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Unfortunately right now the choice is SMS (one app, in my dock standard), or GroupMe for some friends, Kik for some others, a few on Facebook Messenger, four or
by cdcarter 15y ago
Unfortunately right now the choice is SMS (one app, in my dock standard), or GroupMe for some friends, Kik for some others, a few on Facebook Messenger, four or five who've figured out Huddle, and some other small fragment once iMessage shows up.
Sometimes, I don't mind paying for convenience.
- anonymoushn 15y agoIf your friends use IM services, you can use an IM aggregator like imo, Meebo, or IM+. There's also eBuddy, but in the past they have sent passwords to their servers in plaintext. disclosure: I work at imo.im.
- zarify 15y agoI think this is why iMessage is attractive, because you're not supposed to notice the difference between messaging friends via SMS or via iMessage. Now if there were the same cross-platform transparency between other messaging services then that'd be something really great. Sort of like what the hybrid IM clients kinda-achieved in the late 90s. I can't really see it happening though.
- aphexairlines 15y agoWhat do any of those offer that email doesn't? If you send me an email, it gets pushed to my phone apparently instantly.
- cdcarter 15y agoI don't work in IT/a computer related field. Many people I know do not have smart phones.