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ICQ

ICQ, the abbreviation for I seek you, involves basic but highly preferred means of online communication. Ever since 1996, when the Internet’s first instant messaging service, ICQ has been unrivalled as CNET’s most in demand download ever, earned it the label of the world’s most rapidly growing community.

Registered users are now in excess of 150 million and ICQ has become synonymous with messaging on any platform and easily the most fun option for finding, meeting and connecting with others.

Packing all the major options of the full version ICQ is ICQ Lite. It enables messaging, file exchange, SMS, voice chat and meetings, apart from offering multilingual support, save option for chat history and a typing notification each time any contact is typing a message to you.

All the usual options are available including chat, SMS and file transfer, as well as Xtraz which enables sending personalized greeting cards, using custom icons for buddies, playing online games and customizing shortcuts panel with a single click access to the most frequently used services.

With the ICQ Xtraz platform, ICQ users are offered a host of just-created brand new features without having to download as new client. Xtraz has also been designed to support the creation of new ICQ options independently from the main ICQ client, which is then dispatched for automatic update for the future. An attempt has been made to keep the new interface clean and intuitive to ensure faster and more convenient chatting.

Features

• Two new Boyz and Girlz skins to download.
• Instant access for SMS messages to both ICQ and non-ICQ contacts.
• An extra option for login status.
• Alerts every time contacts come online.
• New emoticons in addition to existing ones.
• Display of devil and nickname at the top of list of contacts.

Official Site: http://www.icq.com/

Download: http://www.icq.com/download/