14 DAY TRIAL // SEVEN Networks, the company that offered Android users the Hotmail application, developed in collaboration with Microsoft, has just announced the availability of another app for Android devices, Ping.
The second version of Ping for Android adds access to more social messaging features, including Facebook and Twitter.
Touted “the ultimate push-based social messaging app” for Android devices, Ping allows users to stay connected to their family, friends and colleagues while on the go.
More importantly, Ping packs all popular social messaging accounts, along with email, IM, SMS and other messaging apps in a single app.
With Ping users will have chat, email and social media messaging in one app, and they will be able to organize conversations from all services by person.
The application introduces an innovative user interface that looks like a carousel and allows the user to view his/her contacts in a simple view.
The folks at SEVEN Networks made it possible to organize all messages from a contact automatically, regardless of which service the contact is using.
Obviously, contacts can be filtered by multiple options, but by default they will be ordered by the latest contact that the user had with that person.
Given the fact that Ping was built using a push platform, it offers extended device battery life and real time message delivery.
Aside from Facebook and Twitter, the application also supports SEVEN’s chat, email, IM apps as well as SMS messages and voice calls.
Ping is now available as a free download in the Android Market and is fully compatible with all devices running Android 2.1 and up (no ICS support).
“People today are busy enough keeping track of their various mobile devices. Add to that the task of managing all of the different messaging apps and mobile communication becomes a bit overwhelming. Ping simplifies communication and messaging, allowing users to focus on the contacts and communications that matter the most to them,” said Ross Bott, president and CEO of SEVEN.