Meebo Discontinuing All Services Except for Meebo Bar

An anonymous reader writes with news of Meebo's fate, a mere six days after being acquired by Google. From the article: "Meebo, which began in 2005 as a browser based instant messaging program, will now cease most of its services by next month. The IM service supported various IM platforms such as Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ, MySpaceIM, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, CafeMom and others." Their cash cow, the Meebo bar, will "...continue to be available to site publishers and will see continued improvements and new features in the weeks and months ahead." With Meebo killing off their messenger, are there any good Android chat alternatives that aren't tied to Google Talk?

Comments

April fools?

[glassware]

Wow, first read I had to look at the date.

Meebo Bar is like a total perversion of everything they once did well. I used to love using Meebo since it provided a centralized place to track all my conversations. But when I started seeing the Meebo Bar appear elsewhere I ditched them. Who knew they'd all of a sudden be acquired just to obtain control of something horrible like this?

Re:April fools?

[Riceballsan]

I general when google aquires something, what is left alone, is what google doesn't have interest in. Google's aquisitions are usually about integrating what they want into their own services. Unfortunately it does usually involve some losses. I would say it is highly probable that in the next 3 months or so, the web based google talk, will be adding MSN, facebook and other IM compatibilities.

Re:April fools?

[Ginger Unicorn]

I accidentally the whole meebo bar

Yes, there is.

[Anonymous Coward]

Imo.im is actually a better solution for multi-service instant messaging on Android than Meebo,

eBuddy

[Brain Damaged Bogan]

eBuddy is a nice multi-IM client for android.