Palringo, a  popular instant messaging program for Windows phones, has officially upgraded itself  to v2.0. Palringo is free IM software for Windows Phones, unlike IM+ which costs around $39.95.  Palringo offers some unique features such as "Groups" and voice-clip ability. Apart from that Palringo supports: -AIM -GTalk -MSN -Facebook -ICQ -Yahoo! -Gadu-Gadu -XMPP/Jabber -iChat Though the app still looks the same, nor does it offer any new unique features,  it has added useful features that we badly  needed. Here are few new features: -Completely new install/uninstall process -Automatic updates now only notify users that an update is available - downloading is manually approved -Settings->Display->Group join/leave alerts -Settings->Display->Contact List (item size) option -Settings->Display->Tab size option replaces "Large Buttons" option. -Contact list can now be filtered by service type, so you can effectively have a separate list for -Facebook/MSN/Yahoo etc. -Added private message spam filter for Palringo service -Edit Profile link from overview screen -Automatic detail expansion display on reduced contact list items -Optimized list rendering code -Optimized avatar rendering -Default filenames for saving images -Reformatting of photos has been made more reliable -Miscellaneous other bug fixes and optimizations What we like: Features like Groups and Voice-clip Ability. What we Don’t like: App requires you to register on its own server like Trillian desktop app ^[1] Download Palringo ^[2]