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Pidgin + Portable (All-round Messenger)

Today I wanna tell you guys about the best, free and most powerful messenger on earth!

What is Pidgin?

Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once. - Thats what Pidgin.im says :)

Pidgin can work with AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr! Uhhh that’s a list :)

Why using Pidgin instead of any other IM?

First of all, it is updated on a regularly basis. Recently Pidgin 2.2.0 has been released with many improvements from their Google Summer of Code students and a pile of bug fixes! Check their ChangeLog!

On of the biggest changes is that Pidgin now supports MySpaceIM !
It supports all important Messaging protocols. Furthermore it is free software and can be downloaded here!

Myself I’m using Pidgin Portable from Portableapps.com as I’m travelling a lot and I don’t want to install it on any local computer. Best way, get yourself a USB Stick or simply use it on your iPod, works great!

My favorite feature is the ability to chat with friends on MSN Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.