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Agile Messenger No Longer Free |
MJB
Joined: Sep 04, 2004
Posts: 30
From: London
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Got this from www.agilemobile.com. They better make some serious improvements.
Important Announcement
Starting July 2005 we will begin charging a small monthly license fee for the use of Agile Messenger.
Three years ago Agile Mobile set out to develop a truly “agile” instant messaging client to provide seamless access to the instant messaging networks, wither it be from the bus, the beach or the gym, without sacrificing any of the functionality and power of the conventional desktop clients. During the initial development period we have allowed our loyal user base to use Agile Messenger for free. We want to thank everyone for their invaluable feedback, suggestions and bug reports, which have allowed us to make Agile Messenger into what it is today.
Agile Messenger is currently the most widely used and feature rich instant messaging and communication tool for mobile devices in the world. In order to make Agile Messenger even better and to be able to continue adding new innovative features it has become essential that we start charging a small monthly license fee. As much as our product is a labor of passion and as much as we’d love to continue giving our product away for free it has become necessary for us to expand our development resources and with that comes a substantial increase in overhead.
We will begin charging a license fee of a maximum of €2.99 Euro per month, charged directly to your phone bill. The exact monthly charge may vary from country to country depending on our agreement with the local mobile operators but will never exceed €2.99, or your local currency equivalent, in any country.
The date that we start billing will be different for different countries, again depending on our agreement with the mobile operators, but for most users the billing will start within the coming two weeks.
Please note that Agile Messenger will clearly inform you before you are charged and will ask for your explicit permission to subscribe to the new licensing terms, you will also be given an additional 7 day free trial when subscribing, during which period you can cancel with absolutely no charge. If you have not been asked to confirm if you wish to subscribe then you are not yet being charged.
We intend to develop the product and our support infrastructure substantially in the near future. One of the things that subscribers will notice immediately is that a new support forum has been made available where you may ask questions, report bugs and suggest new features directly to the Agile Messenger development team members. This is something that has been requested a great deal, but could not be delivered do to our limited resources; fortunately with this change that has been the first thing we have implemented. The forum can be accessed at:
http://www.agilemobile.com/support/
We sincerely appreciate the support and loyalty of all of our end users, and truly hope that you all remain our customer, as we assure you, we will not let you down.
[ This Message was edited by: MJB on 2005-07-27 04:43 ] |
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knight4led
Joined: May 27, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Califonia, USA
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This is crap. I used Agile over the others because it was free, not because it was necessarily the best.
I guess I am gonna have to find another solution, because I don't think it is worth paying a monthly charge for this if I am already paying for internet to my mobile provider.
I wouldn't mind paying once up front for a small amount, but I am positively not paying a monthly fee. |
OluYom
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Nigeria
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Sad. Sad. Sad.
A one-off feewould be acceptable to me, but certainly not a monthly fee.
Time to say goodbye to Agile 
PS: I used to be known as AYA |
Cenfi
Joined: Jul 24, 2005
Posts: 129
From: Indonesia
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awwww... it hurts
agile messenger is my main reason 4 using symbian phone!
My lovely phones  t610, k300, k700, p910 & w800  N9500 & HTC magician My less lovely phones Moto v3 & N6681 |
dimushor
Joined: Apr 25, 2004
Posts: 82
From: Moldova
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On 2005-07-27 05:49:12, knight4led wrote:
I wouldn't mind paying once up front for a small amount, but I am positively not paying a monthly fee.
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gojnik064
Joined: Sep 18, 2003
Posts: 167
From: Subotica, Serbia
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I feel so sad. I had a lot of fun with Agile messenger. :-( Monthly fee is nonsense.
This message was posted from a Nokia |
Oco
Joined: Dec 16, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Lima, Peru
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It was so pretty to be true. Will users stop using Agile messenger? BTW, wap-messenger service is still working and is cheaper 
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swiZZ
Joined: Dec 25, 2002
Posts: 81
From: France
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I already pay my GPRS monthly and expensively. If someone finds some other free im software please let us know
N6610
Samsung t100 -> s500 -> s300i
Sanyo s750
SE t68i -> t610 -> k700i -> p910i -9> m600i |
jcwhite_uk
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Dorset, UK Phone:Xperia Z1
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I am not going to pay per month for it. Its not worth it. Looks like Agile are going to loose a lot of users. |
muppet
Joined: Jan 09, 2005
Posts: 165
From: Auckland, New Zealand
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A monthly fee?
How do they intend to charge that to my account?
What a total load. I one off fee would be worth paying, but monthly? The only time I use Agile is when I'm bored and not near a PC. Paying a monthly fee so I can chat while I'm washing my clothes at the laundrymat? No thanks.
Time to check out the other IM Clients and buy one of those.
Bye Agile - You were great when you were free and you'd still be great as a one-off, but monthly? Forget it.
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Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
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screw that I used to have agile messenger on my phone then about a year ago it stoped working I tried every thing even emailed their customer support and geuss what I never got a single response. All I can say is why would I want to pay for software that doesnt work/temermental and has the worst customer support ive ever seen. prehaps we should email them this thread, though im nost usre they would ever read it
Check out my sales  I am a mac fanboy  . I will honor Laffens gift of P990 flip free avartar, but I sold the p990  |
dannyoneill
Joined: Apr 22, 2004
Posts: 230
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Agile, uninstalled. Bye bye.
I certainly wouldnt pay on top of my normal GPRS costs. Have you actually checked to see how much data is being used when you use Agile?? Lots, lots and lots. Sitting there doing nothing and I will have 10, 20, 30k in use. |
Jolitorax
Joined: Jul 31, 2003
Posts: 48
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Agile Messenger is already removed from my phone. Monthly fee is AgileMobile shooting themselves in their own feet. Euro 2,99 every month is a lot of money, and certainly will filter out every low-volume user like myself. A one-time fee of about 10-20 Euro would perhaps be acceptable, but the idea of a monthly fee is like asking the users to stop using Agile Messenger. |
dannyoneill
Joined: Apr 22, 2004
Posts: 230
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I used it once every 2 months when im away from home and dont have internet in the hotel.
I used to see it appear frequently on those "Top 10 P900 apps" posts. I doubt it will even feature now.
Its good for a free app, but its no where near commercial level, im sure his best mate said he would pay and sholud charge. Dont listen to your mates!
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inorog
Joined: Sep 15, 2004
Posts: 89
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Oh well... This sucks, but that's it... now Agile Messenger has been uninstalled from my phone!
*hark! spit!* bastards!
Ino!~ |
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Posted: 2005-07-27 05:41
t610, k300, k700, p910 & w800 
N9500 & HTC magician
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