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Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

kris — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:26:59 -0000

Hi
I downloaded Pinglite on I phone but it does not work as it says connecting and goes on foreever. My internet connection is ok as it allwed the download. Any idea what I acn do?
Kris

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

dinx — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:50:12 -0000

Use Ping Lite. I just installed mine.

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Smirky — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:40:17 -0000

yeah. that would be a real show stopper. If it worked that way for me, I'd not be happy with it either. fortunately for me, that hasn't been my experience. I've been having a nearly perfect experience with it. I use it on 3G and wifi. Rarely on Edge. I have been on firmware 3.0 until night before last when I finally broke down and put the latest firmware on it. I hope that doesn't mess it up for me.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Name — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:58:10 -0000

I tried BeeJiveIM, and it sucked my Iphone 3G, running 3.0, battery in an hour. When I shut of the push notifications, it didn't matter at all. It still sucked my battery from 100% to 20% in an hour and a half. Took BeeJiveIM off and now my battery lasts 3-4 days before I have to charge it. Push sucks on 3.0. I'm waiting until Apple puts out some firmeware to resolve the battery life with push notifications.

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APG — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:39:44 -0000

Funny: they have forgotten to use a per default language, and on a French iPhone "STRING_APP_NAME" is displayed instead of the name of the app! (same problem everywhere except in settings)

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

paat — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:34:14 -0000

NOT FREE ANYMORE!!

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Smirky — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:07:19 -0000

beejiveIM-- iPhone to iPhone, computers, blackberries... via AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Windows Live, MyspaceIM, Yahoo Messenger, Facebook IM

Why use SMS at all? SMS is for dumb phones.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

kip martin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:03:03 -0000

>it’s only for iPhone to iPhone messaging, so
>it can’t quite replace text messaging if your
>friends use other devices (or, don’t sign up
>for Ping).

worthless.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

teo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:52:04 -0000

TextPlus allows the very same thing for free...

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Admin Tekshek — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:50:28 -0000

Iphone has provided really awesome feature

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poorti — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:28:23 -0000

Where do I get the PIng! for free..its not free on the app store.. would u knw where I cud get it for free..

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

La Peyi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:47:23 -0000

This is not free so the headline is misleading. It cost $.99 cents. I will still give it a try.

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gregorylent — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:15:45 -0000

bought it, won't load ...

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Steve — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:08:15 -0000

TextPlus is MY go to SMS. It's free, unlimited, multi-platform and has PUSH. Ping is a good idea, but the iphone-to-iphone SMS is a limitation (not all my friends have an iphone).

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

jaytorres — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:26:49 -0000

PING SUCKS! Download Whatsapp instead. No need to create a username and its interface is way cleaner. Whos wants to memorize another username and password anyways?

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Average Joes — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:16:19 -0000

Nearly everyone has free texts anyway nowadays?

And I really can't believe that it is taken so long to provide this sort of app on the iPhone after the continued success of the built in BB messenger on our blackberrys? In fact I would expect the next major release of iPhone firmware to include a built in messenger of some sort.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Guest — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:06:21 -0000

Global.AQ 2.0 is going there. from device to device and from device to GSM and from GSM to device. So far iPhone/iPod Touch only but its coming to the Desktop , Android etc.

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Error601 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:23:29 -0000

BE CAREFUL! My wife accidentally entered my Ping! ID when she was setting it up on her phone ('cause I said she should get it and I gave her my ID so she could send me messages, but she was confused and used my ID on her phone), and there didn't seem to be any server-side check to prevent her from using my ID.

Does that seem like a MAJOR flaw to you? It does to me.

So... Would she now have control of that ID? Would we both be able to use it? Would we both get messages that were supposed to go to just me? Will John break up with Martha?

I may try it again after it gets updated. And yeah, it's not free anymore.

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nik poon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:06:18 -0000

used it for the past few days and it seems like a great app so far. i think the biggest challenge is to get enough people to download and use the app, especially since it's not free anymore. they should have waited till they had more users before deciding to charge.

there seems to be a lag in updating the messages (it just updated after not working for the whole day), and the constant blinking in the message box (quite annoying) needs to be ironed out.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

john smith — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:02:41 -0000

i don't get why its a top paid application. it's push notifications don't work most of the time. and it's really buggy.
there's another similar application called whatsapp, and it surely deserves more recognition than ping does.
cheers.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Kyle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:50:03 -0000

Ping! isn't a free download anymore!? Haha.. that's pretty lame. Glad I got it when it was.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Ryan Lalonde — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:50:02 -0000

Yeah I downloaded this last week and I've got a few friends that use the iPod Touch using it so we can all text each other. It's a very good application.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

edythemighty — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:46:35 -0000

You mean like...an IM app?

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Yaron Meiner — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:46:08 -0000

Its a good idea but I guess that its not apple's official (like RIM's). i don't want to pay for something that nobody uses.
In addition to that if some unoficial sms system will catch, apple will develop its own system, and we won't have to pay a dime.
Now some might say - its only a dollar - but this is the thing about this kind of programs - a dollar here, a dollar there and it sums to a lot. its not that I'm not buying stuff in the app store but this one seems like a waste of money, i wish them good luck.

Re: Ping: Free iPhone-to-iPhone Text Messaging

Josh N. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:42:39 -0000

Whoever first creates reliable multi-platform device-to-device messaging with delivery, read, and typing notifications, wins. (Cross platform Blackberry Messenger aka SMS 2.0)