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Whatsapp have more users than twitter with 350 million users. SMS IS DEAD
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Whatsapp have more users than twitter with 350 million users. SMS IS DEAD
Facebook Messenger Getting Major Overhaul: SMS Dead, No Longer Need To Be Friends To Send Messages
… on Android, where the SMS texting feature, which let you text friends who don’t have Facebook, has been removed. “We made a big deal about the SMS feature and it just didn’t take off,” said a Facebook spokesperson."
… on Android, where the SMS texting feature, which let you text friends who don’t have Facebook, has been removed. “We made a big deal about the SMS feature and it just didn’t take off,” said a Facebook spokesperson."
I just can't believe that with how popular twitter is but I'm sure you saw it somewhere. Whatsapp is >>>>> messengers I guess.
Twitter is not that big bro. Its popular but no that big
Motorola's Project Ara aims to create a customizable mobile platform
Motorola is developing a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones.
With Project Ara, Google-owned Motorola wants to create a third-party developer ecosystem around a customizable framework that gives users more choice in the components that make up their smartphones, according to Paul Eremenko of the Motorola Advanced Technology and Projects group, Project Ara Team in a blog post. The project has been in the works for over a year.
Early designs for Project Ara
"We want to do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software: Create a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem, lower the barriers to entry, increase the pace of innovation, and substantially compress development timelines," he wrote.
The project consists of a structural frame called an "endoskeleton" that holds various modules in place. The modules can be anything ranging from a new display, keyboard, an extra battery or something not yet thought of, he wrote.
The team is also working with Dave Hakkens, a Dutch designer that recently introduced a concept called Phonebloks, a vision of a modular, customizable and open smartphone platform. The idea has been met with a positive response.
"We've done deep technical work. Dave created a community. The power of open requires both," Eremenko wrote, adding that Motorola would like to engage the Phonebloks community throughout the development process.
Motorola will send an invitation to developers to start creating modules for the Ara platform within a few months, said Eremenko. An alpha release of the Module Developer's Kit (MDK) is expected to come out sometime this winter, he added.
"It is a very interesting concept," said aid Geoff Blaber, a mobile analyst for CCSInsight. However, there are a number of technical and commercial barriers before this could become reality, he said.
"The complexity of a phone that allows you to swap out components is significant," he said. Some components like screens are relatively easy to swap, but other components like CPUs require a lot of software integration and programming for the whole system to work well, he said. "I think that is one of the big challenges."
Another problem is getting such a phone accepted by operators, he said. An operator takes on a product on the basis of components and software at the time a device ships, and changing components that potentially have an impact on performance could disrupt the service experience, he added.
"There are different parts that need to align for this project really to come to fruition," Blaber said, adding that Motorola is the first of many players that need to be aligned to make this really work.
However, these are just the first baby steps taken in this project and the barriers aren't necessarily insurmountable if the broader industry is engaged early on in the process, he said. But it is unlikely that there will be a widespread adoption of swappable component-based phones in 2014, he said.
Motorola is developing a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones.
With Project Ara, Google-owned Motorola wants to create a third-party developer ecosystem around a customizable framework that gives users more choice in the components that make up their smartphones, according to Paul Eremenko of the Motorola Advanced Technology and Projects group, Project Ara Team in a blog post. The project has been in the works for over a year.
Early designs for Project Ara
"We want to do for hardware what the Android platform has done for software: Create a vibrant third-party developer ecosystem, lower the barriers to entry, increase the pace of innovation, and substantially compress development timelines," he wrote.
The project consists of a structural frame called an "endoskeleton" that holds various modules in place. The modules can be anything ranging from a new display, keyboard, an extra battery or something not yet thought of, he wrote.
The team is also working with Dave Hakkens, a Dutch designer that recently introduced a concept called Phonebloks, a vision of a modular, customizable and open smartphone platform. The idea has been met with a positive response.
"We've done deep technical work. Dave created a community. The power of open requires both," Eremenko wrote, adding that Motorola would like to engage the Phonebloks community throughout the development process.
Motorola will send an invitation to developers to start creating modules for the Ara platform within a few months, said Eremenko. An alpha release of the Module Developer's Kit (MDK) is expected to come out sometime this winter, he added.
"It is a very interesting concept," said aid Geoff Blaber, a mobile analyst for CCSInsight. However, there are a number of technical and commercial barriers before this could become reality, he said.
"The complexity of a phone that allows you to swap out components is significant," he said. Some components like screens are relatively easy to swap, but other components like CPUs require a lot of software integration and programming for the whole system to work well, he said. "I think that is one of the big challenges."
Another problem is getting such a phone accepted by operators, he said. An operator takes on a product on the basis of components and software at the time a device ships, and changing components that potentially have an impact on performance could disrupt the service experience, he added.
"There are different parts that need to align for this project really to come to fruition," Blaber said, adding that Motorola is the first of many players that need to be aligned to make this really work.
However, these are just the first baby steps taken in this project and the barriers aren't necessarily insurmountable if the broader industry is engaged early on in the process, he said. But it is unlikely that there will be a widespread adoption of swappable component-based phones in 2014, he said.
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sms is not bigger than IM stop the fukkery. Im passed sms for the first time last year/this year
Whats app have more users thats all that matters...twitter is not as big as people thinl. Look at their stats
Whats app have more users thats all that matters...twitter is not as big as people thinl. Look at their stats
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Golayitdown
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Not disputing the numbers but the comparison. Comparing a messaging app to a social media site is flawed. The two apps are not in competition with each other. I wouldn't typically tweet a group of friends with some personal info that only we know about just like I wouldn't text my aunt #whereTheHoesAt. You wouldn't say iMessage is dead because Gmail has more users. Just doesn't make sense.
The point is whatsapp is HUGE. IMessage wouldnt be used if it wasnt build into sms. Standalone apps is much harder to sell to users. Whatsd app is big bruh. It connect the world