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I don't have anything to hide. Don't back up in cloud then for Apple or Google.
Textra is ad free if you pay small one time fee. Show me that Google or Apple don't use analytics to make your message service better? Everyone does.07-26-17 07:15 AMLike 0 - I can ask the exact opposite. In the USA, every phone plan includes unlimited texts. EVERYONE has texts, not everyone has whatsapp or any one other messenger app. If you want to go by that, you'll have to download several different messenger apps to cover all of your friends. ALL of my friends have text and it's already included. So why should I hand over all of my information to 5 other companies? How is SMS obsolete? I type a message, press enter, my friend gets it. Where's the issue?
The one good point you make is bwlonging to the same messenger platform, which killwd BB messenger. one Irish friend uses Viber (seems popular there) . he wouldnt install whatsapp. so I installed Viber. no biggie.
However, in Spain, I'd say whatsapp is practically the only messenger. So , in the end we re all using just one. Even the American parents at my son's school converted.
Yep, SMS is dead in Spain save for technophobes and telephone company spammers.07-26-17 08:33 AMLike 0 -
- The teachers in my company who use SMS texts are the laughing stock of the school. It's seen as old fashioned and very out of date. In Spain people belong to so many groups and send so many photos and videos that sms or mms, if I still exists are irrelevant and somewhat weird.
The one good point you make is bwlonging to the same messenger platform, which killwd BB messenger. one Irish friend uses Viber (seems popular there) . he wouldnt install whatsapp. so I installed Viber. no biggie.
However, in Spain, I'd say whatsapp is practically the only messenger. So , in the end we re all using just one. Even the American parents at my son's school converted.
Yep, SMS is dead in Spain save for technophobes and telephone company spammers.07-26-17 03:45 PMLike 0 - No, WhatsApp uses data only whether it's WiFi or Network. Your phone number which WhatsApp uses is for registration and finding your contacts that also use WhatsApp07-26-17 03:59 PMLike 0
- The teachers in my company who use SMS texts are the laughing stock of the school. It's seen as old fashioned and very out of date. In Spain people belong to so many groups and send so many photos and videos that sms or mms, if I still exists are irrelevant and somewhat weird.
The one good point you make is bwlonging to the same messenger platform, which killwd BB messenger. one Irish friend uses Viber (seems popular there) . he wouldnt install whatsapp. so I installed Viber. no biggie.
However, in Spain, I'd say whatsapp is practically the only messenger. So , in the end we re all using just one. Even the American parents at my son's school converted.
Yep, SMS is dead in Spain save for technophobes and telephone company spammers.07-26-17 04:05 PMLike 0 -
But yeah, if I have to text then it's with Textra.07-26-17 04:07 PMLike 0 -
- Can someone tell me why there is an interest to still use SMS/MMS in this day?
Since BBM>Whatspp & even E-mail on a smartphone has become mainstream, why would you still use SMS/MMS? In Europe providers know that hardly anybody uses SMS/MMS any longer since these free options are out there (whatsapp having a billion users globally), so they often offer unlimited SMS/MMS free of charge with many contracts. I literally don't know any private person for the last couple of years who has send me an SMS/MMS or who I've send one. Is sending SMS/MMS American/Canadian practice? Why do you guys prefer this technology? Just interested to see what we're missing out here in Europe (and for example the majority of Brazil)? I think in Indonesia BBM is the biggest player and sending old school SMS/MMS also an obsolete practice.
SMS/MMS is generally unlimited on cell contracts. I don't know ANYONE who uses Whatsapp or even BBM any more.
I started out before BBM was multi-platform, my family had iPhones, so we used text as our cross-platform communication.
Email has its drawbacks: many of my family share an email address and so if you want to send a message you're getting both spouses rather than just the one you want to talk to.
Additionally, many of my family live in remote areas (rural) in Canada and text is MUCH more reliable than email. Texts will often get through when emails are not getting through.
