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Kik aims to put the instant in instant messaging - it's primarily designed for live chatting. So, like many desktop chat programs, when another user is tapping out a response, that's prominently displayed. And the user-interface and stuff going on under the bonnet is designed for speed of screen response and delivery.
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26/04/2012 10:38
Greedy companies want your custom then want to charge you a second time for being the customer.
You buy a phone at rip off prices and then have to pay to use it. High time these free apps were unnecessary and mobile companies gave you the airspace for your calls and texts. Either that or give away these phones at peppercorn prices to everyone and then charge for service. One way or the other, not both.
It has annoyed me all my life that I have had to pay a line rental on my home phone, and now on my cable connection. If a company wants your custom they should not charge you for a connection to the service. What next, a Sewer Pipe Rental? A licence fee for using the vacuum cleaner. Disconnect my water if i dont pay a Pipe Rental? British Corpaerate Greed will know no bounds
26/04/2012 11:15
you have not listed the best SKYPE
26/04/2012 13:06
whatsapp's by far the best
26/04/2012 12:00
they would charge you for fresh air if they could. and yes they would cut you off.
26/04/2012 12:26
Talking about water charges we have about reached a situation where through drought privatised English water companies will have to be supplied by Welsh and Scottish water companies which are maintained and paid for by council tax payers A situation where private English utility companies are restocked at Scottish and Welsh council tax payers expense and who then profit from their customers for their goods or services must not be allowed to exist. Just another example of how privatisation has led to the destruction of the infrastructure of this country. Before anyone tries to demean this item as anti English trust me I would not grudge anyone a glass of heaven sent water, after all we don't have a meter.
26/04/2012 12:53
I haven't read all of this article, stopped at the first one, you make it sound like BBM is free, may I remind you that you have to pay £5 a month to use the Blackberry service that is on top of your monthly contract or top up fee. So if you really do want to 'get down with the kids' it will cost you an extra £5 :)
26/04/2012 18:33
I regret buying my blackberry! SERIOUSLY
26/04/2012 19:42
250 a month just on phones, what a muppet.
26/04/2012 15:53
I MADE THE MISTAKE OF GETTING A SMART PHONE ON CONTRACT FOR MY DAUGHTER, NIGHTMARE,SHE HAS GONE OVER HER TXT USAGE A FEW TIMES BY MISTAKE AND VIRGIN SAY THEY ARE UNABLE TO SEND HER MESSAGE WHEN SHE IS NEAR HER LIMIT ALSO HAVE TROUBLE AS PHONE WILL NOT DOWNLOAD APPS, IVE TRIED TO SORT THIS OUT WITH VIRGIN BUT WITH NO JOY.
IM ON PAY AS YOU GO VIRGIN IF I TOP UP £10 A MONTH I GET UNLIMITED TXTS AND WEB USE. AND THEY ALWAYS SEND A MESSAGE WHEN COMING TO END OF CREDIT.
PAY AS YOU GO ALL THE WAY, SOME GREAT DEALS OUT THERE.
26/04/2012 11:20
Barry Skelhorn
You are one of the very many people that comment on MSN that clearly have no idea how the concept of capitalism works.
Phone companies aren't greedy, they are businesses that are created to make money, as are most companies that exist!
You don't NEED their products: You WANT their products
In what fantasy world do you live in that makes you think you can have a mobile phone and get free calls and texts for life?
ps You kind of do pay sewer pipe rental, it's part of your water rates!
26/04/2012 17:10
I use BBM and WHAT'S APP they are both great
26/04/2012 15:47
Aadtiya:- GREAT THAT YOUR GONNA BE A DAD AND ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISING SIGHT, ITS COMMENTS FOR THE RELATED TOPIC,
26/04/2012 19:59
got an iphone 4 but prefer my blackberry
26/04/2012 16:28
When i first bought my phone with Virgin it was alright!!
But about 2 months now into my contract with them they are also disagreeing to send my a message when i have nearly ran out of credit!!- My message is that they need to sort themselves out!
26/04/2012 15:50
just get unlimited text normally around 5000 fair usage. enough for most people
26/04/2012 18:44
I hated my blackberry im happy with my iphone 4 now.
26/04/2012 14:17
I ᴜsᴇ ɢɪғғ ɢᴀғғ ᴜɴʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴜɴʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ғᴏʀ £10 ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ᴡᴡᴡ.ɢɪғғɢᴀғғ.ᴄᴏᴍ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴇʟғ.
26/04/2012 15:01
I'm with voda and they charge 12p per text, i tend to get a £20 freedom pack that gives me unlimited texts to all networks and free calls to all networks and landlines 01 and 02 at start of code.
What these companies neglect to say is the hidden charges included with line rental so you end up with a massive bill every month. What they should do is charge for line rental at say £10 per month and the rest is free.
Contract mobile phones aren't really free, you have to pay for it on a monthy basis for either 12 or 18 month contracts so i say pay & go phones are better then you can keep an eye on what your spending with no hidden costs.
26/04/2012 18:47
yeah BBM is great if your on contract but if ur on pay as you go then it cost £5.00 a month but its worth it :d
26/04/2012 13:06
also android puts ios to shame
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