BBM equivalent app is finally out for all of us iPhone users, this app works just like the BBM for the Blackberry, it uses push notification to transmit your messages across, It’s free , so get your copy now and start Pingin’ 
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I don’t get why everyone is hailing this program and calling it BBM for the iPhone. I appreciate the concept and the hard work put forth by its developers, but I don’t understand what all the fuss is about.
1) It’s not “free” because you still pay for data. This is like advertising the “free-ness” of AIM, MSN, Google Talk, and twitter as a fundamental feature. Of course they’re free!
2) I don’t see the fundamental difference between Ping! and other mobile IM clients or even twitter. And while I do concede that twitter is a broadcasting/micro blog service, which is a bit different than 1-1 messaging services, one can argue that twitter DMs are just as effective, especially if your mobile twitter client supports “push” notifications. And they’re saved, which means you can view them later on any internet-powered device, regardless of OS.
3) Even if we do exclude twitter from the argument, mobile IM clients such as BeeJive, that do support push notifications are more powerful than Bing! because they simply access existing IM services which are, again, multiplatform, ie work on all types of mobile, portable, and desktop OSs.
In other words, if the Bing! access protocols were integrated into BeeJive, it would be no different than AIM and the previously mentioned major IM services. I’m not hating on Bing! but rather just shocked by the “BBM for iPhone” reactions its getting. I have Bing! on my iPhone and think it’s a decent app. However, in my opinion, it’s just another IM client that is limited to only the iPhone. The GUI feels a bit clunky and needs a bit of touchup and has the potential of being something, but it’s not special or anything at all!
Just my opinion. Feel free to differ and counter and I’m willing to listen =)
Amr :Seems that you are miss understanding some points Let make them clear .
1. BBM still uses data, which means it still consumes packets from your data plan ( at least in the regions where we don’t have an unlimited BB data plan)
2. The Other IM clients are cross platform, BBM is not.
3. Not most people use IM (MSN, Yahoo, AIM .etc) so this is a great alternative.
4. Even though Ping! is lacking most of the features BBM has, I still feel that this app is going to mature , feature and GUI wise
So at least we can say that this app is some what a BBM or a Direct IM client for iPhones
I fail to agree.
1. The fact that BBM uses data is irrelevant. The issue is that the online community hails Ping! being free as a feature when it’s not a feature at all.
2. This is exactly the limitation I mean. Why create yet ANOTHER device-specific IM client? Why take something bad and limited and then copy it on yet another device?
3. I fail to agree. I think the statistics would show that people who have iPhones are more likely to have at least ONE account – if not a combination – of the following services: MSN, AIM, Yahoo, or Google Talk.
4. This app doesn’t lack some of the features of BBM. The fundamental issue is that it is NOT BBM. It is a clone of the service that BBM offers but only for iPhone users. In other words, it is recreating the problem of BBM on another dimension. BBM is a Blackberry-only service. Because of the nature of the service, it will most-likely never work on non-Blackberry devices, namely the iPhone.
In a nutshell, the creation of any new device specific IM client is just silly. Why would you recreate BBM’s limitations intentionally? It makes more sense to create a multi-platform IM service instead.
If Ping! – or another client – could connect to the real BBM, which is very unlikely, if not impossible, then we’re talking business.
How should I put it … hmmm…
1. BBM was created to have a business geared device to have an IM client that uses a device specific code to reach , which means using a point-to-point direct chatting to one device to another “for security reasons”, That was the main purpose of BBM, you don’t have to go through a server based IM which passwords and ID’s can be stolen, which also means you are really talking to the person you think you are talking to “Unless his device gets stolen, which also can be wiped remotely..same case with the iPhone using MobileMe or Exchange”.
2. Some people find having this feature important, they don’t want to share their ID’s with the masses, they want privacy and I believe Ping provides that for them “even though its lacking most of the IM features”.
3. This app would appeal to Business users more than an avid user, Apple didn’t create an IM app similar to BBM for the “Business” user of the iPhone, and left that for the developer community to do so.
in the end its a matter of choice, If you don’t like the app don’t use it
thats why we have a variety and diversity in apps and services, not all are doing well but some are doing very well for a certain group of people, I for one would rather have something like Ping for users who don’t want to share their identity with the masses, or for a business group that have iPhones.
I really appreciate your view
Thanks. I’m glad we are able to have a healthy disagreement. There’s hope for the online community afterall! This site has been bookmarked and placed in my RSS reader. Looking forward to reading more great content!
Amr : Appreciating you stopping by, this really means a lot to us, we need more people like yourself with productive comments in our humble community, keep up the good work and thanks again for visiting
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So need 4 the BBM now I’m sick of my BB
NEED a chnage
i’LL get the Iphone soOn
Faith : Good luck with the switch
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Hope you enjoy it 
stop complaining. Go make one yourself if you think you’re so good.