WhatsApp new UI, push and no battery drain anymore!!!

steiale · Thread Author #1 01-15-2012, 09:34 AM

There is a new version of whatsapp..

Completely new UI and push service. Means no battery drain anymore. Already testing for two days and its awesome!!
Looks beautiful on OS7

WhatsApp for BlackBerry

t3ddie · #2 01-15-2012, 09:48 AM

Thanks for telling, just installed it

emirozmen · #3 01-15-2012, 02:53 PM

This should have been Whatsapp v2.0.0.0 lol
Really enjoying the update

Humga Chan · #4 01-15-2012, 03:48 PM

Good find, hard to believe the old one didn't have 'push' messages though!

will1881 · #5 01-15-2012, 04:45 PM

it always had push messaging or am i missing something new :S

gbsn · #6 01-15-2012, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by will1881

it always had push messaging or am i missing something new :S

Whatsapp always has a module running in the background (not app switcher) listening to new messages/notifications even if the application is not actively running, through which the server pushes the notifications. It did before, and it does now, so i dont know which new "push messages" he is referring to, he probably saw that on a website but it probably applies to iphone users, however, iphone users have had push notifications in whatsapp for quite a while now.

It probably means an "updated" push service. Otherwise, explain ;D

LiteBulb · #7 01-15-2012, 08:44 PM

i was upgrading from version 2.6 (9252) and noticed no changes.

what version were you previously using?

9900Boldfan · #8 01-15-2012, 10:10 PM

I will try it out. What I liked about the Whatsapp on the iPhone was one was able to copy/paste status info and then translate using any translate application but on the Android system and Blackberry one was unable to do so. This is good if you are an expat in a foreign country and can not read or write the local language so this allows you to be able to translate the Status of another person. Say for example someone wrote "I am depressed" in Japanese or Korean on their Whatsapp Status one would not know unless they could read or write the local language or could copy/paste that status to be translated say via Google Translate.

Does anyone know if Audio files sent to both Android phones and to iPhones work? I found that all audio notes sent from iPhones will play on the Blackberry and on the Android based system but the audio clips sent from the Android systems will not play on the iPhones. Are audio clips that you record to send being received on both iPhones and Android phones?

alibanana · #9 01-15-2012, 10:34 PM

i've upgraded my ver. to the latest .2115 and whenever i try to send a photo, it pops a message prompting me that whatsapp is requesting a NFC connection and then the phone hangs there. anyone else facing the same problem?

i'm on 9900.

9900Boldfan · #10 01-15-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by alibanana

i've upgraded my ver. to the latest .2115 and whenever i try to send a photo, it pops a message prompting me that whatsapp is requesting a NFC connection and then the phone hangs there. anyone else facing the same problem?

i'm on 9900.

Out of curiosity, is the person you are sending the picture to on a Blackberry device as well? Try sending a picture to someone with an iPhone device, an Android device and a person with a Blackberry Device. Do you get the problem on all 3?

alibanana · #11 01-15-2012, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 9900Boldfan

Out of curiosity, is the person you are sending the picture to on a Blackberry device as well? Try sending a picture to someone with an iPhone device, an Android device and a person with a Blackberry Device. Do you get the problem on all 3?

nope, he's on iphone. i've no problem sending picture to him before i upgraded to the current version. no problem sending to blackberry device through whatsapp thou. guess both fruits cant get along? haha.