WhatsApp messaging arrives for the BlackBerry
When the Apple iPhone was first launched, there was no application that allowed inter-iPhone-messaging. Then came Ping! which stirred up the community somewhat, but was not wildly accepted. Then came WhatsApp that was heaps better and received widespread acceptance.
Today, it is hailed as one of the first apps an iPhone user MUST install, as it allows you to message your friends for free. As their tagline goes, “SMS is so 2008″.
However, WhatsApp was limited to just the iPhone and that was rather, errr… limiting? But not anymore. It has now arrived in the BlackBerry App World and it will surely capture a significant portion of BlackBerry users, and quickly. I’m predicting my list of numbers in WhatsApp will rapidly double.
The app costs USD$2.99 and you can get it from here.
Preliminary comments that have been posted for the BlackBerry version are not very favorable, but hang in there, every alpha or beta release will have a few niggling bugs. Most comments state that it has a horrible UI, but I’m sure you can rest assured they will be fixing it soon. The first version for the iPhone was rather basic too, but today, you can even send photos and videos to your friends via WhatsApp.
And finally, no, I am not a shareholder of this software, but a totally unbiased reviewer of WhatsApp!
so would you recommend the iphone (4G launching july i think) or the BB? LOL, i really need to change soon.. the E71 is making me blind!
I’m rather biased, but seriously (in the most unbiased way), the iPhone will deliver you much, much more pleasure in the days to come. All that the BlackBerry can do and more is achieved via the iPhone.
When traveling, it’s so great to watch movies on a nice sized screen. When bored, there’s a ton of really great games to toy with. When lost, the Google maps work wonders. (BB has maps, but they’re bad – I’ve tried ‘em).
@TheBackpackr
it depends on what kind of usage you’re looking at.
I personally own both the 3gs and 9550 and i would have to say both are good at what they are supposed to do. Iphone – media / mainstream Blackberry – business and security. The iPhone is not capable of being as flexible as a blackberry is when it comes to e-mails, secured messages, encrypted messages bla bla bla and definitely not as customizable as a blackberry.
However if you’re looking for a media phone with a wide list of apps and a good amount of storage (blackberry uses ram thus minimal app storage) then the iphone is the way to go.
Also do note that the iphone does not allow you to swap media cards and/or batteries. So if you batt is dead and you have no portable charger u’re screwed.
All in all since i’m a company owner my vote goes to the blackberry just because you can swap batts once one is dead without the fear of ‘oh shit phone’s dead how now’
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