heisenberg123
macrumors 603
umm yes the update has group conversations and what do you think those green checkmarks are for? 1 check fo delivered 2 for read, anything else?
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BBM Coming to the iPhone!
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umm yes the update has group conversations and what do you think those green checkmarks are for? 1 check fo delivered 2 for read, anything else?
Not debating. But I have tried it with a class mate when I got my hands on a bold 9700 last year. After a couple days still didn't get impressed. But this is just personal.
It is not about comparable, it is about whether you like it or not, and in my case I didn't find it that great compared to ebuddy. Plus I can talk to multiple accounts on it which is bigger than BBM for me. Always on chatting is not my cup of tea. Got the unlimited calling plan for just that 🙂
Still for some people it will be the best experience. Just shows nothing is truly the absolute supreme in the world of tech 🙂
Completely false about the check marks. One means sent from your phone and the second is delivered to their phone. Has nothing to do with being read. Anything else?
xAnthony
macrumors 65816
It's not the full BBM you would see on the actual Blackberry device. It's just a 'taste' in order to get people to switch to their devices. It's only going to be text with no picture or video sending. It's kinda pointless in my eyes. Whatsapp is much better and a lot of my backberry owner friends already have it.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Agreed. There are fanboys on both sides. But if you look at the situation honestly, iOS is a FARRRRRRRRR superior operating system but BBM is the best real time communication software. Bring BBM to iOS and you have the best of both worlds (unless it's a considerably stripped down version).
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
fair enough so if whatsapp had the "read" feature would it be missing anything else?
confirming it was delivered is great becasue SMS sometimes never make it to the person, do you have an example of why knowing they read it is that important?
do people ignore you and you need confirmation of this?
Interstella5555
macrumors 603
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
well RIM motive is to get rid of the 3rd party guys like, Kik, whatsapp, ping chat, and Apples motive is to give their customers something else keep them happy and try to get more customers
Calidude
macrumors 68000
RIM even sued Kik and didn't allow them to have a Kik app for Blackberry anymore. I guess this was so that they could be the only game in town while Kik is stuck in legal limbo.
Loves2spoon
macrumors 65816
Calidude
macrumors 68000
Whatsapp is pretty terrible. I hate how it works and it doesn't even have the features people need.
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
wow didnt hear about the lawsuit, but you nailed it RIM does want to be the only game in town
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
Loves2spoon
macrumors 65816
It sends pictures faster than mms over 3G so that's the only reason I use it. I put it on my family members phones incase we want to group chat fast without calling. But other than that I like the sms app.
Whatsapp just sucks. Half of my contacts don't even have it on their devices anymore but there is no way to see who uses it and who doesn't (just the last login date). It was a fad for about 2 weeks but has fallen off pretty quickly.
Small White Car
macrumors G4
I think I may the only person here who doesn't know anyone with a Blackberry.
Everyone always get excited about BBM but I honestly can't think of a single person I know who I'd use it with.
Everyone always get excited about BBM but I honestly can't think of a single person I know who I'd use it with.
To me, this is the only understandable reason why someone wouldn't use BBM (or would use SMS over BBM).
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
sounds odd that your friends(contacts) dont have the time to add 1 app so they can chat with non bb uses and vice versa, maybe they want to be in this special BBM club, exclusive members only
You misunderstood what I was saying. Some of my contacts have had Whatsapp at some point or another but were barely using it and failed to install it on a new device or after restoring a device. This has led to me having a contact list that is cluttered with people who don't even use the app and me having to figure out who has it and who doesn't.
ucfgrad93
macrumors Core
Agreed. This is one of the main advantages of a Blackberry. This just doesn't seem true.
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
i see what your saying, im not trying to argue just to argue, but you can easily say what if people on your bbm get new phones with new pins lets say half re-add you and half dont then you still are in the same situation, even worse the ones that do re add you and now you have 2 enteries and you have to test them to see what is the current(active) one
heisenberg123
macrumors 603
put it this way, your a huge greedy company(RIM) and a small time company(whatsapp) start to make a profit selling an app that primary does what your product(BBM) was already doing, do you
A. leave things be because the billions you make are already enough?
B. get your product out to more devices and kill the little guys business
if you pick A youve never seen the real greed of the corporate world
all these can be done with whatsapp, pingchat, beejive and others and they are already out! the 3 people i know with a blackberry all use whatsapp or pingchat instead of BBM....