CNET Editors' note: You will need to already have an ICQ number before using this version of ICQ. For additional information on this program, refer to the ICQ for Palm OS FAQ.
Publisher's Description
From ICQ:
This is a version of ICQ (""I seek you""), the popular, user-friendly Internet program that notifies you in real time when friends or colleagues are online. With ICQ for Palm, you can use an existing ICQ number to register and build your contact list. Once your list is built, you can send messages directly to the screens of your friends, colleagues, and fellow Palm users. This version also allows you to exchange SMS messages with SMS-enabled cell phone users.
This update features performance and stability improvements.
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2.1 starsout of 27 votes
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2.2 starsout of 26 votes
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"Garbage NOT supported by ICQ anymore."
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Pros
It may work
Cons
ICQ doesn't support any ICQ for palm versions anymore. Try using the web version go.icq.com, it may work???
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"it doesn't work."
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
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"You're better off downloading AIM for Palm from AOL-UK"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
Just enter your ICQ number in the "screen name" field, and it'll let you in, doing nearly everything ICQ for Palm should. Support for ICQ-Palm is little more than a joke. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T DOWNLOAD ICQ FOR PALM 2.1!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Worst Service in the History of Chatting"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
I used to be a big ICQ fan but lately they just downright suck. I can understand they may have needed to upgrade their server in September. I can understand that this might have accidently kicked every palm user off the service. But to flat out refuse to acknowledge the problem and send hundreds upon hundreds of users the same ridiculous computer generated response is absurd. Guess that is what we have come to expect from an AOL subsidiary (ie winamp).
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"Used too work great; now no longer able to login."
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
ICQ used to work great; never had any of the other problems mentioned. Now Nobody can log on anymore. ICQ's user forum is filled with complaints they are continually ignored. Apparently they made a change to their server and it is no longer authenticating palm users. Too bad, since this was the only decent chat client out their for palm (hint, hint developers).
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"DO NOT INSTALL !!!"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
The worst thing about it ist, that it is software. If it were hardware you could stuck it in the a** (where the sun never shines) of the developer !
My Palm is dead, I mean so dead that even a hard-reset won't help.
Ok, beta's can be buggy. But I don't understand why ICQ leaves it free for download ??
They know about the crashes on Palm !
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"Works great if icq repair is used"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
ICQ works great on my m515, all my contacts on the icq server. But: you need the icq repair (Maxim). Without it will crash someday and you will need to do a system reset (data will be kept). Don´t perform a hard reset, this will erase all data.
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"Good at the beginning, but then..."
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
Have ICQ in my Palm IIIxe was only an illusion. After two weeks it began to crash my PDA and then it took me a lot of work to install all the stuff again... after have to delete all the items in the backup folder. HORRIBLE. Uninstall it if you downloaded it.
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"Bad Program, Needs to be FIXED ASAP (take a hint ICQ we hate beta testing your software)"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
Please Please Please un-install ICQ on any Visor or Palm OS device that you have it loaded on. There are some serious issues with it. It crashed my Visor Pro. I was using the Minstrel S and when I launched ICQ it told me "fatal exception, error network.lib". The only way I was able to get my Visor back was to Hard Reset it, then delete almost every program from the backup folder, and re-install them one by one. The last one I loaded wad ICQ and I got the same error again. Upon closer examination I noticed that when ICQ accesses the network.lib it makes bad entries that don't checksum correctly. As a result it corrupts the network.lib and makes it unreadable by the Visor. On Soft Reset the Visor tries to load the network.lib (this is where all the network prefs are stored) and sees nothing. It's as if the directory gets messed up for network.lib making it unreadable. Once I got rid of ICQ, and reinstalled from scratch every program one at a time, everything worked fine. I reported this to ICQ support and they replied "the software is in beta, therefore there might be some issues". No Kidding.
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"Works fine for a while then crashes palm"
Version: ICQ for Palm OS 2.1 beta
Summary
I had the same expeirience as others. It seems to work fine for a while, but then all of a sudden my palm crashed and I had to do a system reset. I delete ICQ and everything is back to normal. I reinstalled it, and the same thing happend. It will be good when it's finished!
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