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Welcome to 'Paul's Featured Apps', where I pick one of my favourite apps as featured app of the day! Today's app is...
Tango
What they say
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Tango brings you free, high-quality mobile audio and video calls over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi! Tango is an entertaining video calling service that connects people around the world in an exhilarating new way. It’s easy to use and it works.
Tango will change the way you communicate every day, stay connected, and share special moments as they happen. Whether saying goodnight to your kids while traveling on business, needing advice from your best friend while shopping, or saying I love you to your girlfriend studying abroad, Tango for all your calls because you never know where your conversations will take you.
Tango Features:
- Free audio and video calling to your friends and family around the world!
- Call between Android and iOS devices over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi
- Tango supports dozens of Android devices including the Samsung GalaxyS and Galaxy Tab; HTC EVO, Desire, and Incredible; Motorola Droid and Droid X; and Google Nexus S
- No need to manually add your contacts. Tango populates your Tango Contact list from the existing contact list on your phone!
- Invite your friends by Text and Email to start video calling
- Use the front camera to show yourself or switch to the back camera to show what’s around you
- You can easily switch between audio and video during a single call
- Create an account in less than five seconds – Simple and easy to use
Learn more at http://tango.me/
Watch us on YouTube at www.youtube.com/TangoMe
Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tango_me
Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TangoMe
Recent changes:
Features:
-You can invite multiple friends by text message
Improvements:
-Improved notification system if there is a problem with your account; notifications can be viewed in the Settings tab
-Audio quality and video improved
-Update to contact matching so you will see more of your friends on Tango
Tango will change the way you communicate every day, stay connected, and share special moments as they happen. Whether saying goodnight to your kids while traveling on business, needing advice from your best friend while shopping, or saying I love you to your girlfriend studying abroad, Tango for all your calls because you never know where your conversations will take you.
Tango Features:
- Free audio and video calling to your friends and family around the world!
- Call between Android and iOS devices over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi
- Tango supports dozens of Android devices including the Samsung GalaxyS and Galaxy Tab; HTC EVO, Desire, and Incredible; Motorola Droid and Droid X; and Google Nexus S
- No need to manually add your contacts. Tango populates your Tango Contact list from the existing contact list on your phone!
- Invite your friends by Text and Email to start video calling
- Use the front camera to show yourself or switch to the back camera to show what’s around you
- You can easily switch between audio and video during a single call
- Create an account in less than five seconds – Simple and easy to use
Learn more at http://tango.me/
Watch us on YouTube at www.youtube.com/TangoMe
Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tango_me
Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TangoMe
Recent changes:
Features:
-You can invite multiple friends by text message
Improvements:
-Improved notification system if there is a problem with your account; notifications can be viewed in the Settings tab
-Audio quality and video improved
-Update to contact matching so you will see more of your friends on Tango
You know what? Apple didn't invent video calling with Facetime.
For the rest of us that don't want to use an iPhone, this is a great cross-platform video calling application (although it kinda works best when you have a front facing camera!)Permissions
receive SMS / full Internet access / view Wi-Fi state / view network state / discover known accounts / modify/delete SD card contents / intercept outgoing calls / read phone state and identity / record audio / take pictures / change your audio settings / control vibrator / automatically start at boot / prevent phone from sleeping / disable keylock / change Wi-Fi state / change network connectivity / com.sgiggle.production.permission.C2D_MESSAGE / com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Download
View Tango at AppBrain or the Android Market website.
Direct Market Link (for on device)
View on Android Market
QRcode
To use, install 'Barcode Scanner' from the Android Market.
Price
FREE
Market star rating at time of writing
3.92 (31073 ratings)
Version at time of writing
1.5.6169
Similar / Alternative apps
The other elephant in the room is Fring.
C'mon Google, where's our Google Talk video chat? Honeycomb you say? Bah!Suggested improvements for the next version
I would LOVE to see a PC client for this!
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