Now if you use the full Facebook application on your iPhones or iPads, you would agree that it does feel rigid and chatting and sending messages leaves much to be desired for. Facebook messenger aims to provide a more fast and fluid option to connect with your friends. Just use your Facebook account data and log in the way you would normally log into your Facebook profile to start sending messages. Because it is linked with your Facebook profile, you would find all your previous messages and chat history to be archived in the application. Facebook said:

The app, available today for the iPhone and Android devices, provides one-click access to messages, which are delivered through notifications and texts, so your friends are more likely to get them right away. Messenger can access all friends, whether they’re on Facebook or in phone contacts, just by typing a name.

Popular group messaging App by the name of Beluga was acquired by Facebook some time back. The new messenger is heavily inspired by the best features of Beluga and the familiarity of messaging on Facebook. Although Beluga is still available to use, it would eventually be sidelined in the favor of this new Facebook application.

Facebook has kept the whole interface clean and simple, which basically shows their intention to allow the people to connect with their loved ones at a single tap of the screen, as opposed to the traditional way of logging in the long way around. One of the key features of the app is that it can also pull contacts from your phone’s phonebook and not just your friend’s lists. Users have the option to send photos and add location to their messages. Users can also send messages via SMS.

It is very likely that this functionality of the messenger app would be integrated it the official Facebook application sometime down the road, but for the time being it does have potential to give users a fast and easy way to send messages and connect with the world. I guess a showdown is imminent between BBM, iMessage and Facebook messenger. Let’s see who walks away crowned the champion!

For those of you who don’t know what WhatsApp is:

WhatsApp messenger is a cross platform smartphone messenger currently available for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones. The application utilizes push notifications to instantly get messages from friends, colleagues and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages at no cost. All features are included without the need for extra in-application purchases.

Before being made available for free, WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone was sold at a nominal price of $0.99. Regardless of the fact that WhatsApp for iPhone is available free for a very limited time, people have downloaded this messenger at large primarily because it allows seamless messaging across multiple platforms. Not only does WhatsApp let you send messages, it also allows you to exchange pictures, audio notes and voice messages between any platform. That being said, even the $0.99 price tag for WhatsApp Messenger was justified.

There’s no word as yet on when exactly this offer is going to end, but there’s still time now! Go and download WhatsApp Messenger on you iPhone if you haven’t already!

Download:

Download WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone Free [iTunes Link]

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New version of Yahoo Messenger with new features has been released for iPhone users. The important feature in this version 1.4 is that you can send and receive messages from Windows Live friends.

You can also add Windows Live Contacts right from the app and now there is no need of PC or desktop version of Yahoo Messenger to add contacts.

In the pre-release the support for four languages was added. Spanish, German, French and Italian users can enjoy the chatting in their native language.

Download Yahoo Messenger for iPhone:

To download the latest version of Yahoo messenger for iPhone, tap the App Store icon on iPhone and search for Yahoo Messenger. Alternatively you can also download this app through iTunes.