INSTANT MESSAGING

Instant messaging has long been an effective way for people to keep in touch on their computers. IM, or chat, allows you to communicate in real time with one or more others. Initially, chat systems suffered from a limitation whereby users could chat with other users only on the same system. If you wanted to chat with one friend who used only AOL's chat and another who relied on the MSN system, you would have to download and install two separate chat programs, one for each system. Today, many applications exist to allow you to chat on multiple systems at once, thus removing this limitation.

Thanks to several free applications available on Android, you can now take your chatting with you wherever you go. However, your device also should have included the Google Talk application, which has the ability to connect to multiple accounts. To launch Talk, simply open your Application tray and select its icon.