Staying connected with friends and family is absolutely imperative today. After a grueling day at the office, when you get back home it’s really relaxing to have a chat with someone who is close to your heart but unfortunately distance is a barrier between the two of you. Making calls is not always gratifying, not to mention the heartache you suffer from when the phone bill arrives at the end of the month.
There has to be a cheaper alternative to phone calls and at the same time, you should be satisfied with its performance. Well, here is where apps come into the picture. In case you own an iPhone then you would be aware of the various uses (besides making phone calls) of the handset. What you may not know is that you can use the phone to make free calls and messages to close ones. Here is a list of the various apps for iPhone that help you to stay connected with friends and family without spending anything at all.
In case you are one of those people who cannot stay without checking their Facbook profiles every quarter of an hour and need to stay connected with their Facebook friends at all times then you will be pleased to know that Facebook Messenger is an app that lets you send messages directly to your Facebook friends’ mobiles, in case they have registered their numbers with Facebook. In case they haven’t, the message gets posted on their wall. That’s not all; the app also displays your Facebook chat history on its interface. Other noteworthy features of the app are group messaging, photo inclusion and mobile notifications even though the app is not on.
As the name suggests the app supports video calling and you can use it by registering yourself for free and start making free video calls to your friends and relatives. The app adjusts video quality using the DVQ technology giving you a cherishable calling experience. The app supports group video calls and you can talk to four friends simultaneously.
Nimbuzz: Free Calls and Messaging
Another free yet invaluable app, that gives free calling and messaging for the iPhone. This app has collaborated with Yahoo!, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace etc and provides a common platform to chat with friends on various accounts, so you don’t need to download the individual messengers of all these sites. Using the app, you can also send free SMS to other Nimbuzz users. Besides this, if you are on Wi-Fi or 3G you can use the app to make free video calls.
You can send free SMS from your iPhone with the help of Textoo Pro. The app is available for a paltry sum of $0.99. It was a free app initially, but now is available for a price and you can use it to send not just local messages, but also internationally to many countries including the USA, theUK,Germany, the UAE, Singapore etc. The app supports texts up to 470 characters when sent within India.
This is the surprise app that is a great option in case you are the adventurous type. The app enables the users to chat with complete strangers and the best part is that you don’t need to sign in. To start a conversation all you need to do is, click on “Start a conversation” button and you can commence your chat with a stranger. The person who you are chatting with is just another user of the Omegle app on the iPhone.
