ICQ

HEHE.This app is not that great! Android will keep this app hang for minutes. I used to use this app long back and no more Interest.

Beginning it was good, Quick delivery of message and lot many features as other social apps do but I found Hike is much better than this.

Anyway others can try this and compare the difference between this app and others as well as.

Not that happy, need much features and promotion. Much people wont use so there is no use of downloading. Because memory waste if our besties doesn't like it then.

Improve!Goodluck

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ICQ, AOL, MSN, YAHOO (the big 4) are some of the bigger names in P2P chat. What do they have in common, they all work with IMICI without all the clutter, advertisments and long load up times. Yep, this is an ''all in one program'' that does not include the bells and whistles like the big four have, but let you chat instantly and know if friends are online. You can't (last I checked anyway) transfer files like ICQ, but you can chat with your buddies and that is all I care about. It does not have the random people chat feature like ICQ (IMO it is just a weirdo finder anyway). My wife and her sister use it to chat on AOL, I can tell if my brother is on ICQ and if my buddys are on MSN all at the same time, and do it without killing my internet connection with downloading advertisments and huge annoying startup splashscreens. No spam messages seem to go through this program also for some reason. No unwanted random rated XXX messages ever. No ten thousand different settings to tweek, it is very simple and uncomplicated.

There is no fancy text options (smiley faces), there is nothing but the bare essentials of chat. If you want fancy, stick with the big boys and put up with their in your face advertisments.

Now for some catches, you still have to download and set up an account for each of the big four if you want to use them, you can not set up accounts on IMICI, but once you have set up those accounts, you don't have to open them again unless you want to. Just use IMICI and cut out the clutter and wasted bandwidth/CPU for your computer. Great for dialup internet connections like mine.

Gee, now you don't have to decide which one to open to see if your friends are online, just open IMICI and you cover all bases at once.

Do a search for ''IMICI'' on https://google.com and you will find it.

Did I mention it was Free (it least is was when I downloaded it a year ago). I use version 2.1.2-1 (look for it on google if they want to charge you money now, the older version is free and I don't know about the newer versions).

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ICQ is the first Instant messenger. ICQ thoug is a very good IM has its own prs and cons. I use ICQ MSN and Yahoo and have found limitations in each and every IM. Now wsince the Topic is about ICQ , We use ICQ for our official chatting purpose.

Pros.

(1) A very good archiving system. You need not be worried about saving the message since it is automatically archived.

(2) You have two option to chat , one is by sending message and the other one is by chatting. in which the other person can instantly see what the guy on the opposaite end is chatting

(3) A very user friendly way to see the personal details of the other chatter.

(4) Enables me to send SMS to mobile devices

(5) let me check my PoP 3 mail without much hassle

(6)A very good answering machine

(7) let me leave offline message

(8) Enables you to send same mesage to a group at a time and as a Email and Chat .

(9) A very good PIM system

Cons

(1) The ICQ Number which you have to remember

(2) User name and message being stored in the local PC makes it very non user freindly when you are travelling

(3) the peneteration of ICQ is very less. very few cyber cafes you will find ICQ installed

(4) Some time give wrong messgae of user being online even when he is offline

(5) Time required to connect

(6) Lots of advertisements (mostly prono advts)

(7) No emoticons support

(8) size of the application

Over all ICQ is a decent chat messnger, but need few modifications

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ICQ, short for 'I Seek You', is the father of all chats and messengers. Yahoo, Netscape/AOL, MSN came late into the picture. ICQ was first called Mirabilis and it was renamed as ICQ after it was bought by AOL. One speciality of ICQ is that your ID is not a name, but a number!

ICQ provides a lot of functionality other than chat. You will find things like Reminder, Notes, To-do, Email, PC-to-Phone in this tiny app. This has made the interface very huge in terms of the number of buttons and menus. One of the good points about ICQ is that can be used from behind corporate firewalls and proxies which are common in most institutions. Also I feel that ICQ chat is faster than Yahoo and AOL.

