WHATSAPP VS LINE
It is with Line when truly presented a tough opponent to Whatsapp, something no other seems to have achieved, bet operators to meet Whatsapp has apparently been forgotten at just days old, whose reason could be that is only available for Android by now.
Whatsapp, its advantages and disadvantages
No doubt I should begin by mentioning the biggest advantage that Whatsapp account, is that this is the most popular instant messaging in the world to date. That is why when purchasing just a Smartphone Whatsapp must be installed on your phone. It may sound excessive, but is that the biggest reason for doing this is that at least 90% of your contacts have the application and then you can start chatting with them.
But that reason is not the only thing that stands in Whatsapp, but have earned their rightful place thanks to have applications for each and every major mobile platforms of the moment: Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Symbian and Java2ME even , so that practically no Smartphone a user with which unreachable through this platform.
After the success of BlackBerry Messenger on RIM terminals undoubtedly the pioneer and best platform IM (instant messaging) that has existed, Whatsapp creators should have raised: “If BBM is so popular and successful? Why not do something similar but that works for everyone? "And boy did it.
WhatsApp allows users to communicate via messages, voice memos and send images, all via a data plan or a WiFi network, without using SMS messages (something very few remember now) and with a lot speed and fluidity because we are always connected . The application is free on all platforms for the first year, then this should be canceled an amount less than one dollar, although the "trial period" in Android and BlackBerry extends forever, and iOS only just uninstall and reinstall to install the app to get a free year more.
Perhaps the biggest drawback to this service is limited to only mobile phones and sending text messages, and multimedia files. Given this, from Japan arrives Line with qualities more than interesting.
Line, its advantages and disadvantages
This service comes in full swing from Asia, with the first goal at young people, as it has some nice features, no doubt, have been largely responsible for its success.
As seen in the screenshots, in Line not only have acquaintances smiles, but also with what they called Stickers, which are just larger and smilies that are incredibly animated nice and addictive to use to accompany any type of sentence, as the Japanese have been included in the application an enormous amount of these stickers in different libraries to download, some free and some pay few. I'm more than sure that many of the 250 million users of this application are in love with her because of the bizarre and funny stickers.
But make no mistake, the stickers are just the tip of the iceberg in Line, since this platform is not only available for iOS mobile devices, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone, but also has application for Windows and Mac desktop, plus a web version. This undoubtedly makes it much more attractive in appearance Whatsapp that we can continue our conversation from the computer without having to touch the phone and synchronize with your Smartphone. Superb.
Also, another great and very important feature is that Line allows voice calls via VoIP, so we can call and talk with our contacts from a Wi-Fi or 3G.
Finally, Line has some other applications available to complement their capabilities , such as "Line Camera "to add Stickers and effects to photos (which you can quickly share from Line), or " Line Card "," Birzzle Line "and" Brush Line "to make and send postcards, play with our contacts and paint, respectively.
The main disadvantage of Line is that although its growth has been astonishing year of life has not yet reached the popularity of Whatsapp, so currently it is impossible to completely changed the Japanese product.
Conclusions and Bono
Of the two, without a doubt my favorite is Line, thanks to all the advantages and developments representing over Whatsapp, certainly including the ability to make voice calls over the Internet, although the stickers and other characteristics are very attractive, no function is more useful than this.
However, as I mentioned earlier, it is impossible or very difficult to make a complete change to Line Whatsapp well want, because the former is steady as market leader and a huge amount of users, so a long time never miss my Smartphone.
As a bonus to this comparison, a new service that definitely caught my attention: Libon. This platform was launched by the operator Orange and represents an experience similar to but much easier Line, offering the ability to send short messages, multimedia files and call through VoIP, and on this, the call quality is incredibly good . It is free and also has a web version, plus "voicemail" and synchronization.