I am a Instant Messaging addict and I'll be the first to admit it and lately I have been going back and forth between applications I use for Instant Messaging purposes.

If I am on the run or travelling I will use eBuddy.com for all of my Instant Messaging needs as they provide an web application which uses the least system resources and loads quickly and furthermore it supports just about every IM Network around. On the other hand I used Meebo for awhile and they do not yet support MySpaceIM and their product is very slow loading and uses a lot of memory.

When I am not using eBuddy I generally use the authentic or native application for each respective IM Network because I have found that even all around IM software's like Trillian do not offer full functionality on any said IM Network.

I really look forward to AOL Instant Messenger and Gtalk (Google's IM Product) bridging their two respective networks and I think when this occurs great things will follow. I think more and more people will abandon Yahoo! IM and MSN Messenger and will increase Google's overall market share of the Instant Messaging market.

As a former shareholder of Google I not only have to say that Google has provided stunning and excellent products but they truly listen to a large majority of what their product's users say and they effectively better their products while Microsoft and Yahoo tend to turn and deaf ear to users.