ICQ 2000 gives you SMS also. When you signup for ICQ, you get an SMS number. SMS messages send to this number are delivered in your ICQ window. You can reply to him right from ICQ. Message delivery is reliable and very fast. To be candid, I use ICQ more often to send SMS than to chat :) It uses the MTNSMS backbone for SMS, but unlike mtnsms.com there are no ads and also you get a desktop application with delivery notification.

Bejoy

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If you like MSN Messenger, Yahoo IM, or AIM or Trillian or something like ODIGO, you would know ICQ. ICQ is simply nice to use. There have been many changed on ICQ and I have to admit the changes might be nice or bad - depending who uses it. I use many programs to chat with - you name it, I might have used it in my short time being online. :) But I have to admit - ICQ is the best. Why? Because I can send messages offline to other users as well online users. That's the good thing about ICQ. You can even send messages through the email or (drum roll...) SMS. That's so cool :):) I haven't tested those yet :) so I won't know if it works :) There are many good things about ICQ :) All you have to do it look it up :)

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I think that since ICQ come out, I have been using ICQ all the time , ICQ lets you chat in one's own one's own little world, Software that it is used that it is very interesting . when you use it, people who you can know with you with it chat or leave news for them, It is very easy to use and set up . No, the vision is a tiny flower which turns green. When you join Internet, you can start ICQ at once , and it forms in succession, If have you news, hear pieces of'' oh, oh'' voice of you( it is certainly, You can make coherent to like and choose and let people turn off voice that piece in the past) You can choose different clever and interesting movement information to use wanton time chatting with somebody from a lot . You can change your background and your size of space of text and color too. You can invite other people to enter your chat , so you can let one group chat . It is suitable for that you can send the small card and fast easy special occasion can. You can make the communication of the telephone use your tool back and forth too. Certainly have a small problem . Because when it links , it is right to lose some information sometimes, my news will not be put through or put through slowly sometimes. Some that I already knew must already download it or got one new ICQ figure several times again too, Because its base will not allow their link . I do not have that question. If you have you like a lot of net explorer or family that talk to leave for them news then I give a recommendation you to taste ICQ or rapidly.

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I have been using ICQ since around 1995 so I have used a lot of different versions of this program (and until recently I wouldn't have been connected and not had it on). This program is great to be able to talk to new people and friends from school or work. However, there is one problem with it right now.

<B>Ads</B>

Ads are everywhere in the program now. I refused to use 2000a or 2000b because of all the ads but recently all my messages were not getting to people I was sending them to so I had to upgrade to 2001b (which came out this week). The problem is that at the bottom of every message you send or receive there is an ad and there is no way to remove this ad.

<B>Instant Messages</B>

Like AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger you are able to talk to your friends instantly. You can also meet new people by using different look-ups and putting yourself on Free To Chat will allow others with similar interests to find you and start a conversation. I have meet a lot of new people with this program.

<B>Other Features</B>

There are so many features that naming them all in less than 8000 characters is a little hard but I'll try to do this:

<I>File Sharing

Spell Checker

Access to your contact list from any computer

Send messages to ICQ, Cell Phone or e-mail

Auto Firewall (so you can use it at work also)

ICQ Chat

Send E-mail

Instant Messages (of course)

ICQ Phone

Greeting Cards

Games

Voice Messages

7 addresses for friends to use to get in touch with you</I>

If you want to read about more features you can go to https://icq.com/icqtour/advanced/ for more information.

<B>Adding Friends</B>

This is such an important feature and ICQ makes this very simple, you can search for your friends by e-mail address, nickname, first name or last name and ICQ number. If they don't come up you can also send them an invitation to get ICQ also.

<B>Download and Installation</B>

The download can take about 20 minutes depending on your connection but after it's downloaded you will be talking to friends and meeting new people within about 5 minutes. They make the installation very simple and if you ever need help there FAQ and help sections are very informative.

They also have more features that you can download to use with ICQ if you want to do that, although I have not done that yet because I feel everything that I need is already included with the program. For a list of these you can go to https://icq.com/icqtour/advanced/services.html

<B>Conclusion</B>

If you want to talk to friends instantly and be able to share files with them this is a great program for you to use. Very simple to use and clean interface.

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Let me begin by saying that this is my first review at mouthshut.com and I am glad to be there and I already recognize some names from the Internet world which is great, ... I already feel welcome!

