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WhatsApp?
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hatsApp enables users to send and receive free
photos, videos and text messages. It saves the users from regular mobile
service provider expenses like high tariff calls and SMSs.
BY MUSYOKA
NGUI
Mobile technology has simplified the
way we communicate with each other. The WhatsApp mobile application enables the
users with Android Operating System supported mobile phone or tablets to send
multimedia messages for free.
The
WhatsApp enables users to send and receive photos, videos and text messages. It
saves the users from regular mobile service provider expenses like high tariff
calls and SMSs.
Active
WhatsApp users are visible to their friends and family. The user need to have
saved the latter’s numbers in their phonebook. It helps to upload one’s profile
photo to identify the user. Further, the profile photo attracts the other users
to chat with you rather than a profile without a photo at all.
It’s
fun to have this application because users share cartoons, exclusive photos and
Photoshopped pictures. They are also able to generate their own content and
modify animated ones.
People
with similar interests can form WhatsApp chat groups. Again, to form and
administer the chat group is free. Members can join and leave chat groups at
will. They can also change the group icon and subject. One WhatsApp group can
accommodate up to 50 members. It is freedom of expression taken to a whole new
level.
The
downside of WhatsApp is that one requires a smart phone running Android
Operating System. Getting a good smart phone supporting this App is costly for
the average person.
Sometimes
WhatsApp may not download and post heavy files such as videos and photos if the
user has not subscribed to data bundles. However, the text messages can be sent
at zero credit. You may find WhatsApp invaluable software particularly if you
are the social type.
The writer
is a Final Year student of Bachelors of
Arts Degree in Communication and Media at Chuka University and a Blogger at
musyokangui.blogspot.com
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