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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 10, 2006
- Total Downloads: 7,162,168
- Downloads last week: 4,224
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 796 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
An abundance of features and a large community make Paltalk enjoyable for text, audio, and video chatting. Adult content is hidden by default. Parental controls employ a password to change settings or block groups. Moderators enforce the rules and establish who gets to speak to the whole room. G rooms are all-ages. R rooms allow cussing, but not sexual language, and anything goes in A rooms. You can print and save room sessions. Right-click a person's name to view his or her profile and Webcam picture, invite him or her to a private room, or send a file.
Signing on to your AOL, ICQ, MSN, or Yahoo account automatically imports your buddy list. The abundance of ads on each window, even popping up while you're joining a room, might motivate users to pay for a subscription. Free accounts only can open three still-image Webcams, whereas paid users can open more windows of full-motion video. The installation window offers to install My Search and eFax. Uninstalling Paltalk leaves an icon on the desktop. Still, the thousands of rooms for politics, karaoke, advice, and porn mean that anybody can find a connection on Paltalk.
Publisher's description
From A.V.M. Software :The new Paltalk Messenger 8.3 allows you to see, hear, share files, and chat with anyone, anywhere in the world--all for free. Paltalk operates with AIM, Yahoo, and ICQ, so you can chat with all your buddies using a single program. Paltalk 8.3 boasts an improved user interface and supports a new x-Treme service level with crystal clear, TV-like video speed, and unlimited video windows. And now we're offering our users a trial of our high-quality streaming video and audio for absolutely free. Meet millions of people in existing audio and video chat rooms, or create a videoconference of your own to bring together other users with similar interests. No Webcam is required to see people. Plus, you can share photos, files, and messages instantly with any Paltalk user. If you want to chat without the video and voice features, you can always instant message and use Paltalk for real-time text chat. With new Smileys, Video Overlays, and the 'nudge' are only a few of our great new features!
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User reviews of Paltalk 8.3
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 796 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Paltalk 8.3
Pros: Paltalk has a nice way for you to meet new people in chatrooms. It has features such as voice chat and video chat. I like that people can use voice chat in chatrooms instead of typing to each other. You can make a profile in which you can add pictures and information about yourself.
Cons: The free version of this software is LOADED with popups and ads. You can't use the video feature as it shows you the video for a few seconds and then makes you wait a veerrry long time until you can see video yet again for another few seconds. The company is dedicated to making you buy the premium service as the free service is pretty much useless. This is more of a trial than a free software. It has a lot of limitations. Because of this, not many people use the software so the community isn't very large.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Paltalk 8.3
Pros: There're so many people there. You can talk what ever you what 24/7/365. I never feel boring with Paltalk and i had a lot of new friends there.
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Paltalk 8.3
"One of the best chat programs"
Pros: If you like chatting, PalTalk is great. There are a ton of users with a wide variet of interest. The program itself is relatively small and fast with lots of the popular features for chatting. Best of all, it's free.
Cons: Not much to complain about, but the interface just doesn't wow me. This is a minor gripe as the program is very functional and easy to use.
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Paltalk 8.3
Pros: It's free.
Cons: You will need a bigger hard drive to make room for the spyware and trojan's.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Paltalk 8.3
Pros: This is the funniest place i've known. I can sing and listen others sing. Funny and relax
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