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Good day, fellow readers. Today there’s another issue about my
\ninstalled Apps. Today’s overview deals with social media and
\nInstant messaging! These Apps help you to stay online with your
\nfriends while you are on the road and not at your PC.<\/p>\n
However expect some limitations due to the different systems.<\/p>\n
You may also want to read the other posts I\u2019ve made, so here\u2019s an overview of what has been blogged so far in this series:<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(1)<\/a> Okay, let’s begin with a network planning tool.<\/p>\n I don’t think I have to say much about this great messaging tool that allows chatting with your friends and exchanging videos and sound memos at a glimpse! Creating groups allows you to organize meetings with your friends and have one message sent to multiple recipients. This is bandwidth-saving anc convenient at the same time. your contacts are either analyzed by your contact list or you can add friends by sending a message to their cell phone number.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 $0.99<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This service is similar to WhatsApp. Installed it when Apple has banned WhatsApp for a short time from the AppStore and there was no hint if WhatsApp would ever return. With the additional features to WhatsApp, this App is definitely concurring with WhatsApp. Will keep both on my iDevice for now. Although one would complain that WhatsApp costs a dollar and Line is free, I still recommend WhatsApp also as the user database is most likely bigger than LINE’s one.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605+\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n The extra star is for the cost-free status while no Ads are displayed. Thumbs up<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tango allows you what FaceTime doesn’t. You can videochat with your contacts even when you’re in 3G network. This is a great advantage to FaceTime because most time one is using 3G network with the iDevice of Choice, Only iPad WiFi users might better benefit from the FaceTime App.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The legendary messenger on your iDevice. You can keep contact to AIM and ICQ users. Although very popular since 1998, it more and more dims with the appearance of today’s social networks such as Facebook & Co.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another Messenger like ICQ messenger but with support for more messaging protocols.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: IM+: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free <\/p>\n There’s not much to say about the social network #1. This is the mobile client to facebook to allow sharing your moments with your friends while you’re on the road. As far as I know, Facebook App comes preinstalled on all newer iDevices<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Twitter, known as lightweight alternative to Facebook is the social network #2. This client allows you to read your followed tweets and send your own tweets right from your cell phone. The only limit is 140 characters per message.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Google+ is the answer from Google to facebook. Although Google+ isn’t as popular as facebook it has advantages to facebook.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 \u2013 Free (Discontinued in April 2019!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have detected a good location and want to share it with your friends and the world? Foursquare allows this and you can put recommedations, location infos and photos online. This is a guide network that lives upon participation of the people using it. You recognize really active locations by the number of people “visiting” it and if there’s a “mayor”. Your participation level is held in record by badges you can earn during your trips.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n XING, like LinkedIn is for Business relationships. It’s the facebook for business as I would say. Nothing much else is said about XING as its functions is similar to facebook except that you use it for your business contacts and can build up a business contact network.<\/p>\n Pros: Cons: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 \u2013 Free<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tomorrow: Photo Apps. Use them to improve your photo’s quality or do some great stuff with them.<\/p>\n All links lead to a 404 error but most of these apps can be manually found. Sorry for the inconvenience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good day, fellow readers. Today there’s another issue about my installed Apps. Today’s overview deals with social media and Instant messaging! 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\nLet\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(2)<\/a>
\nLet\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(3)<\/a>
\nLet\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(4)
\nLet\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(5)<\/a>
\nLet\u2019s review some Apps\u2026(6)<\/a><\/p>\nWhatsApp<\/h2>\n
\n+ Lightweight
\n+ Uses cell phone number as unique identificator
\n+ Easy to use
\n+ Send\/receive Photos\/videos\/sounds
\n+ Group messaging<\/p>\n
\n– May have problems with sounds from other platforms like Android.
\n– Does not update contact’s infos if they change their cell phone number<\/p>\nLine<\/h2>\n
\n+ Lightweight
\n+ Uses cell phone number as unique identificator
\n+ Easy to use
\n+ Send\/receive Photos\/videos\/sounds
\n+ Use groups for group chat
\n+ Do phone calls via VoIP
\n+ “Stickers” as picture messages”
\n+ No Ads<\/p>\n
\n– No localization of App (german installation is also english)<\/p>\nTango<\/h2>\n
\n+ Accurate and fast
\n+ Easy to handle
\n+ Clean GUI
\n+ No Ads
\n+ Nice in-video animations
\n+ Checks your COntact list if these contacts are also having Tango installed<\/p>\n
\n– To store more than 5 video messages you have to purchase in-App options.
\n– Video a bit jerky due to the limited data rate
\n– No localization (only english GUI)<\/p>\nICQ Messenger<\/h2>\n
\n+ Easy to handle
\n+ No Ads
\n+ Saves message history<\/p>\n
\n– App rarely crashes due to long trace respnse time
\n– No iPad support<\/p>\nIM+ \/ IM+ Pro<\/h2>\n
\n+ Supports a handful of chat protocols<\/p>\n
\n– Support for Skype and chat history saving only in PRO
\n– Ads in Free version
\n– Hefty price tag for an instant messaging App<\/p>\n
\nIM+ Pro: Overall-Rating: \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606 \u2013 $9.99<\/p>\nFacebook<\/h2>\n
\n+ Accurate and fast
\n+ Easy to handle
\n+ Clean GUI
\n+ No Ads<\/p>\n
\nNone found so far<\/p>\nTwitter<\/h2>\n
\n+ Fast
\n+ Has almost all features of the twitter web account<\/p>\n
\n– No short-URL support<\/p>\nGoogle+<\/h2>\n
\n+ Lightweight
\n+ Organize your contacts in circles
\n+ Settings for data usage in different network zones<\/p>\n
\nNone found so far<\/p>\nfoursquare<\/h2>\n
\n+ Clean interface
\n+ Accurate positioning witg GPS
\n+ Recommendations around your position<\/p>\n
\n– None found so far<\/p>\nXING<\/h2>\n
\n+ Accurate and fast
\n+ Easy to handle
\n+ Clean GUI
\n+ No Ads<\/p>\n
\nNone found so far<\/p>\nUpdate April 12th<\/sup>, 2019:<\/h3>\n