Sieghard, Thanks for this endorsement of the app, I shall start using it, properly, tomorrow! Sandy
sent from the dark side of the moon > On 20 Oct 2017, at 12:15, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > I use Whats App all the time (more than Skype now) to chat with friends and > relatives in Germany. The app is not as popular here in North America, but is > very popular in Germany and I assume other european countries as well as in > South America and some asian countries. > Yes, you can send text messages, voice messages and video messages and you > can easily make audio or video calls with individuals and groups although I > have currently no use for group calls. > What I like is that it integrates nicely with your addressbook/contacts, if > you have somebody's mobile phone number and they use Whats App you can > automatically call them without requesting a Skype name etc. > I also find the app much user friendlier especially since Skype's latest > major update to version 8. > The one advantage Skype still has is that I can call regular phone numbers, > their subscriptions are very inexpensive and I get 60 minutes a months of > calling via my Office 365 subscription. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 3:16 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: how to use WhatsApp for a particular purpose > > hello, > Somewhat impetuously, I have offered to teach English to various people > around the world using WhatsApp. I have used this app for a while now, but, > Millie to receive messages and reply to them. I have a list of, say, eight > people, with their phone numbers, who wish to avail of my services. Wilde we > would be a group, as such, I am thinking that the calls would be on an > individual basis. am I right in assuming one can use WhatsApp in the same way > that one can use Skype? so, we can chat away as with a normal phone call? > would there be any point in me setting up a group? it might be easier to keep > tabs of the various calls and people, but not sure about that… in fact, I > almost wish I hadn’t volunteered, I don’t really know how to go about this. > can anyone give me some tips as to how to organise this via the app? > > thanks in advance, fingers crossed, Sandy > > sent from the dark side of the moon > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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