Thread: Whatsapp type application for N900?
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sjgadsby is offline sjgadsby
2010-11-02 , 23:04
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Originally Posted by WhatsApp.com main page
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS.
and

Originally Posted by WhatsApp.com download page
Minimum requirements:
* Unlimited internet data plan!
seem to conflict with:

Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
With whatsapp, you do not need to be connected to 3G data connection all the time. It basically sends an sms to your mobile number when new message is received.
Then you connect to the whatsapp sever via 3G data to retrieve the mesage.
And I don't see how receiving a message telling me to manually connect to the server to retrieve my real message is push. It's like my letter carrier leaving a card telling me I need to drive to the post office to collect a package. "Push" would be bringing the package to my door.
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