Palringo available for Android handsets

Palringo, a mobile instant messaging application, can now be used on handsets running Google’s Android operating system, allowing users to chat to their friends on messaging services and social networks such as Google Talk, MSN, Facebook, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, iChat, and QQ.

As well as chatting with individuals, the application allows users to chat with several friends through the Group capability.

With the Palringo application, Android owners can now send photo messages to contacts in just two clicks.

They can also share their location with friends, and view their contact list to see the proximity of their buddies, or simply view a map showing the whereabouts of contacts who have chosen to share their location.

Martin Rosinski, Palringo’s CTO, said: “Android is a 21st century platform and it deserves a 21st century messaging application that’s not confined just to text messaging. Palringo is that application.”

“If you’re on a bus or in a library, then by all means stick with typing. But if you want them to see something, then it’s one click to take the picture and one to send it – and they’re receiving the photo already.”