Wendy and I have become big fans of Ping! for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
My Blackberry loving friends love their Blackberry Messenger which allows for free real time messenging between Blackberry devices. They love to taunt use Apple users with it.
Sadly the iPhone and iPod Touch has nothing like it… until now when I found Ping!, it’s a new app available for the iPhone and is the equivalent to the much-loved Blackberry Messenger. It is made by the creator who was behind PushGmail, Ping! is a fast and free SMS like service that notifies the user of incoming messages even when his or her iPhone is inactive and it’s all for free.
If you have a iPod Touch or a iPhone, you can try out the free app. There is a paid app which is only 99 cents. I upgraded Wendy and I without even thinking about it. I have lived through a lot of cutting edge services (GeoCities, Blogger, Twitter) going down and I expect there may be some bad days ahead for Ping! but you never know and I hope for the best. Until then, let’s enjoy the service, it looks like a fun and useful one.
If you feel like giving us a Ping!, you can find me at jordoncooper and Wendy at wendycooper (we aren’t exactly creative on the usernames).