ICQ has been around for a half decade now and has created a plague throughout the internet world. It might be the dominating chat program on the net yet I dont have those numbers to display as of yet. Similar programs that compare to ICQ are Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger etc.

All of these programs carry most of the same features but the one that is present across the table is the ability to send instant messages.

ICQ is available for download at icq.com and can be an interesting asset and feature for your computer. The file is an easy download - not a huge file - and is easy to install into your computer. Setup takes only around 5 minutes. Some other features that you will find on icq are file transfering (great for sending pictures, music files, text files, games, movies, anything that you want).

The ability to voice chat to your friends and family is awesome. You can send a voice message to someone in Australia and have a conversation with them. The only downside to this is if one person has a less than 56K connection than this will be quite tedious and picking up a telephone would be most imminent.

Unlike some programs such as MSN Messenger, ICQ keeps a log of all of your instant messages with someone and therefore you can always refer back to something if you need to know it. For example if they gave you their pager number and accidentally you pull the plug on your computer and are forced to reboot, you can easily check the message history for the message.

Have a cellphone? Set up your cellphone to receive instant messages! This is a feature that will become popular as soon as they can easily explain to their users how to use it, as well as tell their users (advertise it somehow) that there is such a feature.

You can find different ICQ members around the world with one of the features. Looking for a 16 year old female from Afghanistan ..... type it into the quick and easy search and it will list you all the available matches.

Group chats?! You bet, just start a chat with someone and then start inviting, inviting, inviting!! Choose from IRC style chat or even Real Time chat! Real time chat is much cooler because you can see someone type ''hahahahah'' character for character.

ICQ also has an address book that allows you to set up reminders, make notes of things to do, and even store names and addresses of different people.

Overall Thoughts

I have tried each of the programs and I must say that ICQ is definitely my favorite and most recommended. I have never had a problem with ICQ and constantly go to their website every few months seeking upgrades for it. If you are looking for an instant message program then ICQ should and WILL BE (cause I said so :)) your primary choice. ICQ gets my thumbs up!

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ICQ is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who's on-line at any time and allows you to contact them. With ICQ, you can chat, send messages, files and URL's, play games, or just hang out with your friends while still surfing the Net. All these functions are combined into one easy-to-use program that moves smoothly on desktop systems. When I had installed 3 years ago, I found it difficult to use. I was always getting hit on and keeping junkie ims messages. I was really confused when it came time to use it. I am sure it probably has changed these days but I might try it later. I heard that gotten a lot better. I have heard that is a good messenger to use. If you want to try it out, do it for 30 days then after that you can either delete it or keep it. Thanks for reading. :-)

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ICQ is great for those instant moments you are bored online and want to see who's on. I use them to chat with my family and friends. My mother who isn't all that smart about computers can work it so that must mean its pretty simple to download and install and set up. I use it for most of chat preferences. It allows you to send SMS messages to your cell phone or pager. It allows you to send greetings cards. It allows to chat in real time and talk in real time.

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Before I actually begin, I would like to say that ICQ has so many options and features that you can be practically lost in the site. Of course ICQ’s ample menus come to your rescue? Do they really rescue you? I am not sure if they do so at all times. It really needs a lot of practice to maneuver through the site. But it sure is interesting.

What is ICQ? Yes that’s a good question. In simple terms, it means “I SEEK YOU”. It is a cool Internet service that enables you to know who's on-line at the moment, of course if they haven’t kept themselves in an invisible mode. If online, you can contact them. You logon and voila you see your friend online and you start communicating right away. Of course there are many other messenger services that provide this facility.

With ICQ, you can chat, send messages, files and URL's, play games, or be in a meeting with your online friends while still surfing the Net. Options available are chat, voice, message board, data conferencing, file transfer or Internet games. It is all in real time. ICQ supports Microsoft NetMeeting and Netscape CoolTalk. ICQ can also be used in a multiple-user mode and you can conduct conferences. Now, isn’t that cool!!! ICQ runs in the background, taking up minimal memory and Net resources, but it can get pretty slow at times. If you are online on ICQ and you are working with other applications, ICQ lets you when your friends log in, so you can communicate if need be while working.

