WhatsApp record: 64 billion messages in one day, how long for BlackBerry to catch up?
- WhatsApps hits record 64-billion messages in a day | T3
It's like China vs US where China is growing at a fast rate economically compared to the US, but China is just so far away from the US, it's worse here because bbm isn't even growing at the same pace as whatsapp (based on last released figures..
Is bbm destined to be number 2? It's strange also because whatsapp is so limited in terms of features and it seen a limited apps are gold these days, less is more, that's why i think BBM Groups Should be a separate app!
Thoughts?
http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=910458 - more on the bbm groups idea
TechCraze C0008DDD104-04-14 12:36 AMLike 0 - 04-04-14 12:38 AMLike 6
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Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.2141anon(5828343) and andy957 like this.04-04-14 12:58 AMLike 2 - I never said it was easy nor did I say it's a sure thing. What should BlackBerry do to fix it's perception ? Currently they can't afford to focus on the consumer market and are looking to offset the BIS subscription losses by gaining BES10 subs.
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Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.214104-04-14 01:03 AMLike 0 -
Have you read the post linked in the first post? Just so I'm not repeating unnecessarily
And maybe on the whole but the little things, quick examples, yesterday my hub worked as normal except every time I tapped any kind of message it would take me to the same one which I had already opened previously, reseting the hub wouldn't fix only a reboot would,
On bbm, mine lags every time I go on the invites tab, remaining on suggested for a few seconds when I'm trying to go on received/sent
Yes it's only a year old, but speed is everything because of past mistakes there's pressure to get things right so that perception can be changed..
The bbm cross platform launch itself was a disaster so BlackBerry needs to make up for it..
TechCraze C0008DDD104-04-14 01:20 AMLike 0 - WhatsApps hits record 64-billion messages in a day | T3
It's like China vs US where China is growing at a fast rate economically compared to the US, but China is just so far away from the US, it's worse here because bbm isn't even growing at the same pace as whatsapp (based on last released figures..
Is bbm destined to be number 2? It's strange also because whatsapp is so limited in terms of features and it seen a limited apps are gold these days, less is more, that's why i think BBM Groups Should be a separate app!
Thoughts?
Crazy Crazy BBM Idea - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com - more on the bbm groups idea
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I think the better question is how will John Chen try to pry out a bigger ARPU for each BBM subscriber.04-04-14 01:24 AMLike 0 -
- I still don't see a benefit to splitting bbm groups. I guess they could monetize eBBM for those who want a more secure client with a more business centric UI environment.
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Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.2141Shadowyugi likes this.04-04-14 01:55 AMLike 1 -
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Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.2141Shadowyugi likes this.04-04-14 01:57 AMLike 1 -
Back in 2008/9 when this Whatsapp was firstly available and then introduced to iOS, and later Android, and later to BBOS and other platforms, it was FREE for iOS but wasn't for other platforms.
Then later, if I recall correctly, WhatsApp did inked deals with certain telcos so that telcos would use WhatsApp as their SMS services and things like that . WhatsApp also inked other deals as well.
But back on the platform front, iOS users were always subsidized.What I noticed within my family was this.
iOS= free for life. (and still standing)
Android=free for first year, paid for next year onwards.
BlackBerry=free for 3 months, paid for next year onwards.
WP = no data (no one in my family used that)
and so I was thinking it made no logic to have the iOS users not paying, but the BlackBerry and Android users paying.
So as much, I knew that there were groups of people offering free services of swapping sim cards so that whatsapp thought that these devices swithed to iOS, and then these accounts became from "free 1st year, pay from next year onwards" became "permanently free for the rest of life".
But I don't have new data from 2013 onwards. Did not actively read into them.04-04-14 02:07 AMLike 0 -
TechCraze C0008DDD104-04-14 02:08 AMLike 0 - Great, but certain issues still haven't been addressed, Kevin talked about the shortcomings vs Google chat in being able to in a group chat see who is actually on the app and who has seen what message, this was back at CES and nothing like that has been addressed, if bbm groups was seperate that would mean two teams and they could work faster to improve the service to the user's advantage..
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Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.214104-04-14 02:10 AMLike 0 -
TechCraze C0008DDD104-04-14 02:16 AMLike 0 - i don like What's App. Use it only once in a week, maybe. All my friends use BBM. Fast and secure
Z30 - 10.2.1.214104-04-14 02:23 AMLike 0 - How much of that is spam messaging, I must get several every day!
If your on anyone's contact list or even people putting random numbers. You can block them, but it's getting really annoying.
On BBM at least even with suggested contacts, you get a request.
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