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The Best Messaging App for Android is…[Droid vs. Droid]
March 18, 2011 | by Andrew Kameka
Android App Reviews, Android Apps, Commmunication
FAST SOCIETY
Depending on your perspective, Fast Society has a strong advantage or disadvantage in this app battle. Rather than rely on in-app data, it uses SMS that counts towards your monthly text message plan. However, this can be good for those times that you need to communicate with groups who don’t have one of these messaging apps installed.
Fast Society uses “Teams” that automatically delete in one hour, day, week, or last until you decide to end the conversation. Society members send group text messages, share location or photos, and can even start a conference call. So if a group decides where to go for the evening, they can quickly reach each other, mesh circles of friends, and meet up along their bar crawl or wrap-up at Waffle House.
Fast Society can be a little slow at times – when testing, it took anywhere from 15 seconds to 1 minute to arrive to contacts – but it has the tools to be great for people looking to reach anyone with access to a data plan rather than rely on an app.
GROUPME
I can see GroupMe working for business team members trying to navigate a conference or just a group of friends looking to communicate in a timely manner. In-app messages appear within seconds, and GroupMe supports conference calls. The app also supports sharing photos or nearby locations; when you add a message, GroupMe automatically brings-up your actual GPS coordinates or nearby Foursquare venues and lets you decide to send that location to contacts.
GroupMe is another app that can extend its reach through SMS, but it’s best to use the in-app messenger option. GroupMe is one of the most comprehensive options of messaging apps because it works with SMS or through apps on Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone devices. For people who place cross-platform compatibility above all else, GroupMe is probably the way to go.
Great roundup, but a little disappointing that there's no mention of battery drain for any of the apps. A messenger can have all the features in the world, but if it drains your battery too fast then it's pointless. I've been using LiveProfile since it was first mentioned here, as battery drain (or lack thereof) was specifically mentioned as a feature of the app. So far I've been impressed that that's rung true, and has enabled me to stay signed in 24/7. But what of the alternatives?
what about ebuddy XMS?
Now that Beluga has been purchased by Facebook, I expect it won't be too long before effective groupchat with location tags and picture sharing comes to Facebook Chat. People love to hate Facebook, but Beluga has the most intuitive and beautiful UI of these messaging apps so hopefully this will be transferred to Fb. Everyone has the Fb app already; you won't have to convince your friends to use a new messaging app, and we will have our winner.
I agree. I have used some apps you mentioned but drained a lot of battery. Some information about the battery drain may be appreciated as this is one of the criterion to decide whether the apps is suitable or not.. My recent post TOP 10 must-have apps for your ipad 2
The challenges of group text chat messaging for Android have been solved as soon as Google decides to add Smashtalk to Android. Smashtalk is patent-pending technology that is a backward-compatible version of the existing SMS spec enhanced with the elusive Reply-All feature. Want to see all the recipient of a text message? Want to be able to reply to every recipient or modify the recipient list? Smashtalk does all this without needing any 3rd party web site or any change of user behavior. Let Google know you want Android to include Smashtalk and the answer to group text messaging will be available to all the Android developers and users. http://www.smashtalk.net
Fast Society sounds good, but it might be worth a mention that it isn't available everywhere, in the UK, it doesn't even appear in the market.
i totaly disagree, i just installed Zlango Messaging and been using it a lot. The whole idea of icon messaging is really cool.
What about Zlango messaging, it's the most trending app for messaging, everybody i know with a droid use it https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zlango….
Hosted group texting is history repeating itself. Sadly, if things keep going the way they are, the ending is not very pretty. http://mryanblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/here-we-go-… explains why and how the group text industry could survive. The question is will the industry recognize the errors of the past and avoid them this time around?
No mention of Kakao or Line….
android fastest MEDIA PLAYER http://www.android-trick.com/2012/01/fastest-andr… My recent post Fastest android mediaplayer apk file
I’d like to add also android app to manage sms by the website – http://smslemon.com
I think the best messenger even surpass BBM is Catfiz Messenger, messenger many features that are not owned by another messenger, messenger catfiz not only messenger but also exceeded it and approach social network, try and feel of this messenger, download at http://www.catfiz.com
For people who do a lot of SMS here is a nice android app mobitexter goo.gl/ne4mb, to send & receive sms directly from your computer, SMS to your phone contacts, its fast, using cloud, n many other functionality Android Market link : goo.gl/V4jUq
Hey, you forgot to mention that Windows Phone supports KIK and Whatsapp for the moment, Liveprofile is coming soon
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