Voxer... Could it be the next big app?

Messaging apps for smartphones are nothing new, but Android and iPhone app Voxer brings something new to the table. It's a free 'walkie-talkie' service, that uses 3G or WiFi. You can text, send photos and best of all send voice messages.

Voxer is free on both iOS and Android; you just download it and sign up. You can also connect to Facebook, which I did without getting any resulting spamming of my friends. Contacts already using Voxer will automatically appear in your Voxer friends lists, and you can send messages to any Facebook friends and phone contacts inviting them to get the application.

Getting people involved is always the tricky part with these things but there has been a huge buzz on twitter about the new app especially that the Walkie-talkie element is great fun. Open a chat, touch the 'Hold and Talk' button then speak. Once you let go, your voice message is sent. Whoever you're chatting to can also listen to you live whenever you have the walkie-talkie button pressed.

Sending short voice messages is quicker than writing a text, although less discrete, and I find Voxer is much easier to use than my phone's voicemail. According to Techcrunch, Voxer has been getting really popular in Brazil, and it starting to gain traction in other markets too. I think it's got great potential to steal lots of users away from other apps.

This app uses a good mode that ensures a lot of people will use because in today almost everyone either has an android or an iphone. So getting the app is very easy. It is very easy to create a community because most people have facebook and if you sign in using your facebook account they are automatically your friend and then you can see their friends and a whole new community is created.

This application allows you to use personal identity with the use of being able to put up picture and allowing you to put up a voice note about yourself.