So earlier this week I attended an event called Show Stoppers here in NYC, and although a Cougar attacked me thanks to the new AXE Dark Temptation Body Spray, I was able to make the show and while at the show introduced to a new (for me anyway) service called PalRingo.

PalRingo is a multi-platform messenger program that supports multiple services, meaning you can install it on your Blabk berry, mobile phone, Windows Mobile Smartphone, iPhone, your PC or Mac and connect to AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, GTalk, Jabber, iChat, Gadu-Gadu and Yahoo messenger, best of all it’s currently free.

So how does PalRingo stand up to other messenger programs that support multiple services? Well how many mobile messenger programs allow you to turn your phone into a Push to Talk device, or allow you to send pictures over IM? PalRingo does, and whats surprising is how fast it was.

I tested it on two windows mobile smart phones one on T-Mobiles Edge network and the other on Verizons 3G network, and even on the Edge Network it connected to all IM services quickly and there seemed to be a minimal delay between the message being sent and recieved.

When it came to sending photos and voice messages, it took a tad bit longer but the difference was negligible.

Overall the service is great, my only problem with it is that it jumbles all of my contacts together and doesn’t allow me to separate them by IM Service, which is easier for me. It also doesn’t allow you to be signed on from multiple locations, but Kerry Ritz CEO of PalRingo told me via e-mail that will change in the next coming months. I also hope they add a feature to let me sort my contacts by IM service.

I actually ditched the IM service on my phone for PalRingo, and have also ditched Trillian on my desktop for PalRingo, it works marvellously.