Uzzap mo me? Smart Communications releases mobile instant messenger

Uzzap is Smart Communications’ answer to Globe’s now defunct IM Evrywhr. It is an instant messenger that you can run on your mobile phone.

Smart, however, was wise enough to include that one feature which will guarantee at least a couple of days traffic overload: Yahoo Messenger. Yes, ladies & gentlemen, it can hook up with your Yahoo Messenger account, the one IM that we Filipinos can’t seem to do without.

It also has built-in chatrooms, and can integrate with your MSN messenger account.

Uzzap also has a PC client, which enables you to use it from your PC. Why you would use the PC client when your computer already has a bloated Yahoo Messenger client is beyond me. But it’s there, available for download, just in case you suddenly start growing fond of your Uzzap ID, you weirdo you.

There is something amazing with Uzzap that you usually don’t find in other mobile messengers: SMS integration.

You can set up your Uzzap account so that all offline messages sent to your Uzzap ID are automatically forwarded to your mobile phone via SMS.

(Take note that I said Uzzap ID, not your Yahoo or MSN ID. Anything sent to your Yahoo or MSN ID while you are offline is Yahoo’s and Microsoft’s business. Commenters, you have been warned.)

Charges

Uzzap is free for the time being. This means no internet charges until further notice.

So go ahead and chat all you want, grab all the text mates you can find, and do us a favor and refrain from using text spelling.

Uzzap mo me?

Download

You can download the Uzzap app from the Uzzap website. The best way to download it, however, is by sending a text message with the word UZZAP to 7272. This will automatically send you the download link to your phone.

This is a free download, and be thankful it is, because it is a whopping 915 kb file.

After installing the file, go to your list of apps, and click on the blurriest icon that you see. Now you’re ready to start Uzzaping.

Connect to your Yahoo & MSN accounts

To use Yahoo or MSN Messenger on Uzzap, go to the menu. Click on Instant Messaging (the one with the IM icon). Select Connect to Yahoo or Connect to MSN, enter your account details, and save. Your contacts should automatically be loaded into Uzzap.

Interface

If you’re having a hard time navigating your way around Uzzap, don’t fret: You are not alone.

To put it mildly, Uzzap is not the most user friendly app. It has redundant icons, an overload of textual instructions, menus in all the wrong places, and insists on using your last saved network connection (despite repeated attempts on setting it on manual).

But it’s Yahoo IM and SMS integration is enough to stifle the screams of frustration. Or at least for the time being.

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388 Comments:

  1. ramica says:

    pahingi nman ng code to kick on uzzap…

  2. jazmine says:

    gud eve!!!!!!!

    paturo namn kung panu maging moderator or kahit manlang yung code kung panu mang kick!!! :(

    sumu sobra na po kc ang mga flooders an dami pang bastos!!!!!!! >:(

    paki send namn po sa email na to!!! zhake_nike@yahoo.com

    thanks po,,, if kung meron man…………

  3. ATOR ONYAK says:

    [b]ATOR RULESSSSSSSSSS!!! ;D[/b]

    [b]ATOR RULESSSSSSSSSS!!! ;D[/b]

  4. leah says:

    hay naku.. di ko maalala ang pasword at email ko pano un?

  5. yher says:

    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
    HAHA

  6. yher says:

    hanggang ngaun nlng b ung uzzap free :’( :’( :’( :’( :( :( :( :( :(

  7. yher says:

    22O B HANGGANG NOVEMBER 30 NLNG UNG UZZAP FREE ? :’( :’( :’( :’(

  8. yher says:

    MAY BAYAD NMN UNG WHIS,PM,GM :’( :’( :( :(

  9. yher says:

    ADMIN PA KNOW NMN PO AKO KUNG SNU NAGBOBOT SA LIGAWAN 18 KC DI MAKAPASOK UNG MGA CHATER E. MAY BAYAD NA NGATAPOS BINOBOT PA… I2 YAHOO Q YHER_666@YAHOO.COM
    SALAMAT PO.. NEED HELP LANG PO :) :) :) MORE POWER

  10. yher says:

    REQUEST Q SANA OBSEVRE NMN PO UNG LIGAWAN 18 KC DAMI NAG BOBOT E. ADMIN OBSEVRE NIO NMN PO :) :) :) :) TY PO

  11. liezl says:

    HI:) clarification lang ang charges sa uzzap will apply sa sending ng EM/PM,WHISPER, and kapag nag create ka ng room whether user generated chatrooms or buddy group chat/PR yan kasi ang mga tinatawag nating Private rooms.. :D pero ang RECEIving ng em(PM),whisper,ym(PM) naman eh libre pa rin, pati ang PUBLIC CHATROOMS … at kapag gusto mo naman i avail ang service ng uzzap mag subscribe ka na sa mga unli packages for as low as 10php:) sulit na sulit db?

