Hundreds of projects are launched annually by the largest mobile phone and personal computer application companies. Competition in the world market is very high, therefore, installations that fully satisfy the high demands of consumers are in greatest demand. Over the several years of its existence, the Viber program has experienced falls and ups, and thanks to the long efforts of developers today it is one of the most demanded in many countries of the world.
History of creation
All the most famous companies of popular technological innovations are most often located in the United States of America or the largest countries in Europe. Despite the unstable situation in Belarus, the popular Viber messenger was created by two engineers Talmono Marko and Igor Magazin in Minsk. Today, the business is controlled from Israel, where one of the main offices is located. Inventors admit why the application was not developed in the United States: American programmers are certainly talented, but require about 130 thousand dollars a year for their work, and in Eastern Europe several specialists can be organized using these funds. The name of the service is written in Latin, so not all users know how to pronounce - "Viber" or "Viber", however, this did not affect the success of the brand.
The first version of Viber was released on November 9, 2010, and during the day of operation, only 18 users became interested in the program. Three weeks later, their number exceeded thirty thousand. They were refused permission to host Viber on the Israeli Apple Store, but the creators chose the right tactic and published the application on the network, where it was available to everyone.
“Viber” or “Viber” - how does the name of the messenger sound right?
It is curious that most Russian-speaking users find it difficult to pronounce the name of the program. The rules of the English language are the same for all, and due to the fact that the first syllable in the word is stressed, according to the laws of phonetics, the letter i in this position is read as sound [ai]. But all grammatical settings have exceptions, for example, in another famous Nikon brand, the first vowel has a similar position, but is pronounced [i].
Do not pay much attention to pronunciation. "Viber" or "Viber" - as right - this is solely your opinion. Each language has its own norms, and a foreigner speaks words with the maximum convenience for himself.
New owner of Viber
In February 2014, Hiroshi Mikitani, founder of the Japanese company Rakuten, became the full owner of the messenger. The deal cost $ 900 million, and behind it we can expect an expansion of the user base at least twice. While Viber is available in ten languages, excluding Japanese, but in the future the program may undergo tremendous changes. Customers expect the app to remain completely free.
Unlike the Skype service, where you can search for contacts yourself, users entered in the phone book who already have this application installed automatically appear in the Viber menu.
How to use the program?
"Viber" or "Viber" - how to pronounce correctly, everyone decides for himself. From this, the operational characteristics of the messenger do not change, and with a voice search, Google accepts both options. The service is multifunctional and is available on several operating systems: Android, WindowsPhone, BlackBerry, Bada, iOS. Viber is available for personal computers and tablets, as well as for all manufacturers of mobile phones. It doesn’t matter what brand you have: if the device supports one of the operating systems, the application will be installed successfully, moreover, it is available on the iPod player from Apple manufacturers.
Installation is completely free, the program can be downloaded from the "store" or by direct link from the Internet. After downloading “Viber” (or “Viber”) to the device, a purple icon will appear, meaning that the messenger can now function successfully. Sometimes the supplier asks for a mobile phone number for reliability. Do not be alarmed, this is a routine procedure that will not entail the removal of excess funds from your phone account.
Viber, Skype or WhatsApp?
Today, users have access to several applications for exchanging SMS messages, audio and video calls. Each user pays attention to several factors: interface, functions and additional features, traffic consumption. Viber ("Viber" or "Viber") by the number of users is still behind Skype (Skype) and WhatsApp ("Vatsap" or "Votsap"). The threshold of 200 million accounts was reached in the first three years of the first company’s existence, while the other two succeeded much more slowly.
All calls and messages in Viber are absolutely free, and if you have Wi-Fi, you do not pay at all for using the program. In areas with a 3G network, the amount is deducted from the balance depending on the cost of one megabyte of traffic. For comparison, WhatsApp developers, in addition to paying for a voice call after a year of using the program, charge $ 1. In Skype for a certain amount, the account holder can make voice calls to a mobile phone. Thus, Viber has many more advantages, and even schoolchildren use the service without spending parental money.
Bright stickers - what attracts all users
The practical side of any program always remains in first place, but for the full use of an important factor is the presence of animated emoticons. In the latest version of Viber there are more than eighty of them, and as the application updates, new sets of stickers become available to the user, some of which are free. The most popular stickers vary in price from $ 1.99 to $ 2.19, and on Desktop (desktop computer) they can be downloaded without depositing money at all.
By installing "Viber" (or "Viber") on your device, how to start using it correctly, you will understand in the first minutes, and you will not have any questions. The service is quite simple and convenient, which is why millions of users send files daily, make voice calls and conduct active correspondence through this messenger.