Mashable has established a +90 list of most Instant Messaging (IM) tools available with respectively

• 30 single IM system clients
• 15 Multi-Networks applications
• 20 Web-based solutions (ideal to bypass corporate firewall ?)
• 15 IM solutions for mobile terminal running on Symbian, Windows Mobile and even iPhone.

Despite of a large quantity of different software to be used on most common IM network, it is interesting to notice that most multi-network solutions provide access to most popular IM networks (Yahoo, MSN, GoogleTalk, ICQ) but only very few have added Skype in their supported network list.

In resume difficult to sort out 2 or 3 solutions which would make a real difference with others. For my own use, I would narrow my final selection on some of the following ones:

• Multi-Network: Pidgin, Trilian
• Web-Based : eBuddy (w/mobile support), Meebo
• Mobile : Fring, Agile

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