Free Simple, but archaic messaging system
If there is an internet service that sums up how the web used to be, it is ICQ. Not just a clever name, the instant messaging program was at the cutting-edge of the mid-90's internet boom and luckily remained unaffected when the web bubble burst, having been bought out by AOL for $407 million. Although it may feel like you are returning to some archaic, software of yore, ICQ on the Android platform is a decent enough IM client. Unfortunately it is one that is severely hindered by the amount of ads that seem to be constantly served up.
The app doesn't take up a lot of space and is easy enough to navigate through. As most people don't have an ICQ account anymore - unless you are in Russia where the service is still huge - a boon is that you can feed your Facebook contacts list into it and chat with people through the app.
You also get things like status updates and birthday notifications straight to your mobile.The problem is that there a considerable number of features missing.
Where's the ability to transfers file? What do we do when we want to cut and paste copy into the app?
If you can forgive these annoying niggles and have a penchant for mid-90's IM software, then ICQ could well be one to seek out.
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