- OmnitechDragon Slayer
I must say that after reading that nonsense your credibility in general went into the toilet.
People still send billions of text messages every year, all around the world. I don't suppose you've ever heard of Twitter, eh?NoAhB0Dy and CerveloJohn like this.01-23-14 05:09 AMLike 2 - OmnitechDragon Slayer
A tempting thought, especially for a BlackBerry partisan, but a user by the name of valeuche here, who I accord much higher credibility on technical matters than most posters here, has posted evidence that tends to refute this.
Basically he has extensive experience with most of the well known messaging apps on iOS and other platforms (ie WhatsApp, Kik, Line, Viber, iMessage, BBM, SnapChat etc) and BBM seems to have intermittent delivery issues that most of the others do not. (At least as of a couple weeks ago)
So I'm more inclined to think BBM needs a bit more work on their cross-platform apps and network to be fully competitive reliability-wise.
That said - one issue that affects iOS that may account for some reports of missed messages is that the app should be configured for background notifications or whatever Apple calls it, or iOS users may not know if a message has arrived if BBM is not currently open. Apparently this is not a default setting and unfortunately the app does not advise users of this during install either.01-23-14 05:30 AMLike 0 - A tempting thought, especially for a BlackBerry partisan, but a user by the name of valeuche here, who I accord much higher credibility on technical matters than most posters here, has posted evidence that tends to refute this.
Basically he has extensive experience with most of the well known messaging apps on iOS and other platforms (ie WhatsApp, Kik, Line, Viber, iMessage, BBM, SnapChat etc) and BBM seems to have intermittent delivery issues that most of the others do not. (At least as of a couple weeks ago)
So I'm more inclined to think BBM needs a bit more work on their cross-platform apps and network to be fully competitive reliability-wise.
That said - one issue that affects iOS that may account for some reports of missed messages is that the app should be configured for background notifications or whatever Apple calls it, or iOS users may not know if a message has arrived if BBM is not currently open. Apparently this is not a default setting and unfortunately the app does not advise users of this during install either.
I'm finding it hibernates after about 36 hours if the app hasn't been used.
Posted with Z10 via CB1001-23-14 06:12 AMLike 0 -
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What does twitter got to do with this?
Posted via CB1001-23-14 09:36 AMLike 0 - Freaking BBM down again. Full coverage yet don't get delivery notification from folks on the other end that I know should get delivery... cuz I'm talking to them on separate lines.
BlackBerry...you're really losing even the faithful over this cross platform major fail!!!
Posted with Z10 via CB1001-24-14 08:11 PMLike 0 - I don't understand why Twitter was brought up, either. It's a social network, not a messaging platform - how is it relevant to that person's opinion of SMS usage?
Posted via CB10Thesmartmale likes this.01-24-14 08:34 PMLike 1 -
- Freaking BBM down again. Full coverage yet don't get delivery notification from folks on the other end that I know should get delivery... cuz I'm talking to them on separate lines.
BlackBerry...you're really losing even the faithful over this cross platform major fail!!!
Posted with Z10 via CB1001-24-14 08:50 PMLike 0 -
Posted with Z10 via CB1001-24-14 10:03 PMLike 0 -
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- Like everything else in life with growing pains, BBMX should get better over time. It's only been out for less than 5 months; I'm sure under John Chen's watch, BBM will improve.Thesmartmale likes this.01-25-14 12:27 AMLike 1
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Posted via CB1001-25-14 06:21 AMLike 0 - OmnitechDragon Slayer
Because Twitter was based upon SMS (that's why messages are limited to 140 chars) and people send billions of messages around the world with it, and receive them mostly via SMS.
In a nutshell: just one example why claiming that "no one uses text anymore" is utterly ridiculous. And laughable, actually.01-25-14 09:16 AMLike 0 - Because Twitter was based upon SMS (that's why messages are limited to 140 chars) and people send billions of messages around the world with it, and receive them mostly via SMS.
In a nutshell: just one example why claiming that "no one uses text anymore" is utterly ridiculous. And laughable, actually.
Posted via CB1001-25-14 01:01 PMLike 0 -
No, that's just what you think.
Posted via CB1001-25-14 01:07 PMLike 0 - Because Twitter was based upon SMS (that's why messages are limited to 140 chars) and people send billions of messages around the world with it, and receive them mostly via SMS.
In a nutshell: just one example why claiming that "no one uses text anymore" is utterly ridiculous. And laughable, actually.
Back to the topic at hand:
I love BBM but have the same problems as everyone else when communicating with iPhone users: if they haven't opened the app recently (and most only have BBM to communicate with me, so it's not opened often) and don't have the notifications enabled correctly, they don't get the messages. This, however, is not BlackBerry's fault - it's a limitation of iOS, as mentioned by multiple people, and something that the average iPhone user doesn't know about. Maybe BlackBerry should include some sort of a message about setting up notifications whenever someone registers/sets up BBM on an iPhone...
Posted via CB10Thesmartmale likes this.01-25-14 01:11 PMLike 1 - I 100% agree that the assertion that "no one uses text anymore" is utterly ridiculous. However, I don't know a single person who sends or receives tweets by SMS - they use the website or the app - so I also question your assertion that most tweets are received via SMS.
Back to the topic at hand:
I love BBM but have the same problems as everyone else when communicating with iPhone users: if they haven't opened the app recently (and most only have BBM to communicate with me, so it's not opened often) and don't have the notifications enabled correctly, they don't get the messages. This, however, is not BlackBerry's fault - it's a limitation of iOS, as mentioned by multiple people, and something that the average iPhone user doesn't know about. Maybe BlackBerry should include some sort of a message about setting up notifications whenever someone registers/sets up BBM on an iPhone...
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BlackBerry should have researched this to conclusion before release.
Posted with Z10 via CB1001-25-14 02:56 PMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1001-25-14 10:20 PMLike 0 - Then why do my iPhone friends who set up all the notifications and enabled Push get my messages no matter how long it's been since they've opened the app while my friends who haven't set up the notifications and/or enabled Push don't? It makes a difference.
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