Kik Messenger Review

After watching a recent episode of the Linux Action Show, I learned about Kik Messenger from their weekly Android App pick.

This app is not only for android though. It is also available for IOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry and the OVI Store.

Now, what is so special about Kik Messenger? What sets it apart from the rest of the messaging applications? Does it revolutionize the way we message each other? And most importantly, does it cook bacon?

Well, if you are used to using Google Voice and you do not like how you cannot send picture messages, this will alleviate that. I think that what separates it the most from its main competitor of Google Voice. Also, for the little stalker in all of us, this application will tell you not only that the message was sent to the recipient, it will tell you if the recipient read the message as well. That I think is a nifty little feature. I bet we all have been thinking, “I sent that message over an hour ago, did they not get it”. With that feature you can tell if they have not read it, or if they are probably ignoring/forgot about you.

Another feature I really like is the group messaging. Just add the person to the conversation and that person will now send and receive messages in the same conversation. Be it two people, or five people. Kind of like a conference call, but instead of talking to each other, you are messaging to each other.

There is a big thing that I like about Google Voice over this application. Well, two features actually. The main feature, is texting people’s phone number in the Kik Messenger interface. Right now, you can only message people who also have Kik Messenger on their device. The other feature I like about Google Voice over Kik, is the web interface. With Google Voice you can send and receive messages through the Google Voice website.

Now, the most important question of all. Does it cook bacon? Unfortunately, this feature has not been added yet. But unlike Google Voice, you can send all the pictures of the awesomeness of bacon you like.

Pros

• Free of charge
• No need for text messaging, since it works off of data
• Group messaging
• Lets you know if the recipient had read the message
• Sending picture messaging.

Cons

• Cannot text “normal” phone numbers
• Have to be signed up and message other members of the service
• No web interface [like Google Voice and MightyText
• Cannot cook bacon

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