IM+ for Windows Phone heads to version 3.0, goes on sale to celebrate new features

While WhatsApp seems to be doing well for the SMS oversupply, IM+ from SHAPE is however the de facto messaging app for all other services. IM+ is an all-in-one and includes support for Skype, VK, Facebook, Yahoo!, ICQ and more than. Even better is the fact that SHAPE actively pays attention to their Windows Phone and Windows 8 base, giving them frequent updates with new features.

Today, version 3.0 for the free and Pro versions have landed on the Shop. Even better, the Pro version, which normally runs for $4.99, is on auction for just the weekend, beingness knocked downwardly to $1.99. Then what'southward new? Nosotros have the full changelog below.

New in both WP7 and WP8 versions

Option to change group chat topic
Lock brandish orientation the style you desire
View VK.com timeline from contact info
Chat with MSN/WLM contacts in Skype.

Specific to WP8

Favorite contacts. Now you tin add your favorite contacts from different services in one group.
Quick Phonation messages - Instant recording, transferring and listening. New Quick Voice option is easier and faster to use. We've minimized the steps required to become to this characteristic – with Quick Voice selected under Settings / Messages, it'll appear side by side to text input field for fast access.
You tin can send and listen to the recorded voice letters in the IM+ app – there's no demand to go to the native recorder app in guild to listen to incoming voice messages.
Send you current location via IM+. Very helpful for making appointments, shouting for help or teasing friends with places like Miami Embankment or such.

How well is IM+ doing on Windows Phone? It was way back in October that they surpassed 1 one thousand thousand downloads, as detailed on their Facebook page. That'southward a pretty huge success charge per unit, because the competition.

Nosotros're big fans of IM+, partially out of nostalgia, just also because it'southward a really expert app on Windows Phone and Windows 8. Naught beats having an all-in-one messaging app and this is the one to have.

Choice up IM+ for free here in the Shop, or opt for the total-characteristic IM+ Pro, which has the push button-to-email option and more. Pro is ordinarily $4.99 for a lifetime license, but it is now $1.99 for the next 2 days. Grab it here in the Store. All Windows Phones.

Read more about their Windows Store app for viii.1 here.