ICQ is free and you have to download it to install it. You have to register your self. When you do so, you receive a unique ICQ number. You can enter your personal information along with your ICQ#. This will enable other ICQ users to recognize you when you log on. You must also compile your list of friends. ICQ will use this list to find your friends for you. There is an option where, as soon as you log onto the Internet, ICQ automatically detects the Internet connection, lets your friends know you are online and informs you when friends log on or off.

You can get a guided tour on the site to learn about ICQ Basics. There is also a Technical Support Center and F.A.Q section. It has a Guide of Services, where you can learn about Client-to-Client communication, User-Created Public Chat Rooms, User Created Interest Lists, ICQ Message Boards, Online Global Directory, Technical Forums, WebMaster's Zone, World-Wide-Pager, EmailExpress, The ICQ Communication Panel, Launching Voice Video and Data Applications, Launching Games, E-Mail Enhancements in ICQ. Now isn’t all that pretty interesting. You ought to really check all this out to know ICQ better. If I write about all these features, I’ll end up writing a book. I am not kidding!!!

ICQ has sections like Find An Old Friend and Make a New One. I haven’t tried to find an old friend but surely made plenty of new friends. You can find your relatives too! Really? I don’t know. But a lot of people seem to have found around the world.

It is unbelievable, when somebody says, “We're married thanks to ICQ!” But it is happening, more couples are added every day to the ICQ Wedding Album!

The Friendship and Feelings section has options like

• Express your Feelings

• ICQ Friendship Pages

• Greetings Gallery

• Birthday Center

• Say ''I Love You'' with Style

• Love is in the Air

• Laugh With Friends

• Virtual Gestures, Feelings, Emotions And Moods

• The LOVE Connection - Get Romantic with the ICQ People Rings.

It has Search options like ICQ Search, ICQ Whitepages, People Search, AtoZ Topic Index, Web Directories, User Created Search Engines, E-mail Search, Homepages Search &

Online ICQ ActiveList Search. Each option has another list of endless options and it goes on.

Well ICQ is not just a chat service. It is much more than that.

ICQ has come out with a book called MASTERING ICQ. ICQ lovers can surely use it to enhance their knowledge. But the site itself provides you with tours and helps to learn about ICQ.

Hey!! I can’t write any more. You should check this site and see it’s amazing features.

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I've been on ICQ since 1998 when I finally got the Internet at home. And I must admit that I have mixed feelings about this product I use so often.

ICQ is basically a glorified chat program where users login to chat with other users. Apparently the makers of ICQ have also worked hard to create this into a community, where I can seek out and find other users with similar interests (thus the name, ''ICQ'' or ''I seek you.'').

But to the first time user, they may easily become confused by its setup, and have difficulties looking for menus and options that they can use to use ICQ. It's not set up like a traditional GUI window, with menubar, followed by various kinds of toolbars, followed by the main body which in this case, like all contact management programs (like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and AOL Pager). Instead, when you first load it, you have menus on the side, on the bottom and on the top, all of which are represented by different graphics. It can be a bit overwhelming seeing all this stuff, and in fact since I hardly use any of the programs I did find in the preferences options for hiding these menus.

When you do click on the menus that are on the bottom, the windows they open are large with many tabs of possible options for you to use. I use probably about 5% of all the options available to me, mainly, the chat feature, the instant messaging feature, and the ability to put myself into invisible mode when I'm online. I also like the part in invisible mode that I can select different users and allow them to see me online even if I'm invisible (invisible means that if you appear to be offline to other people who have saved you on their contact list - they can only see you if you select them to see you). Don't ask how to make them see you, you have to click on a number of things to get to the spot where you can do it.

And considering I only use 5% of the options available, for all the stuff I don't use, ICQ sure does suck up a lot of system resources. I have an Antec motherboard and AMD 400Mhz processor (recently upgraded to an ASUS motherboard, with P3 800Mhz and 512MB RAM). I also use two great programs called MemTurbo (that defragments my RAM -thereby freeing it up for use by other programs), as well as NetTurbo (which helps speed up my Internet Connection Speeds) hooked up to my computer, and inspite of this the resources do drop quiet a bit. Too much, in my opinion for a program of it's nature. It won't crash your system as it's not a totally incredible amount, but it is at least twice as much as other instant messaging programs like Yahoo! or MSN Messenger. ICQ also takes a long time to start up when you first click on it in Windows.

