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WALKTHROUGH: This App Turns Instagram Into A Text Messaging Service

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has only been in the Apple App Store for 6 days, but it's already been downloaded more than 150,000 times.

It's funded by its users and taps Instagram's 30 million plus user base.

We were curious what a direct messaging service for Instagram looked like, so we checked it out.

This is the front screen.

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You can look through your Instagram contacts to see who is on the service.

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This is how you add friends.

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Or do a quick search.

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Invite someone.

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You can even add an entire group.

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You can start chatting in under a minute.

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It looks a lot like the iPhone's text messaging app.

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Conversations are all saved, so you can go back to them.

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To keep the app going, donations are accepted. In 6 days, there have been 865 in-app donations made since launch. From the looks of it, Ne-Yo and T-Pain have chipped in.

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