How much do you spend on exchanging SMS messages with friends and family? This service of mobile operators has gradually turned into an expensive and not always convenient function. It is often easier to call and exchange a few phrases with the interlocutor than to send a couple of messages, having spent several times more time and money on this business. However, “live” communication is still unable to completely replace correspondence, and it is unlikely that it will ever be able to (at lectures, in a movie theater or other public place where conversation will interfere and distract others, messaging helps). In this case, you need to look for ways to reduce costs for SMS and MMS, and one of the most convenient and modern solutions is the Vots Up application. What is and how it works - these are the questions that this article will answer.
Why do we need WhatsApp and why is it better than regular SMS?
If we draw an analogy with the well-known Skype service, then we can say this: WhatsApp will soon do with SMS what Skype did with international telephone calls, that is, it will reduce the need for them to zero. For mobile operators, this is a huge loss, for users - significant savings on communication. So what is the Watts Up service?
In a few words, this is a cross-platform messenger for smartphones. Today there are versions of Vots Up for Android, IOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and some others. Thanks to this service, messaging becomes free, the only thing you have to pay for is Internet traffic (but even this is not a problem today if you have unlimited Internet or Wi-Fi).
The program is small, but very convenient and functional - there is nothing superfluous, but there is everything you need. You can purchase it in one of the official app stores on your smartphone (GooglePlay, Apple Store, etc.). At the same time, Vots Up for Android and other platforms (except iOS) is installed for free. To buy an application for iPhone or iPad, you will have to pay $ 0.99. At the same time, owners of apple products can use it indefinitely, while others, after the first year of use, will need to pay an annual fee of 99 cents (the amount is insignificant compared to what the service gives users).
How does Watts Up work? What is special about this application that makes millions of people in all countries of the world install it on their communicators?
Install WhatsApp on Android and other platforms
Let's start from the beginning, namely, from the installation. After downloading the program to your smartphone and its first launch, an account is created (on the s.whatsapp.net server) based on your phone number and scan of your phone book. Of the available numbers, those who are also registered in this service are entered into the Vots Up contact list. Moreover, if someone already in your phone book is registered in WatsApp, then he automatically gets into this list. Agree, it’s very convenient. This eliminates the need to create nicknames, logins, authorizations and procedures for adding to friends. Everything happens automatically: in the list of your friends there are always only real contacts from your phone book.
Features of installation on iPod and iPad
Everything is fine, but what if you have an iPod or iPad? As you know, on these devices there is no call function, which means that there is no telephone number either. In this case, how to install Watches Up on the iPad / iPod? You can solve this problem using the instructions below.
You will need a computer as well as an apple smartphone in order to register the application. Steps:
- Download iFunBox (from the developers site) for your OS.
- Download the WhatsApp application from the AppStore by first launching iTunes.
- Transfer the application IPA file to the desktop of your PC.
- We launch iFunBox, after connecting the iPad / iPod to the computer.
- In iFunBox, select the Install App button and open the IPA file from the desktop. The Vots Up application will be downloaded. Now it should be activated.
- WhatsApp activation on iPod or iPad is carried out via iPhone (by sending SMS). Connect Iphone to the computer and transfer the Library and Documents folders from the application to the PC desktop.
- Connect your iPod / iPad to your computer and from WhatsApp in iFunBox delete the Library and Documents folders, replacing them with the ones on the desktop.
Now you can launch the Vots AP application on your iPod or iPad.
Vots Up: what is it like to work in an ultramodern messenger?
Understanding WhatsApp is a snap. Launch the application and select the desired contact - the chat window opens. The profile picture is always used the same as in your phone book. Next to her, you can see the time of the last visit of your interlocutor (if at the moment he is not online).
In the upper corner of the chat window there are functions "Insert file" and emoticons. Thus, in the process of communication, you can exchange not only text messages, but also pictures / photos, video and audio files, as well as forward your location. Moreover, the latter is transmitted not in the form of coordinates, but as an indication of a place on a Google map - it is very convenient.
When the message is sent, a checkmark appears next to the delivery. The read message is marked with two checkmarks. By the way, if you are in a hurry and do not want to answer the question "where are you", you can use one of the ready-made answers.
Design is conducive to communication
Watts Up is an application with a minimalistic but nice design. The interface is made in pure light colors, there are buttons for help, search, attachments. And everything is clear intuitively. If you wish, you can make some minimal settings - change the chat background and some others.
If you chat with several people at the same time, several chat windows open. If at the time of sending the message you or your friend were offline, then the message is delivered immediately as soon as the smartphone is connected to the Internet. The program itself does not consume much energy and does not drain the battery of your phone.
Do you already use WatsApp?
In general, the program is very convenient and can significantly save your financial resources. The only nuance is (when using Vots Up) that such communication is possible if you have the installed application both for you and the person to whom you plan to send a message. Therefore, the charm of its presence can be felt only when many of your friends use this service.
To date, the application, created in 2009 in California, has installed more than one hundred million users worldwide. At the same time, about 30 billion messages are sent daily using WhatsApp (against 2 billion at the beginning of 2012). Naturally, such a popular service could not become unnoticed by Facebook, which in February 2014 acquired it for $ 19 billion! Are you still thinking about installing Vots Up on your smartphone?