AOL Instant Messenger

Pros: chat with your friends, easy to use
Cons: connection problems, can't view AOL members profiles

So you want to talk to a friend on the AOL provider....now you can with AOL IM. Make your own buddy list and create different subcategories such as School Friends, Home Friends, Family, etc. It's a very easy program to use which makes it a quality...

Pros: great features, easy chat, large user base
Cons: -

I have become a huge fan of AIM. I am a college student and as many know, Nearly all college students have AIM open nearly all the time. This in and of itself makes it attractive. You can communicate with almost anyone while using it. America Online has...

Pros: Fast, easy, fun.
Cons: None

I live in upstate New York, my girlfriend lives in Canada and my family lives in Florida. AOL Instant Messenger was made for me!

Although I don't have AOL, it came free with the version of Netscape I got. It set itself up with no problems and...

Pros: Ease of use
Cons: screen names sometimes confusing

At 8 a.m. every morning I sit down with my cup of coffee, fire up IM and spend an hour chatting with my friend in Australia. We've been doing this for a year now. I hope to meet her this year.

Instant Messaging is simply terrific. Friends...

Pros: convenient, easy to use, fun
Cons: can be annoying sometimes

I absolutely love AOL instant messenger! It helps me keep in touch with friends who live far away and keep phone bills down. Also, buddy chat is an awesome feature. I can talk with several friends at once! It is so cool, because you can't get a 5 or 6...

Pros: Free, Easy to set-up and use
Cons: Can't really talk yet

I have AOL instant messenger. I know that there are many of these free services out there but I am not the most experienced internet user in my household and this is the easiest one for me to use.

One nice feature is that I can...

Pros: buddy talk, direct connection, stock quotes, news stories, buddy icons, buddy chats profiles ,and sounds
Cons: old and new versions sometimes have conflicts with each other

AOL Instant Messenger has many great items that normal items just don't have. The first in the Direct connection aspect. This allows two remote computers to "connect" to each other through AIM and then it allows you to send pictures across...

Pros: Free, Many Users
Cons: None

Over the years, I have seen the Internet progress into something that has become some what of a marvel. You now can spend every second of your life in front of a computer screen and live a normal life (well almost normal). One of the great achievements...

Pros: FREE, simple, quick
Cons: none

Aol instant messenger in one word, Cool. I mean, instead of having to email "your buddy",taking the time to say "hey, whats up" , you can talk with him in a mini chat room, one on one. The best part about this is that it is...

Pros: FREE
Cons: MAY Crash!

I am a user of AIM, for more then 2 years (as well as yahoo Messenger). I think AIM and Yahoo Messenger are very well created and designed. Since some people use one kind of messenger and others use another kind, sometimes it is hard to run 2 messengers...

Pros: Fast, easy to use, fun.
Cons: Labeled with the hex of 3 letters. AOL, but suprisingly that doesn't matter.

I'll be honest, when I first heard about AOL Instant Messenger I vowed not to download it because it had the three letters I dispise the most in it. "AOL". You see, I have a problem, I cannot stand AOL internet service for a number of...

Pros: Works well with firewalls, lots of users
Cons: limited features, no offline messaging

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a simple and effective instant messaging program. Some other instant messaging products you may be familiar with are ICQ, or Microsoft’s MSN Messenger. For a long time, I had been using ICQ exclusively because of its...

Pros: Faster and Easier than Zonetrap's Mama
Cons: Members of the human race are using it

Yo! Before I begin I'd like to give a shout out to all my homies out there -- Zonetrap, Little Tim, Say Tan, God, Jaxoncarl, and I hope I'm not forgetting anyone. You're all my best buds and the coolest people in the world -- WORD!! Thanx for keepin'...

Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Sometimes have trouble signing on

I have been using aim for a long time and it is a very useful program. Instead of paying for the AOL ISP I just use aim and I can chat with all my friends who have either aim or AOL. Aim is very convenient and is getting better.
Aim allows users...

Pros: Ease of Use, Technology, Voice, Data, Speed, Convienence
Cons: It is AOL, Buggy at times, Slow connect speeds at times

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The funny thing about AIM ( AOL Instant Messenger ) is the fact that AOL actually hates the service. From people I know at AOL they are going to try to discontinue to the service. Personally, I think that would have such negative...