Apparently ICQ also has a huge online website, with specific communities and reference groups people can join up to meet other people with similar interests, whether the interest is in trading cards, watching sports, painting pictures to seeing movies, if you like it, you'll probably find a club online at ICQ that deals with it.

So all in all, ICQ isn't a bad program. But somebody should write a book - ''ICQ for Dummies'' because the program can be very confusing and complex at times. My biggest wish for future versions of this program is just for someone to go and sit down from the start and redesign it so that it's easier to use. To be honest, the only reason I got it was because everyone else I knew had it too. But since then, I've met some great new people, that I wouldn't have met without the program.

And as a chat and instant messaging program, it can be so good, it's great. But as for everything else it tries to be, I think it's too complex and could be redesigned with simplicity of use in mind. So for now, that aspect remains so bad.

Grade: B

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ICQ is a program that I have been using for many years. It started off as a instant messaging program and still is today, but now with loads of features. You can do practically anything, send SMS to people, chat, message, send files, use loads of plugins, etc. I use it to talk to my friends whilst I am online. Basically you have a list of people who you talk to, your ''contact list'', and on here you can see if the person is online (in various different forms, eg. occupied, free to chat, out to lunch, etc..) or offline. Then you can send them messages or a load of other things. Messages are almost always delivered immediately which is great when talking to someone.

The best part about it is that it is free, although in the latest versions there are now adverts that are displayed are you are sending messages (although not popping up, just part of the message sending window). The only problem with this program that I would say is that it has become quite complex. Now that it has so many features you can get a big bewildered by all of the options on the menus, and it can take some time to find the feature that you want. Connectivity is excellent though, it hasn't been unavailable for the last 3 months I have been constantly using it.

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I can only recommend this product because it is the defacto in online communications! I can not recommnd you use 2000b! With the release of ICQ 99a (shorly after AOL bought ICQ Inc.), ICQ slowly started to become overcrowed with useless features you could not custumize (or take out), yet classic features like the ''history archive'' are removed from the standard install, and are now required as plug-in's! Meanwhile, features like SMS messaging services, and ''ad-banners'' come with every install, and not all people will use these (honestly, CNET should hold a poll about weather or not people click ICQ add banners)! Instead, ICQ hogs more memory then it ever has! Most of my friends aggree that ICQ is becoming an unoptimized and ''bloated'' program! What ICQ Inc. needs to do is move to an almost ''total'' plug-in style format with their next release of ICQ! That way you can install only the things you want, and none of the things you don't want (If I wanted the option to make ICQ work like AOL IM, I would use AOL IM,not ICQ!)! Less RAM is used on some of the ''older and less capable machines'' that many of ICQ's users are still using today. I know people that still, to this day, install ICQ 98 on there Win2k machines (even with 256MB's of RAM+) simply because it is more reliable and effient then any release of ICQ after it! ICQ also lacks true multiplatform support, a big bummer for Linux users. :( ICQ is wanted on this and other platforms (which can be seen in the many attemps at a 'gerneric' ICQ for these platforms)! ICQ Inc. needs to make a new release of ICQ that cleans up its 99 and 2000 mistakes, or a new competitor will come and steal the market away from them!

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I have joined ICQ for over a year now, and there is rarely one day which I don't log on, even just to say hi to all my friends on there. It is just the best communication channel available now, for meeting old friends, finding new ones, just finding someone who may share your interests, or meeting someone from the other side of the world, or even just to find something to waste your time on when you're bored.

Included in it's many functions is messaging service, SMS, e-mail, files transfer, chat, and searching of over 10 million people all over the world whom most are very willing to chat to you of exactly anything you want. There's no charge, no disclosure requirement, nothing, your privacy is wholly secure, but one word of warning. Chatting here is a highly addictive activity, so beware of being hooked! Hope to see you there soon!

