An exciting messaging app called “Telegram” that I learned about today is going to save my “Smartphone usage life”.
I have a new member of my Excel-VB Automation club (Aliyu Muhammed) to thank for letting me know about it.
He wrote as follows:
Hello
There is a good app that I think that will interest you and your members. It’s called Telegram. It’s actually an advanced what’s app messenger and Facebook messenger together. It’s free and it’s accessible through the phone tablet pc and Mac. It’s very versatile and robust. And best of all its cloud based all the messages, PDFs, audio and video are automatically archived on the cloud. It’s also support a large group up to 5000 members unlike what app that can only accommodate mere 250 members in a group. Simply search for it App Store and you will be blown away.
And that’s even though the key benefits I see it giving me are a bit different from those he highlighted as potential justifications for me to adopt it.
[Hint: It does stuff Whatsapp can’t or won’t e.g like running on ALL platforms including Blackberry into 2017… and beyond! ]
You see, I like the fact that this app (called Telegram) works across all platforms
That’s so unlike Whatsapp which made me buy 3 Lenovo smartphones recently for myself, my wife and my kids after persistent notifications from the developers that Whatsapp would not work on our Blackberry devices.
So despite my preference for my BB, I have had to join Android bandwagon – reluctantly, unlike the rest of my clan, who have been ecstatic lool!
For me, doing so meant I would have to use 2 smartphones – and that was not an idea that appealed to me.
Then in came, this morning, a message from Aliyu Muhammed with news about this app that threathened to drive away my Whatsapp-Android requirement annoyance.
Through quick online checks, I soon discovered the app is not just a viable alternative that works on BB Smartphones, but also one that offers superior features and functions over and above those Whatsapp and similar other apps boast of.
See this review article to see what I mean.
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Title: Messaging app Telegram now has the one feature you wish WhatsApp had
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So, in less than 24 hours of taking up a promo offer to buy my Excel-VB Ration Formulator, and join my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club, Aliyu Muhammed has added value to my work in a significant way.
That, to me, is a sign that he’ll be a useful person to have in the club, and for that reason I’ve decided to make him another promo offer as my way of saying “Thank You” if it interests him.
I decided to pay it forward by sharing the news about the app on this blog, so others can learn about it.