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Probably not. There have been dozens of challengers (Kik, Beluga, WhatsApp), no one has gathered the ubiquity or reliability of SMS. The one one I can conceive
by jamesaguilar 15y ago
Probably not. There have been dozens of challengers (Kik, Beluga, WhatsApp), no one has gathered the ubiquity or reliability of SMS. The one one I can conceive of hitting that goal is Facebook, and at the moment they don't seem to be trying too hard.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoJust another silo. You know what has the ubiquity of SMS? Email.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoAt least on my device, email's usability is not there. Nor is its delivery latency or immediacy on receipt.
- aleyan 15y agoI am surprised Google Voice hasn't been mentioned as an alternative. It piggy backs on existing networks by allowing you to communicate with Google servers over your data plan, which forward your texts as SMS to their destinations. I run it on my smartphone and use my Google Voice phone # exclusively. As a result I have been able to get rid of my SMS Verizon plan over a year ago. This is completely transparent to my contacts who have no idea that they are texting/calling a google voice number.
- untog 15y agoGoogle Voice isn't available outside of the US. A huge difference.