"First free Messenger " Service launched

KARACHI (APP)-A Pakistani Internet portal eTaleem.com launched the country's first free Instant Messenger Service "eMessenger" here on Wednesday.
Addressing a news conference at a local hotel, Faisal Anwar of eTaleem.com said that the messenger has been developed by his company's in-house production team.
"We have the honor of being amongst those few websites of the world like AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Excite, that have launched their-own messenger services," said Faisal Anwar.
Explaining the working of the messenger, he said it is a software that allows people to communi- cate in real time, using text so , that they can quickly exchange messages with their friends, family members, while they are online.
Unlike email, the instant messages appear as soon as they are sent, so this is not only effective, but is also an efficient and a fast way to converse, he added.
The messenger is a downloadable software, which can be downloaded directly from the eTaleem.com website and stored onto the hard disk of the user's computer. After that it can be installed and can be utilized instantly.
Anwar said people who converse with the particular user and are added to his/her list on the software are called "buddies'; the online and offline status of the "buddies" will also be displayed on this software.
He said this software offers more than just chatting opportunities.
The user can also make use of other features through eMessenger, including search facility on eTaleem.com site, search jobs online, sending greeting cards, news update, use eBriefcase, search for online blood donors, getting online help and add new friends to the list of buddies.
He said the eMessager's next version will carry the language conversion ability.
The eTaleem.com will the first portal to launch a messenger service with language conversion abilities, that is, from English to Urdu.
If the user types a message in Roman English, the eMessenger service will translate Roman English into Urdu and the recipient will receive the message in Urdu script.
Moreover, he said small message service (SMS) is also part of eMessenger. With this facility, the user will be able to send SMS messages to any mobile phone in the world instantly.
The Voice Conversion option will also be available to the users, he said adding that with this facility, the users of eMessenger will be able to converse through a PC to PC voice connection with each other.
The press conference was also addressed by K.M. Jilani and Haleem Sharer.