The best BlackBerry ever without WhatsApp: how do you feel?
- To make it better, whatsapp could just release a final update come january 2017 which will be online throughout. They should keep it buy never make any updates. That could be viable. But I think this is a move by giant smartphone companies to put BlackBerry handset business at jeopardy. This was calculated
Posted via the CrackBerry App for Android03-02-16 11:42 AMLike 0 - I think the numbers say otherwise, if the numbers above are true- 1 billion for whatsapp, 80mill for BBM. I have both on both of my blackberries, and it's basically used for one person only these days. My world network is on whatsapp including BBM strongholds such as Nigeria.03-02-16 12:20 PMLike 0
- To make it better, whatsapp could just release a final update come january 2017 which will be online throughout. They should keep it buy never make any updates. That could be viable. But I think this is a move by giant smartphone companies to put BlackBerry handset business at jeopardy. This was calculated
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Posted via CB1003-02-16 12:53 PMLike 0 - I think the numbers say otherwise, if the numbers above are true- 1 billion for whatsapp, 80mill for BBM. I have both on both of my blackberries, and it's basically used for one person only these days. My world network is on whatsapp including BBM strongholds such as Nigeria.
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Posted via CB1003-02-16 03:37 PMLike 0 - There are a lot of options out there if you must have WA. If you must have a physical keyboard you can go with a Priv or loading the android version on a Classic or any other BB10 phone. If you don't, then there are a million Android or iOS devices out there to choose from. I think even if I used WA, I'd rather just load the Android version to my Classic than use another device. I'm way too quick with the physical keyboard and toolbelt (typing and ending calls without looking at the phone, peeking into my notifications, quickly closing apps without needing to look at the screen to swipe or touch a tiny little x, etc. etc.) to be forced to use an all-touch interface... That's just me though.
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Posted via CB1003-02-16 04:09 PMLike 0 - If Whatsapp continues to work past that date in it's current form for a few years then I wouldn't mind as much but I do need it as otherwise I wouldn't be able to communicate on a daily basis with my girlfriend and family member in Mexico. With no big native app updates, app support dropping and no OS updates past "security updates" I don't know why they're still pricing thier phones with a premium price. I really like the passport silver edition but I won't pay more than $250 for it now.03-02-16 05:29 PMLike 0
- Whatsapp was never a social media tool, it's actually a better messaging tool than BBM. While I'm not a heavy user of Whatsapp, I understand it's importance to others as it's pretty much a way of life in some countries. I've done business around the world so I have a wider perspective than most when it comes to things like this.
So don't be so easy to knock people just because you don't use it. BlackBerry, as a communication tool should be fighting to keep Whatsapp supported.servandohv and pizzawheel like this.03-02-16 06:32 PMLike 2 - Whatever happened to the argument that BlackBerry is above all a communication tool? WhatsApp is one of the most popular communication tools on the planet. Now we're supposed to believe that people who want to use WhatsApp shouldn't have bought a BlackBerry in the first place?03-02-16 08:09 PMLike 0
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- BlackBerry has always been a communication tool, encompassing calls, emails, text messages, instant messages, and social media. In fact, BlackBerry saw Social Media & IM to be so important, they built BlackBerry Messenger, and other social media applications themselves, integrating them within the operating system - both on BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 OS System.
Never, ever say that Social Media (or IM) should not be associated with BlackBerry. It's what made BlackBerry popular between 2008-2012. The lack of care to their native social media apps, combined with the inability to remain on trend with new communication and social media apps is what led to the demise of the consumer side of BlackBerry.
What you have left is enterprise users... and prosumers who check their BB10 devices so often, the lack of Android notifications on forked apps don't even phase them (myself included).
03-02-16 10:30 PMLike 0 - Well I use often WhatsApp and I feel unhappy about the news as I bought recently a Passport. BBM is an alternative and much better than WhatsApp but the problem that it's not being used is because you can't add a contact simply by adding his/her phone number as in WhatsApp. I believe if Blackberry team adds this feature to BBM all the world will switch to BBM sooner or later. Crossing fingers!03-02-16 11:49 PMLike 0
- So what? That tells us something about you, but nothing about the popularity of WhatsApp. We don't have to guess about that from personal experience, or lack thereof. We have actual numbers indicating that WhatsApp has upwards of a billion users. That makes it important, even if you don't know anyone who uses it. It's really that simple.
I could make the same point about SnapChat. I don't use it. I don't know anyone who does--at least, I don't think I do. And that means precisely nothing. SnapChat, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and so on, are all communication tools. All so-called "social media" are about communication. They may not be your preferred form of communication, or mine, but that's what they are.
These things come and go in popularity, for reasons I don't pretend to understand. AIM (AOL Instant Messaging, for those who don't remember) was once extremely popular. It was on mobile and desktop, and supported audio, video, file transfer, and so on. It's still out there, and still works, but for whatever reason, it's popularity has faded. I used to have many AIM contacts. None of them ever sign in anymore. It doesn't matter why; people have moved on. The same applies to Yahoo Messenger.
WhatsApp has been on BlackBerry since BBOS. You're not the person who claimed, in multiple threads, that anyone who wants WhatsApp shouldn't have bought a BlackBerry in the first place. That's the extremely misguided assertion I was responding to. If BlackBerry is, as some say, about communication above all else (i.e., as opposed to gaming and watching videos), then it should support as many forms of communication as possible, especially the ones used by most people on the planet.
If, as many are saying, the Android version of WhatsApp from Amazon works acceptably well, so much the better. It's a step down from the native one, but at least it doesn't disappear altogether.03-03-16 08:13 AMLike 5 - Well I guess that's proof that nobody must use it then. /s
On a serious note, I'm not going to miss the absence of whatsapp since most of my contacts have BBM, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have people who rely on it often. We should be concerned no matter what app has been rendered useless, because it adds to the uselessness of BlackBerry devices.03-03-16 12:26 PMLike 0 - Well I guess that's proof that nobody must use it then. /s
On a serious note, I'm not going to miss the absence of whatsapp since most of my contacts have BBM, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have people who rely on it often. We should be concerned no matter what app has been rendered useless, because it adds to the uselessness of BlackBerry devices.
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB1003-03-16 02:04 PMLike 0 - I will use my Blackberry Classic until WhatsApp dies - hopefully there will be a Classic II, running Andoid!!!
Posted via CB10Plazmic Flame likes this.03-04-16 09:51 AMLike 1 - I can understand why some users are upset about Whatsapp (aka Facebook) dumping BlackBerry. My issue w/Whatsapp has always been the need to upload my entire contact list to their servers. If I need to share video or audio I just use a dropbox link.
ClassicSQC100-3/10.3.2.85803-04-16 09:54 AMLike 0 - I can understand why some users are upset about Whatsapp (aka Facebook) dumping BlackBerry. My issue w/Whatsapp has always been the need to upload my entire contact list to their servers. If I need to share video or audio I just use a dropbox link.
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But a lot of people use WA to talk to people in other countries since it goes through data so it's free. Well, as long as you have a good data plan or constant wifi.
But I'm with you about not wanting to sell them, I mean give them, my entire contact list as well...
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