"One app to rule them all"
That's what now whatsapp! punch line should be.
The internet messenger app has come a long way, and many might consider its success as fluke, but it was not, It came around a time Jaxtr and other messenger platform were flexing its muscles and using the unreliable SMS to deliver the messages to those who were not on their platform, because development for Symbian n60, Android, iOS, blackberry were Ok, but going back to Symbian n40 and other lower platform (like features phones) was "so old fashion".
In that time also when, SMS was charges ₹1,₹2 and ₹5 for local national and international messages respectively, whatsapp! came, and it came for almost every platform, even few feature phone also had it.
Where internet was a luxury for some and non essential thing for many, FREE local, national and international messaging made it a essential feature on every smart phone. I can't say about all of the world, but in India, whatsapp! ushered in the age of the mobile internet (or internet).
The data recharges are no longer a luxury, they are the cost effective way to message 1000s of people 1000 times a day.
Sure there were parallel messaging platform, but they were very future product specific, provided tons of features, which won't work on a feature phone or 2g internet connection, putting them in a category of useless.
Every time any other app release the feature which consider to be hip and USP for that service like voice messages, delivery notification, whatsapp! was fast to catch them up that also with minimum hiccups.
Google duo and allo seems to compete whatsapp but global acceptability is a bitch!
While Google duo is still struggling to fix its video connectivity issue, whatapp! is already out with Video calling, and it is certainly a well tested feature put in by the group. Even though google practically own the Android platform, none of its communication service was able to complete with the simplicity and efficiency of the a simple app like whatsapp!.
I have to say its amazing a simple idea of of a mobile messenger add (and not so original) gone so far. Sometimes you don't have to re-invent the wheel, but just to improve it and make it available for everyone.
Whatsapp! will change the internet world like Gmail did 12 years ago.
That's what now whatsapp! punch line should be.
The internet messenger app has come a long way, and many might consider its success as fluke, but it was not, It came around a time Jaxtr and other messenger platform were flexing its muscles and using the unreliable SMS to deliver the messages to those who were not on their platform, because development for Symbian n60, Android, iOS, blackberry were Ok, but going back to Symbian n40 and other lower platform (like features phones) was "so old fashion".
In that time also when, SMS was charges ₹1,₹2 and ₹5 for local national and international messages respectively, whatsapp! came, and it came for almost every platform, even few feature phone also had it.
Where internet was a luxury for some and non essential thing for many, FREE local, national and international messaging made it a essential feature on every smart phone. I can't say about all of the world, but in India, whatsapp! ushered in the age of the mobile internet (or internet).
The data recharges are no longer a luxury, they are the cost effective way to message 1000s of people 1000 times a day.
Every time any other app release the feature which consider to be hip and USP for that service like voice messages, delivery notification, whatsapp! was fast to catch them up that also with minimum hiccups.
Google duo and allo seems to compete whatsapp but global acceptability is a bitch!
While Google duo is still struggling to fix its video connectivity issue, whatapp! is already out with Video calling, and it is certainly a well tested feature put in by the group. Even though google practically own the Android platform, none of its communication service was able to complete with the simplicity and efficiency of the a simple app like whatsapp!.
I have to say its amazing a simple idea of of a mobile messenger add (and not so original) gone so far. Sometimes you don't have to re-invent the wheel, but just to improve it and make it available for everyone.
Whatsapp! will change the internet world like Gmail did 12 years ago.
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