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Manufacturer: SHAPE Services

Our Rating: We rate this 3.5 out of 5

By | PC World | 10 August 11

IM+ is a messenger app that supports multiple platforms but occasionally crashes.

With the IM+ multi-messenger app for Android, you can talk with all of your contacts in one place. Currently IM+ supports AIM, Facebook chat, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, MySpace, Skype, VKontakte, Yahoo, and Yandex IM.

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IM+ is pretty much your typical multi-messenger app, letting you sign in to multiple accounts at once and chat with people across platforms. All of your online and offline contacts appear in your Contact list, and you can tell which platform they're on by looking at the logo that appears next to their name.

The interface is relatively simple. Across the top of the screen are Contacts, Chats, and Accounts buttons. You can switch quickly between chats by swiping from side to side.

As for the settings, IM+ is full featured. One nice feature allows you to make yourself available to different groups - definitely a plus if you're like me, and you have groups set up in all of your different messengers. You can also hide your offline contacts, save your chat history, and enter "compact mode." The app's "compact mode" is excellent, as it minimises contacts (you no longer see their buddy icons) to maximise screen real estate.

All-in-all the IM+ is a decent multi-messenger app, I did run into a few problems. For example, IM+ froze and refused to work for a while after I signed in to my Facebook account. To be fair, I have over 1000 Facebook friends, but that still isn't an ideal situation.

Like other multi-messenger apps, IM+ runs in the background and alerts you to new messages via the notification bar. The alert in the notification bar will show the logo of your contact's platform (such as a G for Google Talk, an AIM dude for AIM/AOL, or a flower for ICQ), which is a very nice touch.

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  • Overall: We give this item 7 of 10 overall

The free version of IM+ has constant banner ads, which can get a little annoying, but you can't really can complain as it's a free app. If the ads are driving you crazy you can pick up an ad-free version for £6.10.

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Andrew said: Apart from various issues with status updates not working and chat logs disappearing after a browser crash there is the following from the SHAPE Privacy Policy - SHAPE currently does not have amethod for completely deleting user information from our databaseThis is rubbish if they have a database they have a DBA if they have a DBA they can delete your personal data It might not be convenient for them but they can do itSteer clear of companies that cant or wont delete your account and personal details when you want them to

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