Imo Instant Messenger for Android

Description

IM on Skype, Facebook, GTalk, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, Vk.com, Hyves

With imo instant messenger, it’s easy to stay in touch with friends on your existing IM accounts on Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, and Myspace, Vkontakte.ru, Hyves.

imo is free and doesn’t use your sms or minutes. You do need internet access, over wifi or a data plan (3G preferred but it should work on Edge as well).

Features:
– No need to create an account with imo
– Voice IMs turn your phone into a walkie-talkie
– Group chat
– Group chat photo sharing
– Multimedia attachments – audio, video, files
– Chat history search
– Concurrent sessions on different devices and the web at https://imo.im

*WIRED App Guide Editor’s Pick

*2011 Mashable Award for Most Useful Mobile App

*Named Best Instant Messaging Application for Android by Lifehacker

*Named one of the Best Android Apps by PCMag

Why we ask for permissions:

INTERNET: connect to imo servers
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: react to network changes so we can reconnect
VIBRATE: for notifications
RECORD_AUDIO: for voice IMs
MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS: to adjust speaker volume during calls
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: auto start on boot
INSTALL_SHORTCUT: create home screen shortcuts
WAKE_LOCK: very short term partial cpu lock to make sure messages are sent and received while phone is sleeping
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: for caching pictures