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Re:Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest by MzHN on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:26PM (#7518280)
>Please guys. Use TextSecure.

Believe me, I would love to.

But I don't have an Android phone, and even if I did, not all my contacts have one.

The reason WhatsApp is so popular is exactly this, it just works and it works on all mobile platforms.[1]

[1] http://blog.textit.in/your-path-to-a-$16b-exit-build-a-j2me-...

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Re:Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest by foobarqux on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:06PM (#7518561)
People are working on iOS version.
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Re:Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest by ama729 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:13PM (#7518630)
But as OP point out, iOS and Android are not the only platforms, there is also S40, symbian and Blackberry, which is where whatsapp shine.
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Re:Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest by MzHN on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:11PM (#7518606)
I have WP8, as do most of my contacts. Right now I'm stuck with WhatsApp whether I like it or not.
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Re:Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest by dublinben on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @07:27PM (#7519797)
>I have WP8

That's really your problem though.

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