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*eBuddy Messenger For free text-based communication, eBuddy allows you to access AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Facebook Chat, GTalk, MySpace, Hyves and ICQ, keeping all of your contacts in one handy list. If all you want to do is be able to message your mates on the fly with push notifications to keep you updated, sound/vibrate alerts and emoticons, this will do the job — but if you want to personalise it with themes, you'll have to spring for the pro version. On the plus side, it uses accounts that you already have, so you have no need to build a new contact list. For iPhone (Free) For Android (Free) *WhatsApp WhatsApp is a full message replacement app, offering free messages with the capacity to send photos, video or voice messages. It uses your contact list and automatically lists anyone who also has WhatsApp installed, which makes things easier too, and it includes the capacity for group chats. Just a heads-up, the iPhone version carries a one-off charge, whereas the Android versio...

DesignedbyItem's concept design for a future iPhone. Credit: designedbyitem.com Rumours and speculation are flying thick and fast over the iPhone 5; apparently "sources" have leaked details and rough release dates for the new Apple product. Until Apple actually confirms or denies these rumours, we can't give any details on the phone itself … but here is a list of the top features we hope to see included in the iPhone 5. Enhanced voice control Apple didn't show off any new voice-control features as part of its iOS 5 preview. But rumour has it that those features weren't quite ready to be shown off at Apple's WWDC in June, so we may very well get them. We do expect that Apple will continue to flesh out the voice controls for the iPhone with significant enhancements. It would be cool to be able to compose and send e-mails or text messages by just using your voice, no? *Micro HDMI out In March, Apple finally announced support for full 720p o...