stICQ is an ICQ client for mobile phones with symbian OS.

StICQ has been written by Russian programmer Sergey Taldykin. StICQ is a native Symbian

Symbian

Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...

 application (.SIS) for instant messaging over Internet for the ICQ

ICQ

ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, then bought by America Online, and since April 2010 owned by Mail.ru Group. The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase "I seek you"...

 network (using the OSCAR protocol

OSCAR protocol

OSCAR or Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime is AOL's flagship instant messaging and presence information protocol. Currently, OSCAR is in use for AOL's two main instant messaging systems: ICQ and AIM....

).

It supports all main statuses including "Not Available", "Invisible" etc., contact search using ICQ UID, black lists, multi-user support, sound announcements and even SMS sending using default ICQ server.

It is featured by small size, low memory usage and relatively stable work.

One of the key features of the client is its ability to suspend outcoming data until GPRS coverage is available. It also suspend the status of the user, while all other mobile clients (Jimm

Jimm

Jimm is an alternative open source instant messaging client for ICQ network. It is written in Java ME and should work in most of mobile devices that follow MIDP specification.Jimm is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.-History:...

, for instance) usually report connection problem and drop user out.

Currently, stICQ does not support smiley

Smiley

A smiley, smiley face, or happy face, is a stylized representation of a smiling human face, commonly occurring in popular culture. It is commonly represented as a yellow circle with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth...

 pictures but have a unique feature of quick emoticon

Emoticon

An emoticon is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood. Emoticons are often used to alert a responder to the tenor or temper of a statement, and can change and improve interpretation of plain text. The word is a portmanteau word...

 input using the call button (special plugin required).

Notable, stICQ supports the yellow "Ready to chat" extended status while "Depressive", as well as "At home", "At work" etc. are displayed as "Offline". This caused to call stICQ an "anti-depressive ICQ".

The source code has been sold to the development team of Quiet Internet Pager

Quiet Internet Pager

QIP is a multiprotocol instant messaging client. It is a closed source freeware program originally developed by Ilgam Zyulkorneev. In 2008 it was bought by RosBusinessConsulting media group and named most popular RBC service in 2009.- Features :...

 messenger. 1.01 version QiP for Symbian has been released recently.

StICQ is free for download, as are wide variety of mods

Modding

Modding is a slang expression that is derived from the verb "modify". Modding refers to the act of modifying a piece of hardware or software or anything else for that matter, to perform a function not originally conceived or intended by the designer...

 changing status icons and menu text.

Keypad shortcuts

• Pressing asterisk
  Asterisk
  An asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
  
   in a contact list window allows you to maximize the program window. It will also affect message windows.

• Pressing the Green Button allows you to insert the smiley templates. To do that you should download and install the templates file (stICQ.tpl).

Known Bugs

• StICQ is known to drop out when receiving large amounts of text in one message. Thus you should aware your interlocutor of sending messages that exceeds 10-15 phone display lines.

• When using StICQ with a T9
  T9 (predictive text)
  T9, which stands for Text on 9 keys, is a patented predictive text technology for mobile phones, originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications....
  
  dictionary, you should press any cursor key to get rid of "Previous" command for right button after sending a message, or, otherwise, program will crash.

• StICQ doesn't send your contact list to the server, so any changes in StICQ's list won't affect your main contact list.