Messaging solution for iphone <--> android

[sbddude]

Wife has a 4S, I have a GS3. I am looking for a good chat/IM solution that works well between BOTH iOS and Android.

I've tried:

Google Talk: Works great on android, always signed in and running in the background. Can use on PC/phone seamlessly. On iOS we've tried Vtok but it does not stay signed in.

iMessage: No support on android.

Google Voice: Apps need to be manually refreshed, a bit of a pain. No photo support.

Is there any app that uses a non-proprietary message system and stays signed in on both?

 

[Gav2k]

Whatsapp

 

[Tridztan]

As above or Viber.

 

[aziatiklover]

Whatsapp, viber, vonage, nettalk, heywire ect.....

 

[sbddude]

Whatsapp

Does that also work on a PC?

 

[Gav2k]

Does that also work on a PC?

Google whatsapp for pc and there are a lot of ways to get it working!

 

[sbddude]

I would prefer to use a major service like Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo, etc.

I'm trying IM+ now....

 

[sakau2007]

GroupMe might be worth a look. It is a free app that you can use for group messaging.

 

[eacer]

WhatsApp and/or LINE. Both are very common.

 

[Menel]

Wife has a 4S, I have a GS3. I am looking for a good chat/IM solution that works well between BOTH iOS and Android.

I've tried:

Google Talk: Works great on android, always signed in and running in the background. Can use on PC/phone seamlessly. On iOS we've tried Vtok but it does not stay signed in.

iMessage: No support on android.

Google Voice: Apps need to be manually refreshed, a bit of a pain. No photo support.

Is there any app that uses a non-proprietary message system and stays signed in on both?

I use BeeJive for AIM / GTalk / MSN / Facebook chat and it stays signed in.

Edit: it looks like they have a stripped down BeejiveIM GoogleTalk only version of app you can test out.
http://www.beejive.com/iphone/gtalk/