With 200 million users, it’s among the most popular messaging apps in the world. Tencent Holdings, a Chinese holding company that owns the wildly popular Tencent QQ (a free instant messaging service based in China) has a sizable piece of the mobile messaging market with WeChat. WeChat Image used with permission by copyright holder Nimbuzz is available on iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia, and even Java devices. The majority of its features are focused on calling services, including the ability to call landlines and cellphones for a minute-by-minute fee, similar to what Skype offers. Nimbuzz is also making a hard sell to compete directly with Skype. While it might sound peculiar to you, it’s ideal for users who would prefer to see each other but are on networks that restrict access to VoIP calling services. A unique service that Nimbuzz also provides is the ability to chat by texting with your friend through video, but without the audio. Users can call friends who have the app downloaded for free, or talk face-to-face with its free video calling feature. However, we have to admit when it comes to calling or chatting via video (features that Whatsapp doesn’t offer) Nimbuzz might offer a superior experience. Its interface is very reminiscent of Whatsapp. The company projects to have 400 million users by 2014. It currently has over 100 million users globally,17 percent of which reside in India and 6.5 percent in the United States. In fact the startup began in the Netherlands in 2006, but the company has since relocated its headquarters to India and replaced its key staff with Indian executives after it became hugely popular with consumers in the country. Nimbuzz isn’t a shoe-in for this list since it doesn’t get its beginnings in Asia. Nimbuzz Image used with permission by copyright holder The app is available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices. Today it has over 60 million users worldwide (approximately 29 million in Japan) and is projected to reach 100 million users by the end of 2012. In just eight months since its launch, the app has garnered 20 million users, and claims it reached that milestone faster than Facebook (it took 38 months). You can publish updates to a Timeline, and it even recommends its other standalone branded apps for taking photos, painting, sending greeting cards, or gaming. Where LINE differentiates itself from Kakao Talk is that it’s making a push to be a mobile social medial destination. The one caveat is that the app’s voice-to-voice feature can be buggy and unreliable as our calls were often dropped. Other features include group chatting and “stickers” that you can message to your friends. The app’s messaging service is extremely similar in design and user experience with Kakao Talk, but it’s easy to use and comes with similar bells and whistles - like voice-to-voice calling and in-app emoticons. There’s a stark similarity between LINE’s user interface and Kakao Talk, which makes sense given that LINE was launched by the Japanese subsidiary of Next Human Network. LINE Image used with permission by copyright holder Kakao Talk is available on iOS, Android, Bada, Blackberry and Windows Phone devices. The app reportedly hosts one billion inbound and outbound messages per day. The app is primarily popular in South Korea, with half of its 60 million users coming from that country. Sunbird looks like the iMessage for Android app you’ve been waiting for WhatsApp finally lets you edit sent messages. Nothing’s iMessage for Android app is unbelievably bad
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