Akazoo Chat for iPhone is a free application for chatting (public or private) that makes the most of the iPhone’s unique features, such as shake to buzz, and double-tap to switch between discussions. For all those of us with multiple IM accounts, the application can connect to most of the big IM networks (e.g. msn, Gtalk, yahoo, ICQ, AIM, GaduGadu) to import and merge all our friend contacts.

Users can create a new Akazoo profile within the app, and chat online using Akazoo avatars, keep up with multiple conversations, receive incoming IM alerts and friend requests, block users, create chat rooms (with optional password protection), add or delete contacts, see their friend lists and find their contacts easily.

The app contains seven main areas: profile, contacts, chatrooms, status, discussions, networks and settings. “Profile” allows users to edit an existing Akazoo account or create a new one, “Contacts” displays a list of friends, “Chatrooms” displays a list of all available Akazoo rooms, “Discussions” keeps track of who they are actively chatting with, “Status” allows them to set status (e.g. visible/away). In “Networks” users can add other IM accounts and change settings for sounds, ‘buzz’ and offline contacts.