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tgalal	2012-04-27 , 20:21
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Originally Posted by MHD.KURDY-Lebanon

such great work will it support status update?

Hopefully

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hriday.	2012-04-27 , 21:40
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@The Best Isaac: This version looks really totaly nice.
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Originally Posted by The Best Isaac

You make some valid points, especially the legal issue is something I also thought about after I finished the icon.

In case of legal issues i think its kinda 50/50. It's not a clone but still very close.
I kno of cases with less similarity in work of designers/companies who
got sued and lost upon court. Theres a risk but not so much like b4, so its up to you guys.
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Originally Posted by The Best Isaac

About the peak of the bubble: Yeah, it's to close to the edge, but if you shift the bubble more to the right it's no longer centered and that would look weird (though it's already not completely centered but it's hard to notice).

I kno it's almost centred. Well you could try to make the bubble a bit smaller.
Mayb better to try to make the peak smaller. A more drastic way would be not to use a circle form.
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Originally Posted by The Best Isaac

The reason why I didn't (and won't) create a complete redesigned icon is because I'm acutally not a designer

If this is a option for you and tgalal I can help you and give you some ideas or even sum mockups. Jus holla at me.

Last edited by hriday.; 2012-04-27 at 21:42.

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dcastrog	2012-04-27 , 22:03
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So Tgalal.

How is the app doing with battery power? If this app uses push notifications can we expect a good battery life?

dcastrog	2012-04-27 , 22:06
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BTW the new app ICON shown in the first post of this page looks way better than the original. It will give the Nokia N9 its own uniqueness, the way it was intended to be in the first place. Id choose it over the generic one any day!

Please consider it Tgalal!

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chasetheangel	2012-04-28 , 01:14
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Originally Posted by The Best Isaac

........
The reason why I didn't (and won't) create a complete redesigned icon is because I'm acutally not a designer, I just composed some elements which were alread there because I happen to know how to use Illustrator and have some basic design knowledge.

So if tgalal cares about the icon this would be my altered version:

@The Best Isaac, just a suggestion..why don't we put the bubble tip on all of the four corners of the squircle...since (I think) that is what really is the core of WhatsApp- is to have a multiple conversations in one go.

	The Best Isaac	2012-04-28 , 07:47
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Originally Posted by hriday.

@The Best Isaac: This version looks really totaly nice.[/COLOR]

Thank you. I also like it better than the first version.

Originally Posted by hriday.

In case of legal issues i think its kinda 50/50. It's not a clone but still very close.
I kno of cases with less similarity in work of designers/companies who
got sued and lost upon court. Theres a risk but not so much like b4, so its up to you guys.

Yes, the similarity is still there. But the same goes to the app name "Wazapp": It's not the original name but if you know the original WhatsApp messenger you'll know that it was the reference for this app.

Originally Posted by hriday.

I kno it's almost centred. Well you could try to make the bubble a bit smaller.
Mayb better to try to make the peak smaller. A more drastic way would be not to use a circle form.

If this is a option for you and tgalal I can help you and give you some ideas or even sum mockups. Jus holla at me.

I've included the Illustrator source file in the zip package, so feel free to design a new icon and post it here. But of course it's up to tgalal to decide which icon he'll include.

Originally Posted by chasetheangel

@The Best Isaac, just a suggestion..why don't we put the bubble tip on all of the four corners of the squircle...since (I think) that is what really is the core of WhatsApp- is to have a multiple conversations in one go.

We'll, nice idea in theory, but i don't think this will work because people wouldn't recognize it as a bubble anymore.

Last edited by The Best Isaac; 2012-04-28 at 09:24.

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	Muzimak	2012-04-28 , 10:00
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Originally Posted by Jarige

I already videocalled with Skype once. I had a wifi connection and I made a video call with someone on an iPad with my N900. The quality of the front camera really sucks, but it worked nonetheless. I didn't do any configuration or anything.
This was with a wifi connection, both of us where on the same network.
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I just wanted to state this

I was referring to video call on N9 not N900

	Muzimak	2012-04-28 , 10:28
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Hey Tgalal and thanx a million for the Good work,

1) What's going to happen if someone sends us Media files since it's not yet supported?

2) Is Whatapp paid for, if so how will this payment be made to them since the N9 version is not produced by them?

3) Also, when you check in Whatsapp Webside, they saying it's a hoax that they'll be charging for this App, but Wikipedia has the following :

Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Symbian and Nokia S40 users can use the app 1 year for free, whereafter they have to pay US$1.99 (or local equivalent) per year. iPhone users can buy the app for a one-off fee of US$0.99 (or local equivalent) although the app is occasionally free for limited periods

. What's the truth here?

isorn	2012-04-28 , 11:11
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The app is free but the service isn't. After a year you'll have to pay $2/year.

You can see it on Account info -> Service expires: ...

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damaltor	2012-04-28 , 13:01
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Originally Posted by tgalal

I'm not sure about LPS as for some reason I can't get the main standby screen to show on N950 (not supported maybe?), but definitely it would be on Todo list

You are right. As the N950 does not have an AMOLED display, it cannot have the LPS, because that would consume just as much battery as having the display fully activated. So, the LPS does only exist on the N9.

Thank you for your great work!