congrats, nice app..
but to be fair, iPod touch can only receive a push notifications when connected to Wi-Fidon't you think you will be dealing with 100 email each day from iPod touch users saying that their push notifications don't work and giving you poor ranking? i get enough push notifications problems with iPhone users.
This is a great app. I like it better than thew Whatsapp application and doesn't require all this confirmation code crap that Whatsapp requires. I have deleted whatsapp now and using this and works very well.
Would like to see this connected with the contacts for those who have iphones so its easy to send rather than always entering the ping usernames.
Keep up the good work.
Can someone confirm that you can receive pushes from Ping! while WiFi is enabled and screen is shut off?
What I don't like about WhatsApp is that if your WiFi is enabled and your phone is "sleeping" (screen not on), you cannot receive pushes. This essentially makes WhatsApp useless for me since I always have WiFi enabled (thus preventing me from receiving WhatsApp pushes).
Can someone confirm that you can receive pushes from Ping! while WiFi is enabled and screen is shut off?
You guys realize that this whole "BBM for the iPhone" won't really work if everyone has a different app, right? I can see it know, in a few months there will probably be as many "BBM" apps as Twitter apps...
You guys realize that this whole "BBM for the iPhone" won't really work if everyone has a different app, right? I can see it know, in a few months there will probably be as many "BBM" apps as Twitter apps...
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this needs to be a native iPhone app or AT&T should just make iPhone to iPhone messages free...neither will ever happen.
BTW, for those curious, I didn't recieve push notifications while I was sleeping (and my iPhone was sleeping). I *did* wake up to a banner number in the corner of the app, though
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Do you send SMS into the ether or to someone you know? Use SMS for any phone. Use BBM for your circle of iphone people, pick a BBM app that you all like or have the two the best installed on all phones. Don't people have more than one IM (if they don't want to pay for BeeJive)?
I can see from the screen shots you can send the smily faces and such, but I can't figure out where the button is that will pop up a list of them so you can select one. (IM+ uses a button near the text entry bar, but I couldn't find anything like that in this program.)
He's probably using Emoji.
Those emoticons are not part of the app. They are called Emoji, Japanese emoticons that are part of your international keyboard. Search the App Store for 'emoji' and follow the app instructions on how to activate them in your iPhone settings.I can see from the screen shots you can send the smily faces and such, but I can't figure out where the button is that will pop up a list of them so you can select one. (IM+ uses a button near the text entry bar, but I couldn't find anything like that in this program.)
The problem isn't having different apps, is having different networks. There are free IM apps that support different networks and usually most people within a certain region use the same network anyway. If I use MSN there are a lot of different apps to choose from and I can choose the best one for me and still contact all of my friends. But what if I have Ping! and someone else has Whatsapp?
And isn't the point of BBM that you can send a message to anyone, as long as you have their PIN number? If a lot of these apps start coming out it won't make a lot of sense, specially if they are paid.
And just to be clear, I'm not criticizing the app or the developer, I think they're great. But, with Twitter or IM, you can connect with anyone even if you're on different apps. But if a lot of these BBM apps start coming out, each with their own set of features and people start choosing accordingly, how is this going to work?
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Do you send SMS into the ether or to someone you know? Use SMS for any phone. Use BBM for your circle of iphone people, pick a BBM app that you all like or have the two the best installed on all phones. Don't people have more than one IM (if they don't want to pay for BeeJive)?
Yes it would be better to have it native. But we don't so those of us that are savvy and have savvy friends, especially in other countries, will take advantage of this. If you're not an international player, then this app may not appeal to you as much and you can stick to your local options.
Question for the developer: are you planning to add the ability to send pictures in Ping! messages?
And just a side note: I'm trying to advertise this app as much as I can. The fact that it's free now helps that a lot of people get it and if enough people do it might become the standard "BBM for iPhone" before other similar apps appear (I like this one better than Whats App. The name is better too).