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Has anyone actually seen or played with the group messaging feature? Do GroupMe et. al. have legitimate cause for concern?

• jmjerlecki 15y ago
  GroupMe has a lot to be worried about. The best part about that app is it gives groups an actual phone number so it works on any phone that can text. The problem for them is most people won't use the app through the actual interface. They get a group phone number and just run it through the native iPhone messaging app because its faster. They are going to face a tough time monetizing if people aren't staying in their app.
  • simonista 15y ago
    I don't see anything stopping you from doing that with the current messaging app, and GroupMe seems to be doing just fine currently. People are mentioning "group messaging" as part of the potential of the new iMessage and I'm wondering if people have seen or played with this feature yet, because I didn't see it anywhere in the keynote. Another question I have: does this app make the difference between sending SMS messages and sending iMessages completely transparent for me as an end user? I hope so, but it seems like there are some interesting use cases to work out. And how do you "address" a message to an ipad user? Email address, like FaceTime? Sorry for rambling a bit, I'm just really interested in how some of the implementation details are fleshed out.
    • jmjerlecki 15y ago
      GroupMe is doing fine from a funding perspective, but they are going to have one hell of a time trying to monetize. I think they have a great app though. Cross platform went to a must have today.