PingChat! - The Ultimate Cross-Platform Messenger
Description of App
PingChat! is the ultimate way to communicate with all of your friends, whether they use an iDevice, Android or BlackBerry. PingChat! provides free, unlimited, cross-platform, smartphone-to-smartphone messaging, with real-time conversations, group chat, media sharing, and much more. Simply create a Ping! ID, share your ID with all your friends, and start Pinging!
CROSS-PLATFORM
PingChat! works with Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. That means regardless of what smartphone your friends have you will be able to connect with ALL of your friends!
REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONS WITH MESSAGE RECEIPTS
PingChat! gives you THE BEST SPEED AND RELIABILITY. Messages are delivered as soon as you tap the send button. Unlike regular text messaging, you don't have to wonder if your messages have been delivered. PingChat! shows you when your message has been successfully sent and when your recipient has read the message, so you always stay connected in your conversation.
FREE AND GLOBAL
You won't need to pay your carrier for text messaging. Wi-Fi or your current data plan is all it takes to send messages. Some apps offer free texting, but are exclusive to the U.S, or support few other carriers. PingChat! is always free, even when messaging overseas and works in ANY COUNTRY in the world.
ALWAYS ONLINE
Unlike instant messengers, PingChat! is built for your smartphone. This means that you are always online and reachable. Likewise, your friends are always reachable and you don't have to wonder who you can contact and who you can't. All PingChat! messages are stored offline until received so if your phone is off or you lose your data connection, your message will be delivered to you as soon as you are reachable.
GROUP CHAT
Socialize with a group of friends. PingChat! provides seamless quick group conversations, so there's no need to go back and forth between countless conversations to communicate with your entire friend circle. Send media messages directly in the group chat, too!
MEDIA SHARING
Send photos, videos, voice notes, contacts and map locations seamlessly directly in your conversations.
SOCIAL PROFILES
Share your social profile with your confirmed contacts, including your profile, display name and status message. We take your privacy seriously, so your social profile will only be shared with contacts that are confirmed by both you and your contact.
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Free or Paid
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Accessibility Comments
AppleVis Editor Note: this app was submitted before Usability Ratings were introduced, so one has been chosen on the basis of the accessibility comments made by the original poster. If you have used this app, please post a comment to let us know if you agree with the Rating.
Original Comments: So far this app looks accessible! I have to look in to this app more thoroughly
Comments
#1 some inaccessible parts
Hi, I use pingchat. Some inaccessible things that I have notticed:
- in the conversation, they put some ads. this ads change sometimes, which makes voiceover loose track of its cursor. Also, the box where you have to put the text to send to a contact, it is not activated with double-tap. The way that I have found to solve this is press the send button, and it says that the message is empty. So the virtual keyboard appears and I am abble to type the message. If you add an audio to the message or wants to listen the audio, the button which performes this actions is located in the left down side, its label is a bit strange too. I hope this tips help.