A friend of mine asked me if there is any app out there that you can still talk to your BBM contacts if he were to switch from a Blackberry to an iPhone?? I know there wasn't 2 years ago, but I am not sure now if someone had been able to do it.
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia (beta) and yes, those phones can all message each other! To send and receive messages, WhatsApp utilizes your existing smartphone internet data plan: 3G/EDGE (or Wi-Fi when available)
In addition to messaging, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry WhatsApp Messenger users can send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.
no it doesnt -_- i want exactly what you want ptb127!!!
Call me BlackBerry ignorant but what is the appeal of BBM?
It's basically like text messaging, but you use a BlackBerry pin number instead if a phone number. Each Blackberry has one, it's a 6 digit number if I remember right.
With it, you basically get free, instant, unlimited, and secure messaging between any 2 blackberry phones on any network.
Because BBM doesn't require you to pay for an unlimited text plan. It's an instant message app, it uses your data plan, gives you instant feedback as to the status of the recipient and comes installed from the factory, so every BB user has it.
I just use Twitter and IM. I wish there was an open protocol like email so we could take it with us no matter what device we're using.
thats it? geez just get unlimited text plan and text away? there has to be some other benefit to it! i can't imagine people having such an issue with not having what is just a free quick message system
BBM is also an FTP. I can send voice notes, files, pictures, music, etc. over BBM.
Unlimited texting is great. Oh wait, I have friends in Asia, Europe, North America, Canada, South America. Now the unlimited texting idea fails. BBM allows me to communicate with all these overseas friends for free. Moreover, BBM is a very secure platform.
In a nutshell, think enterprise edition IM.
This is part of my dilemma: I have unlimited texting, but that doesn't save me from being charged every time I receive or send an international SMS (which happens frequently). Plus I travel overseas a lot, and need an easy (and cheap) way to communicate home OTHER than email.
I repeat, though: how come no one ever shows love for Cnectd? One other feature request I have is for a service that does all of the above AND works with a desktop client... well, I just received a tweet back from the developer of Cnectd, and they said they do have future plans to incorporate a desktop client. This would be a major win for me (assuming I can get all my friends to install it).
You want to be connected with the world so you choose to use a native client peculiar only to Blackberries? Colour me confused.
I would rather use a 3rd party app that can connect Blackberries, Android devices, and iPhones. That's a larger slice of the world, I believe.
And WhatsApp will share Photo, Video, Audio notes, Contacts and Location. File transfer? Use email. You're still way ahead here.
DM/Email/Facebook all feel too "heavy" for this sort of quick message/chatting. I do wish there was a more universal BBM-style system across platforms. Specifically, the BBM features that I lust after: 1) ability to approve/deny contact requests (allows you to post your PIN publicly without having to deal w/unwanted contacts), 2) sent/read message state, 3) feel lightweight and "SMS-like" and doesn't tax your battery like a traditional chat app (plus don't have to login/logout), 4) works over data so I can message w/overseas contacts without paying for international SMS.
I'm curious: everyone always mentions WhatsApp, PingChat, and pMessenger in these discussions. I have a lot of friends who have installed PingChat, but it doesn't satisfy my need for approve/deny on new contacts. Do WhatsApp or pMessenger offer this functionality?
I've tried convincing my friends to use Cnectd (because it does seem to offer all of the above), but many people I've talked to dislike the app. It actually feels a bit more responsive than PingChat to me, so is there some glaringly horrible thing about this app that I'm overlooking? No one ever seems to mention it in the same breath as the above apps. What makes them so much better?
...and lastly (sorry, I know this is getting a bit long-winded): why don't any of these services seem to be interested in a desktop client (or at least something like Jabber integration) for their platform? In a perfect world I would be able to jump back and forth from my phone to my laptop without changing services. Skype almost gives me all of this (approve/deny, message read status, mobile AND desktop messaging) but it requires that I run the app and it just DESTROYS my battery. Any suggestions/thoughts?