I used to use whatsapp to text with my wife for free when I'm out of the country. But our one year is up and can't really justify paying twice for it for the amount we use it. Is there an alternative to whatsapp that doesn't slaughter battery life? I was going to go with kik messenger but it was causing massive drain in my testing..just running in the background. Also tried IMSY and I think its garbage.
Would love others opinions were also looking to video chat if we can since I now have a ffc. But she will be on the PC. Are skype and tango the best choices?
Wish there was an all in one app that could text/call/video call over wifi with android users as well as pc...does it exist?
Btw I'm looking for something to use on my acer iconia A100 for video chat, I would also like to use some sort of messaging/call app on my DZ, the biggest problem I've seen is most of the apps require u to register with your phone number thus locking the app to just my DZ as my tab is wifi only...no way to register and use the same profile..
Hope this makes sense guys.. thanks for any input
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ptesmoke said:
I used to use whatsapp to text with my wife for free when I'm out of the country. But our one year is up and can't really justify paying twice for it for the amount we use it.
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interesting, i didnt even notice i cant use it any more after a year without paying..
ptesmoke said:
Would love others opinions were also looking to video chat if we can since I now have a ffc. But she will be on the PC. Are skype and tango the best choices?
Wish there was an all in one app that could text/call/video call over wifi with android users as well as pc...does it exist?
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well, next to whatsapp im using IM+ as "all in one app" for texting icq, msn, jabber, facebookchat (skype can be used too if original skype installed)
i dont do video calls but one time when i tried that i had to do that directly within the skype app because IM+ didnt support video..
a quick look in the market for free video-call apps: tango, qik, kakaotalk
Hmmm thanks for the suggestions....the search is on!
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In case someone else is looking for the same apps, i going with tango for voice and video calling (free) and live profile (free) for messaging
Check them out! Cheers!
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What's the best universal IM chat client? Something that lets me transfer files and/or pictures. Maybe even video calls? I was using ebuddy but I don't think you can transfer files/pictures there. File/picture transfer is more important that video call. Im currently using mercury for msn and the standard yahoo messenger. Both have picture transfer and yahoo has video call, but I hate having to switch between the two. And mercury layout is ugly.
Thanks.
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I use Trillian. Its very good overall
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beejive is better i love it!
alfadog77 said:
beejive is better i love it!
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I totally second that. Had em with my iphone n blackberry
How about whatsapp?
Whatsapp is very useful when chatting with other phones, and I use ebuddy for msn, gtalk, fbchat. Before I used trillian but wasn't too stable, so whatsapp + ebuddy does it for me!
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i gotta go trillian, its free
i used beejive on the iphone, while its very nice interface, and highly customizable, i noticed that messages would be greatly delayed sometimes and had connection drop issues. knowing that going into the android world, i didnt buy it a second time and waited patiently for trillian
So I just got the Mytouch 4G (rooted & left Stock) was a previous nexus one owner so I know all about the dev side of things but this is my first phone that allows web/video chat capabililties. Im a bit curious on what everyones thoughts and maybe some suggestions to utilize this feature. As of now im am unware of how Qik rele works and if there are any other major vchat apps out there worth looking into possibly even for the future. None of my friends rele have a vchat phone yet so im wondering how i can utilize that feature.
Thanks for the tips & suggestions!
i'm a big fan of the vid chat myself..i use yahoo messenger vid chat to chat with my gf who is on pc..
i think qik works best for mobile to mobile chat..both party needs to have the ap and a phone which supports vid chat..
be aware some roms do not support the front facing camera (yet). I am using iced glacier and have no problems..
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i'm a big fan of the vid chat myself..i use yahoo messenger vid chat to chat with my gf who is on pc..
i think qik works best for mobile to mobile chat..both party needs to have the ap and a phone which supports vid chat..
be aware some roms do not support the front facing camera (yet). I am using iced glacier and have no problems..
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Is facetime for iphone an iphone exclusive app or can we get that app to vid chat with iphone peoples?
Hey my fellow former N1 owner. I like to use tango it is free and works well.
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Don't know about a face time app but my wife has a iphone 4 and tango works for us.
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Hey my fellow former N1 owner. I like to use tango it is free and works well.
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I'll look into tango =D
FWIW, Skype bought Qik last week. Look for the Qik app to either take off with more features or be rolled into the Skype app.
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Pretty sure facetime is iphone exclusive..but tango is the way to go if u are doing vid chat with iphone
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i typically use Tango, but i'm looking into ooVoo. It seems to be the quickest but for some reason my wife'e phone doesn't like it very much. She is using HTC MySense, and i am using AOSP.
Well, evidence of video chat was found in latest Gtalk app (misc references, icons, etc) so I'm hoping we will see VC capabilites officially supported by Google in the near future.
Skype rolled out VC for iPhone recently, I can't imagine it would take them long to introduce a similar future to Android.
