If you are looking for an all in one app for GTalk, Yahoo, MSN/Live Messenger, AIM/iChat, ICQ, MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, Jabber and Skype chat, the two best instant messaging apps would be BeejiveIM and IM+ Pro. And Shape is having a Holiday sale so you can get IM+ Pro for only $2.99! So what are you waiting for? Go for it!

IM+ Pro is a universal iPad / iPhone / iPod app with full iOS 4 multitasking support! IM+ has the widest selection of unique features that you won’t find in any other IM client:

NO COST PER MESSAGE! Send photos, voice msgs, videos, and IM for FREE and save on MMS/SMS! IM+ uses your existing data plan or Wi-Fi connection. Voice messages are sent as MP3 files and can be played back on any Mac, PC, or mobile.

APPLE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS: Stay connected even after closing IM+! You’ll be notified when you receive a new message or when certain contact comes online (customizable) in all supported networks up to 7 days after closing the application! (Note: Due to technical reasons IM+ keeps Skype connected up to 2 hours only. Time allowed for Skype Push will be increased soon.)

NEW EMAIL PUSH NOTIFICATIONS
Get notified instantly when a you get a new e-mail. Supports Hotmail, Yahoo, and GMail.

SPEECH RECOGNITION (as in-app purchase)
The very FIRST and the ONLY speech recognition service for instant messaging on iPhone! Easy as 1-2-3. Dictate messages instead of typing them in! Offered on a monthly basis. English only.

GROUP CHAT
Invite your friends to Skype, MSN, AIM, and ICQ group chats and enjoy group conversations. Incoming Skype calls can be recorded and played back instantly as voice messages.

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

CUSTOM STATUS and GEO-LOCATION
Create your own status messages, or use geo-location to update your status so that your friends can see where you are and easily locate you on a map!

CHAT HISTORY
Access chat history in app and at https://plus.im

BUILT-IN BROWSER
Multi-task with a built-in browser! Surf the web and open links from conversations without leaving IM+.

ANIMATED EMOTICONS
IM+ is the only application in AppStore with awesome animated emoticons! Emoticons can be turned on or off.

EMOJI
Access Emoji smileys/emoticons on your iPhone and iPod Touch through IM+! No need to invest in a specific emoji app!

CUSTOMIZABLE SOUNDS
Use different sounds for different IM+ actions, such as incoming messages, contact coming online, push alert, etc.

AND MORE!
- Customized IM+ look with wallpapers from your Photo library or from IM+
- Avatar support
- Copy/Paste
- Multiple accounts per network
- Multi-lingual support. Chat in any language supported by your iPhone/iPod Touch
- Convenient typing for landscape mode

IM+ Pro, One Of The Best Instant Messaging Apps Is On Sale in the App Store.

Smurf app for iPhone, iPad is accused of encouraging kids (and adults) to go on Smurf spending sprees!

Smurfs, those cute little blue cartoon dwarfs inspired by the trolls in Nordic fairy tales and beloved by kids (and childish adults, you know who you are) since the 1950s, are arguably one of the greatest gifts Belgium ever bestowed on the world.

And when “The Smurf’s Village,” a game for iPhone and other Apple gadgets, came out in November, it promised to sprinkle some of that magic on the world of apps.

This Smurf app shot up the charts, becoming the highest-grossing app in the Apple store. And, get this, it was free.

So why are parents turning red with anger? Read More

Algoriddim, creators of the award-winning software djay for Mac, today is pleased to announce its djay for iPad App is now available on the App Store. The app takes advantage of the enhanced audio capabilities of iOS 4.2 and leverages iPad’s innovative Multi Touch interface to bring users ever closer to the experience of mixing on real turntables.

Since its release, DJ’s and audiophiles have viewed iPad as the next frontier for creating and mixing their favorite music. djay for iPad delivers the audio capabilities and interface necessary to stretch the limits of any music maker’s creativity to make this vision a reality. The app directly links the user to their iTunes music library providing easy access to their favorite tracks, enabling them to get spinning and making music right away. Read More

Now is a great time to get some of the greatest games for your iPad, iPHone & iPod Touch at a small price…

Black Friday Sales for iPad:

Gameloft:

* Hero of Sparta II HD ($6.99 now $.99)
* The Settlers HD ($9.99 now$.99) See Review
* Splinter Cell Conviction HD ($6.99now $.99)
* Let’s Golf! 2 HD ($4.99 now $.99)
* Shrek Forever After: The Game HD ($4.99 now$.99)
* Shrek Kart HD ($4.99 now$.99)
* Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front HD ($4.99 now$.99)
* Iron Man 2 for iPad ($4.99 now $.99) Read More

While Apple boasts thousands of apps for the iPad, and when we say thousands we are talking over 150,000, there are some that many of us will never use. For instance, they have the Table of Elements, now unless you are in college or maybe even High School, or a chemist or some sort of scientist who else would need it?

The iPad does have tons of apps that most of us would use or at least try though, everything from leisurely to educational and even business apps.  They are working on additional apps though, so it will be interesting to find out what they come up with, as if over 150,000 apps aren’t enough! Read More