The scramble for a WhatsApp alternative became a thing soon after from under the feet of BlackBerry, Nokia Symbian, S40, Windows Phone 7.1, Android 2.1 and 2.2 users. In retrospect, this decision was inevitable, seeing how Symbian and BlackBerry OS are no longer the mobile powerhouses of yesteryear. In that regard, an online petition on to stop WhatsApp from abandoning BlackBerry10 doesn’t appear to have gained traction so far. This is obviously not the end of the world for a cross section of WhatsApp users who will simply swap out their old phones for newer models and it’s business as usual. For some users quite attached to their gadgets for one reason or another though, this is the end of the line. Much as we are not aware whether WhatsApp will completey shut down the App on these platforms or let them run minus the much anticipated updates, what we know is that we have until the end of the year to come up with a viable plan B in preparation of whatever is to come.

Why not take this time to test these chat Apps below and see which might actually be a suitable WhatsApp alternative when push comes to shove. Alternative to WhatsApp WeChat is an instant messaging App also known as Weixin (which means ‘micro message’ in Chinese) that was released in 2011 by Chinese company Tencent.

Telegram X for Android – a slick experimental Telegram client based on TDLib. Unigram, a UWP Telegram client for mobile, desktop and Xbox One (based on.

WeChat boasts of over 650 million active users (an estimated 70 million outside China) and supports Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian phones. WeChat provides the usual smartphone experience such as instant messaging, image and video share, broadcasting to multiple contacts, and location sharing among others.

The fact that WeChat supports the all platforms a number of which will soon not be supported by WhatsApp is an added bonus. Nimbuzz is one of the few Apps that still support instant messaging in Java-based non-smart phones. It has a Free call feature for other Nimbuzz users and Discounted regular calls to most locations worldwide. Konturnaya karta 9 klass toplivnaya promishlennostj lyrics. Programma dlya sklikivaniya direkta tv.

Founded in the Netherlands, Nimbuzz moved house to India in 2012 and opened branches in Brazil, Argentina and USA. Nimbuzz supports all major platforms – Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Phone & J2Me as well as Windows and Mac desktop computers.

Nimbuzz used to support adding Instant Messaging communities like Facebook and Gtalk and that might still be the case though we couldn’t find the option on our test Smartphone running Ice Cream Sandwich. Please tell us if you’ve had any luck. EBuddyXMS is the child that ate its parent. EBuddy Chat was a popular multi-protocol Instant Messaging App bundling Facebook Chat, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, AOL and ICQ into one chat interface. EBuddy Chat was replaced by eBuddyXMS in 2013 which got rid of the multi-protocol IM client in favour of their own chat platform.

Apart from the usual instant messaging, images,emoticons, videos, location, and more, eBuddyXMS incorporates an interactive Poll into Group Messaging that group members can contribute to for a final tally on decisions. EBuddy and Nimbuzz are much older chat alternatives and their survival so far is proof of their tenacity. (BBM) Before WhatsApp came on the scene, BBM was the go-to App for BlackBerry-only users for instant messages, free calls, sharing pictures and videos and more. BBM later added iOS, Windows Phone and Android to the fold opening up a whole new user base although a little too late to the party.