The wars of free msg, call app. Below are the member

1. Whatsapp http://www.whatsapp.com/
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1543061( Whatsapp on LYN android thread )
Free text, attachment Pic and etc. Most universal iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian

2. Viber http://www.viber.com/
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1898275(about Viber by me )
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1965357(Viber on LYN android thread with Official Viber Development Team support in Lowyat.forum )
Free text, Voice call(free voip). iOS, Android (Blackberry, Symbian, Windows phone 7(WP7), Desktop(PC) Coming Soon: http://helpme.viber.com/index.php?/Knowled...future-releases)

3. PingChat http://pingchat.com/home.shtml
Free text, attachment Pic and etc. iOS, Android, Blackberry,

4. Scydo http://www.scydo.com/dashboard
Free text, Voice call(free voip), Voice call(paid premium voip). iOS, Android,

5. Talkbox http://talkboxapp.com/en/home
Push-to-talk mean record start, talk and send so no need be 'live' like call. iOS, Android,

6. Nakamap http://nakamap.com/
Free text, 'safe' location sharing. iOS, Android,

7. Hoiio http://content.hoiio.com/intl/en-us/home.html
Free text, Voice call(free voip), Voice call(paid premium voip and paid sms). iOS, Android, Blackberry

8. KakaoTalk http://www.kakao.com/talk/en
Free text, attachment Pic and etc. iOS, Android

9. LiveProfile http://www.liveprofile.com/
Social Integration: Facebook or Twitter, Free text, attachment Pic and etc. iOS, Android, Blackberry

10. fring http://www.fring.com/
Free Group Video Chat(4 people can video call at the same time!), Voice Calls(free voip), Free text. iOS, Android, Symbian

11. Tango http://www.tango.me/
Free video call, Voice Calls(free voip) iOS, Android

12. Reengo http://reengo.me/
Voice call(free voip) to FB friend without phone no. iOS, Android

13. LINE http://www.naver.jp/
Free text, Voice call(free voip), attachment Pic and etc, location sharing. iOS, Android

14. GroupMe http://groupme.com/
Group Messaging (Data and SMS hybrid), Conference Call, Location, Photo Sharing. iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows phone 7(WP7), SMS

Coming Soon:

Facebook Messenger https://www.facebook.com/mobile/messenger
Free text, location sharing. iOS, Android

Note: no particular order just by your own preference.

All this different with MSN, Skype which need ID. Just need mobile no. so that just need to update phone book contact AFAIK. Correct me if I am wrong . Not include MSN, Skype cause there are origin from PC.
Except PingChat need ID like MSN, Skype.

This thread also on lowyat forum iPhone thread for iOS http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry44467262

I create this thread cause wiki mix IM from PC with this . If any other site/blog/forum whatever about this comparison can share at here
For Symbian and BlackBerry user want create this kind of thread feel free to copy above link.
For IM from PC and FB chat and etc can 'kau tim' with multi IM-platform app like nimbuzz, beejive, ebuddy, digby and etc.

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Aug 12 2011, 10:19 PM

Pre-install

Google Talk http://www.google.com/talk/
MSN like free chat.

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Aug 9 2011, 02:33 AM

you forgot live profile i guess

ping chat is using id. not phone number.. rite?

Tango @ http://www.tango.me/

Skype can even do video call.

This post has been edited by yehlai: Aug 8 2011, 10:51 PM

live profile... ID based but can also look for users in contacts... or even facebook...
also you cant list whatsapp as free...

This post has been edited by HeartRoxas: Aug 8 2011, 11:51 PM

liveprofile is a cool apps. try it...!!!

Yes using ID or email
Tnx for the info

all the above are using internet to send data? which means we do not need to pay call/sms fees but we need to pay (internet usage) data fees?

Yes, data plan are recommend or pay as per use data rate are much more expensive. Or u can use Wi-fi.

whatsapp free for 1st year only, subsequent year $1.99...

Not forget but don't know. Tnx for sharing

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Added on August 9, 2011, 1:44 amYes video call cool but need fast data if not like watching magic show, there are other video call app.

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Added on August 9, 2011, 1:50 amAdd to above and iPhone(iOS) too

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Aug 9 2011, 01:50 AM

Thanks for the list. Very useful and increasingly relevant in this age of mobile data subscriptions.

Welcome bro cheer

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Added on August 9, 2011, 1:55 pmNowday are post- Social Network, Console, Computer era that why so many thing come out

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Added on August 9, 2011, 6:41 pm fring(4 people can video call at the same time) + Samsung Galaxy S II LTE http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/09/samsung...odenamed-celox/ + LTE telco=



This post has been edited by wkkm007: Aug 12 2011, 12:46 AM

Can this topic to be pinned?

well than i guess the best currently is whatsapp . many of my friend using it . from bb to iphone .

liveprofile ? its to hassle to add people .

other than that ? never bothered to try .

it aint best if it has a poor community... whatsapp has the most users... and people are still hyped despite being a paid app...
live profile... can scan address book... just manually..
kakao....... same but has a bad server. but i dont understand why so many are downloading it on market...
kik same as live profile except auto detect address book.. alot faster.. group chat... but authenticate through account/login.. not phone number... which in terms of privacy i think it is better than whatsapp...

so far im using live profile and kik... of course i have whatsapp but only for a year... i wont buy an app which has free alternatives.. i only need to convert people that i contacted most to a free alternative...

whatsapps need to pay ? dint know that

after a year.... if free whatsapp is the winrar ad.... simple.. quick.. stable...