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...

i tried whatsapp and viber... i can tell you viber sucks... always disconnected, and sucks my battery like hell...
whatsapp is better... my fren in SG also have disconnected problem...

well frankly speaking... for RM8/year i don think it is too expensive... you can save countless of $$$ if you always have communication with overseas fren...

been using both whatsapps and viber. i uninstalled skype just before they implemented the video calls for sgs2. reason for uninstalling skype was coz it was running in the background even though i did not start the apps. after killing the background process, it would come back again. it seems to be a 'bug' as there was a thread in the skype support forum on this...

between viber and whatsapp...

i have more friends on whatsapp. i think mainly coz many dun realise its a paid apps (both on android and ios). personally, i prefer...

viber. why? i have tested on my phone and no battery drain issue. the data collection of my phone discharging rate when the phone was idle was collected over a few weeks. if anything, skype was more a concern than viber and whatsapp.

for me... viber is better coz its FREE. besides that, there's also voice call. but more importantly why its in my good books is coz they have 'official support' in LYN forum! yes, official support here... not really support but we can feedback on what our issues are and they do look into it.

from that thread in LYN forum, i also understand viber for BB is coming really soon. so it will be a true cross platform by then. there's also plan to release video/ photo sharing (similar to whatsapp). video calls is also in the works.

i like the voice call function (and looking forward to the video calls) as i can call my overseas friends for free. i have tested with my relatives in HK. quality is about the same as when we use discount call services which is actually quite decent. of course at times, i do get some interference... i just end and call again. i think its more to do with my connection to the internet (was trying out on 512k streamyx on my end).

i have also tried calls to friends while they were on the road and i was on 512k streamyx... also good. just like normal calls.

no, i dun work for viber... i dun get paid by them. but i just think they give me better value -- everything is FREE. i know... its only about usd2/ year for whatsapp (yes, for android, its an annual charge. for ios, its a one-time charge). but why pay when i can get it free... and with voice... and eventually video calls... free as well?

i din bother to try others coz look... i wanna simplify my life... not have 10 apps to connect to people. i want to have as few as possible. skype would have been my fav since i have used them when they first started -- but... they are just too slow to dev for android... and the thing that killed it for me is that the version i installed was behaving like malware -- restarting itself after i killed it.

This post has been edited by mydragoon: Aug 12 2011, 09:20 AM

i don know... i don have skype now, but my viber is draining my battery... my battery do not last when i on my viber...

BTW i use a lot of normal calls... normally with whatsapp last time, my battery will be around 50% around 1pm... but on Viber it consume about 10% more battery... which makes my battery did not survive till 6pm...

on the go, i sync my mails hourly and uses data quite a lot... if on 3G the battery will not even last 10 hours... it is like a dream for me...

with viber on it is like 7 hours with 20% left... which surprise when during my 2 days of usage... so now i always exit viber everytime i sent a msg...

sync mail... ya, i forgot to mention that is also running in my background... lol...

but for your issue... you quite sure its viber? i guess scientific way to know for sure is do a factory reset, install whatsapp... monitor for 2-3 days... then factory reset, install viber, monitor 2-3 days... but ya, its too troublesome.

anyway, just sharing since i'm more into viber... from what i understand, new version does not consume any battery after you exit.

im not using viber till it has A2SD... i realise sometimes viber is slow too... i know RM8 is alright... but free ones save even more.... and i dont understand why should i pay when i can get free ones? there are better apps than whatsapp... just you(and people) haven try it yet... i do not compare viber to whatsapp cause viber can call... which ables me to call my cousins and sister at singapore without using money... whatsapp can only message so i only compare them to those apps that allow only messaging...

it's not because people dont realise it is going to be paid after a year... is because whatsapp has been overrated for some reason and everyone with a smartphone seems to wanna try it.. and for iPhone users... they have their AHEM version... whereas android has none... same goes to blackberry.. of course iPhone users stick to whatsapp.... they just simply lazy to change or try new one... i can tell i have used apps better than whatsapp.. faster.. and i mean alot faster... and it's introduced in this thread too....

and NO viber does not drain my battery life at all... it drains as much as whatsapp and live profile.. unless you call.. and i dont even use the EXIT...

This post has been edited by HeartRoxas: Aug 12 2011, 10:56 AM

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1965357
U can complain there cause Official Viber Development Team is there to help all the Viber user

About Viber by me
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1898275


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

How to pinned this topic?

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