I've been using AIM, as well as various other chat programs for about five years now. I hate them all. Typing out conversations is so...impersonal. So just use the phone right? NO! You can only talk to one other person, and three way costs extra money.
The NEXT STEP in communication technology is voicechat over the computer. AIM has a feature like this, but it is only a one on one chat and it really really sucks.
Computer game junkies have been using various voicechats for a long time now to coordinate, but they can also be used for normal chat applications. The two most popular a TeamSpeak and Ventrilo. Ventrilo is the best for social uses as it is simple and easy to run.
