WhatsApp To End Support For BlackBerry, Nokia, and Other Older Operating Systems (whatsapp.com)

Posted by timothy on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:13AM from the not-even-the-back-burner dept.

nerdyalien writes: While everybody is immersed in the Apple vs. FBI case, WhatsApp has posted a blog entry that could potentially alter the mobile landscape as we know it today. By the end of 2016, WhatsApp will no longer support many older mobile operating systems from BlackBerry, Nokia, Android and Windows Phone. Moving forward, WhatsApp will only support the latest and greatest iPhone, Android and Windows Phone platforms. With over 1 billion active users, and the backing of Facebook, is WhatsApp finally reducing the mobile landscape to a three-horse race ?

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Re:3 horse? by Kjella · 2016-02-29 05:07 · Score: 3, Funny

Sure, I use Linux because it is a better desktop OS than Windows, but I wouldn't call its less than 2% market share a "horse race" with Windows.
In other words, Linux is just as irrelevant on the desktop as Windows is on mobile? Them's fighting words - well nerd rage words - here, I'll get the popcorn.

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