Are you one of those people that enjoys entering the little smilie icons into your messages with friends to help get your point across (or just be cute)? SweetIM gives you a whole new group of emoticons and sounds for you to play with. There are over a thousand different animated emoticons, winks, smilies, sound fx, and nudges you can have fun trying out on your friends, and the directory is continuously growing.
You just download the software, and then after reopening your im window and logging in, there’s a new little menu that you can tab through to find the emoticon you’re looking for. Currently it works for MSN, Yahoo, and most recently AIM. They also have a toolbar you can use with Explorer that allows you to enter their icons and sounds into emails and blogs with ease. Their main audience is the younger crowd, but I have to say I definitely enjoyed going through and iming my friends with pirate smilies, fart noises, and animations of someone who looks and sounds a lot like Lil’ John asking, “What’s up dawg? What’s crackalackin’?”
SweetIM.com In Their Own Words
“The SweetIM team is passionate about innovating & developing Instant Messenger technologies and content. We constantly look for new and cool ways for people to enjoy their messenger experience, and carefully listen to our users to understand the latest trends and wishes about what’s hot and what’s not.
Our SweetIM software enhances messenger by adding emoticons, winks, audibles, sound FX, Display Pictures, Nudges and soon to come more exciting content, enhancing the messaging experience and enabling instant messenger users to express themselves in fun and creative ways.
Our SweetIM for IE software enhances Internet Explorer browser by placing a new toolbar that allows to add favorite icons and emoticons to any web based application including web based email such as Hotmail, Yahoo mail, Gmail, Web Forums, Blogs and more.”
Why SweetIM.com It Might Be A Killer
Practically everyone who uses the internet uses an IM client, and being able to spice up those IMs with some sounds and graphics is fun, especially for the age group that this is intended for. With all of the advertising for thousands of smilies you always see popping up, there must be a market for them, and SweetIM is an easy way to add them without the fear of any spyware or viruses invading your computer. They’ll also be able to make a profit from the sponsored emoticons and ringtones they offer.
Some Questions About SweetIM.com
Will people want to take the risk of downloading software for smilies and sounds on to their computer, or will they just stick with the basic ones they have and not take up extra space on their HD? As their inventory continues to grow, how will they keep scrolling through the list of icons easy and not a hassle? 
