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iPhone-to-iPhone chat for free anywhere in the world (it's not Ping!)

The dream: Free SMS-like chat with your iPhone peeps.

The fulfilment:

1. Get WhatsApp.

2. Watch WhatsApp automatically find other WhatsApp users in your
Contacts.

2.1. (Make sure your contacts' phone numbers are present.)

3. Click on your WhatsApp-enabled friends' names to instant-message
them for free!

This beats Ping! because:

1. It's free. Ping! isn't, though the Lite version is (but it's ad-
supported).
2. You don't have to create and publicise another username. WhatsApp
uses your phone number.
3. Autodiscovery is the killer feature. You don't have to publish that
you're on WhatsApp. Any user with your number will find out
automatically.

Go get WhatsApp from the App Store now! Go, go! (Especially if you're
an iPhone-toting friend of mine!)

Filed under  apps   chat   instant messaging   iPhone   life   Ping!   recommended   SMS   WhatsApp   work  
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Posted 8 months ago

iPhone Ping! means another username to publicise. Mine's alphalim. What's yours?

via pingmessaging.com

 

UPDATE (100721): I recommend WhatsApp, now. It works with your existing phone number; no need to create another identity. Seamless integration makes it almost as native in feel, to iPhone's built-in SMS. 

 

So, here's an app that behaves just like SMS, except:

1. It only works between iPhones that have the app installed.
2. It works over the net, so it's free if you're on Wi-Fi.
3. There is no 3.

You Ping! people using their Ping! usernames. Mine is alphalim.

Ping!

Pong.

Filed under  app   instant messaging   iPhone   Ping!   recommendation   SMS   software   telephony  
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Posted 9 months ago
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