  12. jhon says:

    wala bang version ng uzzap na pwed sa nokia 5800?

  13. jhon says:

    REQUEST LANG PO SANA GUMAWA NA NG VERSION ANG UZZAP NA PWED SA NOKIA 5800 AMFFFFF…HND PWED SA PHONE KO HUHUHU….

  14. noralyn says:

    magandang gabi kamusta mga dabergads and gentlemen and ladies ngaun dapat dumapit gabi kang magaalis
    habang kami po ay umiiwas sa mga paglalaban ko ito ngaun sa mga kabaitan umalis ka man sa aming kami parin inaalala mo haw.

  15. noralyn says:

    :) :o gudluck everyone help

  16. smple girl.. says:

    eow.. ask nman ng idea how 2 get d auto in out flood????.. wahaha.and how din mgkick?? pde?.. hahaha.email me.. glendz_18qt18. tnx..

  17. gargar says:

    masaya na sana, kaya nga lang may bayad nah.,kafaet sa mga wlang pang-load tulad ko!!!.hahahuhu…. :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o 8) :P :-* :’(

  18. jobeth villanoche says:

    ;Dmsta kau jan?

  19. calix says:

    pa help nman… laging lost connecxtio to server pag ung ym id ko ang type q pano kaya un

  20. itachi says:

    kick out ako sa uzzap.. panu bumalik??? help naman kakasali ko lng kick out ako kagad

  21. yey says:

    hello guyz just wanna ask kung paano ko uli magagamit ung uzzap ko sa pc…lagi kasing may nag aappear na uzzap-bin.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close…dati ko naman pong nagagamit ung nadownload kong uzzap…please help me guyz…

  22. maurene says:

    naku!kakainis ang hirap mag register sa uzzap

  23. cyber says:

    vovo naman to… snob ang admin maganda lang sa smart ang mangsnatch ng load…

  24. cyber says:

    maganda lang ng mag snatch… ng load yon doon sila magaling pag ang costumer naman ang humihingi ng tulong d naman na tulong like anong code ng pagkick. kahit xmass d pa rin nagbibigayan.

  25. Aidan says:

    hi guys! im currently working sa barko. ndi ko ma-getz kung pano gamitin to Uzzap… tinry ng gf ko na irgister ako then she tried to text me and i replied. thingking na free un or the most is 1 pesos lng charge; i found out na same roaming text rate pa din pala… pero un friend ko dito ngagamit nya yun unlitext from uzzap! how is that possible? may cgnal nmn kami everyday kahit nsa gitna kami ng dagat! pls shoot me a mail anybody who can help.. thanks!!

  26. ^chunyan says:

    Hi po… pwd po bang meron ding Kpop lover na clan..?hahaha
    taz po.. bakit po ba d q maopen yung Uzzap sa PC..? wah

  27. April says:

    magkano charge sa roaming phones?

  28. marilyn juan says:

    i just want to ask question why i can not connect to uzzap lately…. gusto itanong kung is it possible na yung cellphone koang may problem… i mean the settings? please emal me the answer

  29. marilyn juan says:

    thanks to uzzap

  30. animeotaku says:

    baka aman poh alam nyo kung panoh mgkaroon ng rum sa uzzap[i][/i][b][/b] kc poh kelangan namin ng own room,, anime resto poh ang name ng rum,, kung marunong poh kau, public room na anime resto poh need namen,, plsssssss/………. :) tnx

  31. jocelyn says:

    ………….guyz halller.. i need friends

  32. reyner gonzales reyes says:

    just saying hello to all users…

  33. robert says:

    sa mga kolokoy na mga kaibigan me asan nkyo ngayon

  34. jerome says:

    hii.

    i just want know , if a contact of my list use uzzap, i see him just online or online on mobile device?
    thank you for the reply

  35. chyl says:

    pano ba mag downlaod ng uzzap sa nokia 7610

  36. Ray Gause says:

    OK nice to see- new blogs are always welcome! Blessings.

  37. wee says:

    ginawa ko nyn ayaw parin mag connect sa internet

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