Those are the two apps I'm looking forward to as they seem to be pretty universal across all of the platform, any other ones are just a niche apps to be honest (except for yahoo, but it's not for me)
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FWIW, Skype bought Qik last week. Look for the Qik app to either take off with more features or be rolled into the Skype app.
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Yayy i hope they get a good skype app with vchat i knw most of my friends have that or oovoo lol
I love the front camera but i think us, MyTouch 4G Users, are a little ahead of the game cause no one really has android front facing camera phone. But after all the CES phones drop im positive we would all have someone to video chat
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So I just got the Mytouch 4G (rooted & left Stock) was a previous nexus one owner so I know all about the dev side of things but this is my first phone that allows web/video chat capabililties. Im a bit curious on what everyones thoughts and maybe some suggestions to utilize this feature. As of now im am unware of how Qik rele works and if there are any other major vchat apps out there worth looking into possibly even for the future. None of my friends rele have a vchat phone yet so im wondering how i can utilize that feature.
Thanks for the tips & suggestions!
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What the hell is "rele" supposed to mean? That's not a word.
The beta yahoo video chat is pretty awesome too. It has video and voice chat. Audio for both has a hollow digital tone to it but works well enough. The video comes through pretty clear.
Use case: mytouch 4g to nexus one. Voice chat works. Video chat works but video capture is done from the nexus' rear camera. I have to flip the phone around. Haha
I've tried Fring and had choppy results. I've also tried Tango with minimal success. What's the opinion of the board as to what the best video chat solution is? I have WiFi and 3G/4G available to me so take that into consideration in that bandwidth isn't a problem. Ideally I'd like to be able to chat with my buddy in Spain via my phone to him on his computer. Thanks in advance.
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I've tried Fring and had choppy results. I've also tried Tango with minimal success. What's the opinion of the board as to what the best video chat solution is? I have WiFi and 3G/4G available to me so take that into consideration in that bandwidth isn't a problem. Ideally I'd like to be able to chat with my buddy in Spain via my phone to him on his computer. Thanks in advance.
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2.2 and yahoo video worked flawless for me.
ooVoo works well for me. It has both desktop & phone apps, and is free. I'm on rooted stock DI18, but it should work on anything.
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ooVoo works well for me. It has both desktop & phone apps, and is free.
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I forgot to mention that free is the only option.
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I forgot to mention that free is the only option.
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Well use Yahoo messenger then, both desktop and mobile do video calling but only on froyo. Anyway from what i can figure Yahoo has the most bandwidth for it because it's been working great for me with low 3g
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Well use Yahoo messenger then, both desktop and mobile do video calling but only on froyo. Anyway from what i can figure Yahoo has the most bandwidth for it because it's been working great for me with low 3g
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Good looking out. I'll gve it a shot.
thyat was a good question cause ive tried tango, qik, and fring and they all suck. never tried yahoo messenger though
Got to second the ooVoo recommendation. Quality is great. I haven't tried an actual call with Yahoo, but did notice that the box showing your camera is sideways...
Facetime
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Facetime
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For the Samsung Epic...
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Facetime
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Way to be a douche
I wasn't being a douche I was just playing
Video callin isn't gonna be practical until its baked into the os. Even winmo 6.5 has a video call option! I hope 2.4 has it baked in...
My friends nokia that he bought from a european store downtown had a video calling feature in the call menu...and this was in '08 lol
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ooVoo works well for me. It has both desktop & phone apps, and is free. I'm on rooted stock DI18, but it should work on anything.
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Second for this one. It's a much smaller footprint and better, faster video than yahoo is. The FFC rotation works the way it should, too.
The biggest question for what video chat to use is what your friends and family are using. I've spent years trying to get my parents and siblings to figure skype out and am finally getting some progress. Trying to get them to switch to yahoo or some other jazz would be impossible.
Google talk really needs to come out with video support on desktop, browser and mobile. I think they would be comfortable with that.
Anyone know an app to use for video chat on cm7? I tried qik but it force closes constantly
Tango works for me
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Yahoo messenger. Lets you talk to PC's and phones.
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+1 for Tango. Works great for me. I use it to talk to my brother on his Iphone4 all the time.
Thanks for the heads up, I have never heard of Tengo
Web Browser Links for best Video Chatting apps
Tango: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sgiggle.production
ooVoo: (can do PC to Mobile vid chat) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.oovoo
Yahoo Messenger: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.im
Fring: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fring&feature=search_result
Qik works too. I think.
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Qik works too. I think.
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I've tried it on cm7 and it doesn't work
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I've tried it on cm7 and it doesn't work
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oh ok...
I used to use Fring, but since it requires additional setup, and drains the battery, gave up on it. Tango seems to be working pretty well though.
just want to know how well does skype work on our phones.
anyone here uses skype? any good feedback?
thanx
The app sucks especially since there's no video. Otherwise it works ok for chat and voice
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its ok, i dont think my friend has a phone able to use video chat...