Pinger Phone Aims to Make Instant Messaging Easier for Smartphone Users

Pinger Phone is a new, free application that provides an easier way to get in contact with people in a smartphone's address book, as well as with friends on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.

People can see IM presence in their contacts or their social network feeds and then decide whether to call, text, instant message, email, or even send a Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter message, all from a single menu. This application also supports AIM, Yahoo! IM, MSN IM, and Google Talk

"If people under 25 designed mobile phones, they’d put IM and social network messaging alongside dialing, texting and email,” said Greg Woock, Pinger CEO. "With more than 30 billion messages sent on IM and social networks every day, it's probably about time someone deeply integrated them into the basic mobile phone experience."

Pinger Phone is a free application and available now for the iPhone and iPod touch on Apple's App Store.

Versions for BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and Symbian S60 are planned in the future.