The Viber application that won the hearts of over 12 million iOS users has now landed on the Android Market, doing just about everyone involved a favor. Android users now have another way to make free calls and send free messages, iOS users can do that with a lot larger portion of their contact list and Viber gets more users. And now that we had a day or so to play with the app we bring you our take on it.
To get started with Viber you need to go to the Android Market from either you phone or your desktop browser and install the free app. You then go through a quick activation process, where you enter your phone number and then wait for an SMS to arrive, containing your activation code.
Unfortunately, the activation process can be bumpy as some users report not getting the return SMS. The alternative solutions, described by the dev team do not work either on those rare occasions so the few unlucky guys, including Vince from our team, will be left out of the Viber fun for now. Anyway, once you are done with the activation, you are ready to start calling and being called as long as you are connected to a data-carrying network of some kind (2G, 3G and Wi-Fi will all do). The app automatically searches your contact list for people, who are already using Viber and lists them so you can easily find them.
