SHAPE Services Announces Free IM+ for BlackBerry

by Collin Sorp

1 March 2010 No Comment

After putting out a sale on some of their top selling items, SHAPE Services has extended their IM+ application as a free version as well with ads. As you can’t read more about it on their live website yet, feel free to point our BlackBerry Browser to wap.shapeservices.com. Otherwise, hit the jump to read the full press release from SHAPE Services.

Stuttgart-Boston—March 1, 2010 — SHAPE Services, once again in 2010 surprises BlackBerry users with good news, this time with the release of free ad-based version of its best selling IM+ Instant Messenger on BlackBerry. IM+ Lite is the only IM app for BlackBerry bringing so many features at no cost to the user.

IM+ Lite gives access to MSN®, Yahoo!®, Google Talk™, AIM®, Jabber®, ICQ®, Facebook®, MySpace, Skype™ and Twitter, thus allowing BlackBerry users effectively communicate on-the-go and experience a multitude of other great features, like file transfer, online translator and group chats.

SHAPE Services will continue selling its paid version of IM+ through various eshops and its website. In addition to all features of IM+ Lite, paid IM+ supports speech recognition and IM+ push notifications.

“Release of IM+ Lite follows other important releases announced only a few weeks ago, IM+ for Skype with free VoIP calling in WiFi zones and Business Card Reader. People love free apps and we aim to deliver exactly what the user needs” said Igor Berezovsky, SHAPE Services’ CEO.

About SHAPE Services:

SHAPE Services is probably the world’s most successful mobile app development company, vendor of IM+, IM+ for Skype, Business Card Reader, RDM+, Mobiscope, xPlayer and Mobiola. Millions of customers worldwide use innovative apps created by SHAPE for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, WebOS, Java phones and web browsers.

For more information, please visit: www.shapeservices.com

-by Collin Sorp