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

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. 3 horse? by bigpat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With over 1 billion active users, and the backing of Facebook, is WhatsApp finally reducing the mobile landscape to a three-horse race ?

    Seriously Windows phone is less than 3%. The only thing keeping it in the vicinity of relevant is the money that Microsoft spends marketing it.

    1. Re:3 horse? by DogDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Seriously Windows phone is less than 3%. The only thing keeping it in the vicinity of relevant is the money that Microsoft spends marketing it.

      I know that I couldn't care less how many other people use Windows Phone. I use it because it's a better product.

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      I don't respond to AC's.
  2. Re:Just What Exactly is Whats App doing... by johanw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    End to end encryption with the Axolotl protocol.