At the end of the argument, I think it's also one of those things where you get used to using texts and then don't bother to use or set up other apps.07-26-17 04:40 PMLike 0 - The teachers in my company who use SMS texts are the laughing stock of the school. It's seen as old fashioned and very out of date. In Spain people belong to so many groups and send so many photos and videos that sms or mms, if I still exists are irrelevant and somewhat weird.
The one good point you make is bwlonging to the same messenger platform, which killwd BB messenger. one Irish friend uses Viber (seems popular there) . he wouldnt install whatsapp. so I installed Viber. no biggie.
However, in Spain, I'd say whatsapp is practically the only messenger. So , in the end we re all using just one. Even the American parents at my son's school converted.
Yep, SMS is dead in Spain save for technophobes and telephone company spammers.
Interestingly, when I need to "group", or be involved in a group, I use Facebook / Messenger.
In Spain do people use FB/Messenger less and rely more on Whatsapp?
As a side note, installing multiple messaging apps to talk to multiple people - there's something that would just irritate me. That's one of the things that I really like about the Hub, is having all of my important notifications in one spot.07-26-17 04:45 PMLike 0 - It's a different connection for sms/mms which is why there are different charges for sms/mms vs data. That's why there are text plans and Data plans separately. Just Google it for a more detailed explanation.07-26-17 04:52 PMLike 0
- Okay everyone! Now that a lot of us use Textra, lets flood the developer with suggestions to add an option to place timestamps on EVERY text bubble AND an option to add the contact photo next to every text bubble too! (i have texted the wrong person a few times now because i don't always look at the top title bar.. lol)
Let's do it!
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- anecdotes are anecdotes. fact is, in surveys, about two thirds of Canadians use SMS/MMS - with most sms/mms users using it daily.
I'm not advocating. I use SMS via android messages or texts (can't decide) and whatsapp ....
just stating the facts. and I bet the numbers are similar in the US08-02-17 08:52 AMLike 0 - In Spain, young people use everything: Whatsapp FB, Instagram, Twenti and others that someone over 50 like myself has never heard of.
People have loads of whatsapp groups for every conceivable type of interest and one-off events:
Birthdays (especially surprise ones)
Trips
Holidays
outings
Parents class groups . plenty of american parents on our one here
friends interest groups that act as private forums: e.g, biking mates, cycling mates, boating mates, dog walking friends, etc, etc,
Clubs: they send out updates and events news
Neighbours groups,
project groups,
family groups
KEYone waiting room for a group of locals (does anyone without whatsapp or a K1 want to try it and see how it would work?)
KEYone screen problem group
KEYone interest group
KEYone get the black version group
etc, etc,..... you name it.
You can share videos and photos and have them all in the same place for each group.
You can't do this on SMS, and you wouldn't want to set up separate FB accounts for each of the above.
Viber or Telegram aren't really used here, so you can count on everyone having a Whatsapp account, except for people without internet or smartphoness.
The downside is that you can look at your whatapp and have over 100 messages waiting. At least you have the option to join 'em or not.
Right now, like most people, I couldn't live without it, and it's a deal-breaker on a phone.
I'm really surprised on that it's so rare in NA.
Once you try it, you wonder what took you so long to get it.08-02-17 09:17 AMLike 0 -
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- they get compressed, yes.. but they are pretty clear IMO.. (could also be because the KEYone has a smaller screen? haha!)
but it can also be the iphone's settings when sending to non-iphones.. do some experimentation with other phones and have the iphone send the same image to both and troubleshoot.
if you are receiving it, then it's the iphone's settings and carrier. If you are sending it, then it's your KEYone and carrier08-02-17 01:57 PMLike 0 - they get compressed, yes.. but they are pretty clear IMO.. (could also be because the KEYone has a smaller screen? haha!)
but it can also be the iphone's settings when sending to non-iphones.. do some experimentation with other phones and have the iphone send the same image to both and troubleshoot.
if you are receiving it, then it's the iphone's settings and carrier. If you are sending it, then it's your KEYone and carrier08-02-17 02:04 PMLike 0
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