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ICQ 2000b is alot better than ICQ 2000a or any other versions. It is packed with features including E-mail, answering machine and even a phone. The only thing is that the phone isn't FREE and you have to set up an account and pay for it which it stupid. Another feature is the ability to send SMS messages to mobile phone which doesn't work. Too bad otherwise ICQ 2000b would have been excellent. It is easy to get the hang of but gets cluttered with stupid adverts now and again which you have the ability to take off. Sometimes you can't log on and it says to reconnect your ISP connection which is soo annoying. Overall it's better than MSN messager and Yahoo Messenger by far with ICQ 2000b having heaps more features. This is an EXCELLENT Program and recommend it to anyone who likes to have a chat

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I love the ICQ program. It let's you chat in real time, let's you know when your friends, family or co-workers are online.

With ICQ, you can chat, send messages, files and URL's, and even play games.

You can send people messages even when they are off line and when they log on they get the message. I think its alot faster sometimes then email.

The sounds sometimes are annoying but you can always change them or turn them off.

Like most chat programs everyone usually sees you when you are online or offline, well when you want to be there but don't want everyone to see you there are several functions you can use so you can see whos online but they cant see you.

Unless you send them a message and then they see your online. I really like the invisible function.

If people bug you then you can add them to your ignore list or add them to always invisible list.

If you have the time you can go to https://icq.com or https://cnet.com and dowload it or even read about it to see if this is something you might want to try.

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I have been on the Internet for about 7 years and the very first chat program I ever used was ICQ. It is a free download from https://icq.com or from https://tucows.com (under Chat messengers)

You can fill in as little or as much information about yourself as you want so when other people are searching for some one new to talk to they can go through your information.

You can instant message with just one person or several at a time or you can go into a chat box and have a regular long chat with one or more than one.

They have a random listing you can list yourself on so that new people may contact you of similar interests.

You can send voice messages back and forth which is really nice to actually hear the person talk.

You can also send a greeting card right from the site to the person you are talking to while talking to them.

You can set it up to receive your e-mail through ICQ also.

There are so many features you should check it out. It is a great way to meet people from all walks of life and all over the world and it is free so why not check it out today?

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This application hit the scene and became a success overnight. The reason for its success is its versatility and the ability to impart new features. I will list them as I go on.

First and foremost the only one person types thing. In other messenger services many times it happens that two people type at the same time and both of you receive remarks. Then you both respond to each other’s remarks and soon there is a criss-cross conversation where you find yourself replying to your partner’s pen ultimate remarks. He talking of how he enjoyed his trip to Aruba and you telling him about the potholes in Mumbai. To avoid this ICQ was the first to introduce this technique wherein you are not allowed to send your message if the other person is still typing. This restores order.

Using ICQ you can do research, it uses the Lycos search Engine. You could take part in a conference chat. Seek people from the same interest group as you are. If you give your second language as Hindi then you could find innumerable Indians from all parts of the globe. It also has a PC to Phone service with the newest edition. It is available for free at https://icq.com .

It is much more stable than Yahoo. Yahoo has a chronic habit of shunting you out when in the midst of an interesting chat. Don’t know about you guys but I get awfully pissed off. It is definitely faster than Yahoo.

And now let’s do what we all do best ; find faults.There is so much versatility that you begin to wonder do I need this all in a chat service/messenger. But I guess there is something iin it for every one.

Another thing is the search for chat facility. It is decidedly the worst. Only one person is displayed at a time. In yahoo you have a multitude of people available.

But ICQ is very popular and in spite of these trivial shortcomings it is the most popular messenger service. If you want options then go for ICQ. There are all types of people hooked onto it. I’ve got 3 words for you: Go Get It. this is a must have.

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ICQ 2000b is the latest release of ICQ (''I seek you''), the popular instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. To seek out a friend on the ICQ network, simply enter his or her ICQ number, name, nickname, or e-mail address. Once your contact list is set up, you'll be notified when your friends are online so that you can chat; send instant messages, files, and URLs; play games; or just hang out.

Other ICQ 2000b features include ICQphone, a new feature that incorporates IP telephony functions into the ICQ program. Users can initiate and participate in PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calls. In addition, users can now also utilize SMS technology, send wireless-pager messages, view up-to-date information on ICQ channels, integrate ICQ with Outlook, and much more.

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