supported by your iPhone/iPod Touch
- Landscape mode convenient typing

What’s New In This Version:
- Group chat: MSN, Skype;
- Twitter: follow/unfollow, User profile view, Following/Followers view, @user links to User Info;
- Twitter: #hashtag search
- Themes for Inbox and chats;
- SR: autosend option;
- Fast loading features: early gate connection, chats loading in several steps;
- Jabber: priority & resource;
- “Save photos to Photo Album” option.
- Traditional and Simplified Chinese localization
- “Clear” button for the text input window
- Cleaned up sound alerts
- Fixed connection problems for China and Middle East countries

You can purchase IM+ from the App Store for $4.99.

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