WhatsApp Messenger

• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Anyone use this?
  
  I'm interested in lowering my SMS count, since I (unlike the rest of the world) do not have unlimited text messaging. I am greatly interested in using a messaging app to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. The only problem is, most of the solutions out there (e.g., BlackBerry Messenger, iMessage, etc.) are only good for single-platform messaging. And since my friends are about as displaced as the Chatter is (some have iOS, some have BB, some have Droid), a single-platform solution is not a great solution.
  
  Hence I've done some research and I've stumbled upon WhatsApp. I've heard it's a great application, but unfortunately I don't know much about it (other than it's a cross-platform application and it allows users to sent mobile messaging over the internet (i.e., free) as opposed to SMS (i.e., pay).
  
  In the past, I had a BB (now I have an iPhone) and, in an attempt to communicate with my friends, I tried getting those with smartphones to download & use Kik. The problem here is no one was crazy about downloading an app just for, really, one person (i.e., me) that they used it for/with; and second, now they had another app they had to manage/check.
  
  Sooooo... my question is... for those who have or know more about WhatsApp than I do... does the person you are sending the message to have to have the app downloaded & installed? Or, does it work in some other fashion?
  
  Any feedback on this app is greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks.
  
  (And to save dlazz sometime, let me get the proverbial "I don't have the app. Hope this helps" or some other terrible comeback out of the way).
  
  Thanks.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Cool Story Bro??????
• karen lotz

  

  I have unlimited text messaging.
  
  
  Hope this helps.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  How do you have an iPhone without unlimited text messaging? I thought that (unlimited messaging) was part of the package you had to buy to use the iPhone.
• Steel Valley Football

  I use WhatsApp on my iPhone. I'm also very selfish and don't like to help others.
  
  Hope this helps.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  THE4RINGZ;982403 wrote:Cool Story Bro??????

  
  No, it actually was not a cool story. It was a question.
  

  karen lotz;982410 wrote:I have unlimited text messaging.
  
  
  Hope this helps.

  No, it did not help; but thank you anyways for at least trying.
  

  THE4RINGZ;982413 wrote:How do you have an iPhone without unlimited text messaging? I thought that (unlimited messaging) was part of the package you had to buy to use the iPhone.

  I have an iPhone without unlimited text messaging. I'm on a family plan. It's cheaper to have a set amount of text messages than an unlimited plan. #HopeThisExplanationHelped
  
  

  Steel Valley Football;982417 wrote:I use WhatsApp on my iPhone. I'm also very selfish and don't like to help others.
  
  Hope this helps.

  Thank you for the honesty. It is, after all, the best policy.
• sleeper

  

  Should have bought an Android phone.
  
  Apple, it just works LOL
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  sleeper;982450 wrote:Should have bought an Android phone.
  
  Apple, it just works LOL

  What does the brand have to do with him being too cheap to buy unlimited texting?
• sleeper

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;982477 wrote:What does the brand have to do with him being too cheap to buy unlimited texting?

  There's an App for that.
• dlazz

  Scarlet_Buckeye;982400 wrote:I'm interested in lowering my SMS count, since I (unlike the rest of the world) do not have unlimited text messaging. I am greatly interested in using a messaging app to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.

  Google Voice.
• se-alum

  

  THE4RINGZ;982413 wrote:How do you have an iPhone without unlimited text messaging? I thought that (unlimited messaging) was part of the package you had to buy to use the iPhone.

  I was grandfathered in w/ 1000 texts a month, which is no longer an option w/ AT&T, you have to go unlimited or pay-per-text. iMessage has insured that I will never go over the 1000 a month.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Just email them.
• hasbeen

  

  Commander of Awesome;982495 wrote:Just email them.

  
  I believe this helps.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  se-alum;982494 wrote:I was grandfathered in w/ 1000 texts a month, which is no longer an option w/ AT&T, you have to go unlimited or pay-per-text. iMessage has insured that I will never go over the 1000 a month.

  I went with unlimited but I'm now very seriously considering going to imessage and pay per text. I remember being pissed off that AT&Fee charges $20 for unlimited while other companies only charge $5. I think they have a 500 texts for $5 or something which would be worth saving $15. I've been trying to keep track of how many non imessage texts I send to see if I'd go over or not.
• Automatik

  

  I've been using it for a while now, basically BBM for any phone. I can text/send pics to friends overseas for free....works great.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Automatik;982501 wrote:I've been using it for a while now, basically BBM for any phone. I can text/send pics to friends overseas for free....works great.

  But the friend, or friends, have to have it installed on their device too, correct?
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Automatik;982501 wrote:I've been using it for a while now, basically BBM for any phone. I could text/send pics to friends, if I had them, overseas for free....works great.

  /like_that'd /COA'd
• Automatik

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;982504 wrote:But the friend, or friends, have to have it installed on their device too, correct?

  Yes. It works with your number. So all they would need to do is have your number in their contacts and you will show up on WhatsApp
• Commander of Awesome

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;982505 wrote:/like_that'd /COA'd

  reps
• dlazz

  dlazz;982490 wrote:Google Voice.

  this. what a great idea.