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I stumbled upon this app called "AIM" and I was immediately brought back to earlier days when I used AOL's AIM to communicate with friends and family. Those days are long gone, but AOL has decided to bring AIM to the 21st century. Admittedly, I was a little excited to use this app. After all, if I cannot use text on the phone itself, I should be able to do it through Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, the long list of what this app can do will have to stay as a "would-be" list. The app itself has technical issues and I think that the developers had too much on their plate.

First of all, the app is continually crashing. I have been told that restarting the iPhone once the app has downloaded would prevent future crashes. I have done so with this app, but the problem continues. I think that there are technical issues that must be dealt with, and the updates have provided none of the solutions that the users need.

Secondly, the app itself is a waste of time. It may sound harsh, but that is the unfortunate truth for now. Again, the developers chose to type down a list that includes all of the potentiality of this app. I would have thought that that was a list too big for this app, but I thought that I would let the developers surprise me. Unfortunately, the developers failed to deliver many of these potentials. The app is always crashing so that I don't have the chance to test it out fully, and I don't think that many of those features make much sense, anyway.

At any rate, the app itself will work when you are on Wi-Fi. Much of the time, I have to stick with 3G because I cannot access an unlocked Wi-Fi connection. Therefore, the app becomes useless most of the time, and I have to resort to going through my Facebook app or through regular text messaging anyway. This app surely does not save me time or money. I understand that these types of apps must use Wi-Fi if the fast connections are to work, but I do not know how the developers could expect users to make much use of their app if that is the case.

All in all, I do not recommend this app to anyone. If you feel tempted to try it, I suggest that you try the free version first before you waste $2.99 on the real version.

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