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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 18:15

Hi ladies - My family and I have just arrived in Dubai from the US. I have an unlocked iPhone that I got a SIM card and Etisilat service for, so I can use it and also need to communicate with my kids.
My kids have Blackberries on the 49 AED plan. I thought I could download Whatsapp on the iPhone to communicate with BBm but I can't get it to work - they can't download the app because it's not included with their plan.
Does this idea of mine just not work and I should get a blackberry too? Or am I missing something? Thank you so much for any advice!

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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 18:06

To confirm, I am up and running with it ! :D

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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 17:04

You can get whatsapp on the 49uae plan, as mentioned. I have it on my blackberry. The thing with whatsapp is its connection and dependability is cr*p. I use it to chat with my iphone friends but if you see a little clock once you push send it means it won't send for awhile or the service is down... sometimes it sends a day later. (on my blackberry I can see a clock, although one of my friends with an iphone doesn't see these icons I believe. A green check means it went through, a double green check means it was received and read. It's actually quite handy!) My friends and I just then switch over to text if it's important and the messages aren't going through. I use it when i have wifi or no wifi, but like I mentioned, it's connection is intermittent. Even my iphone friends notice the same from their whatsapp. I don't know if this has to do with Etisalat/Du or what... ETA, I also use it to chat with my sister in Canada, no extra charges that I've noticed, plus we send pictures back and forth. She even sent me a video the other day via whatsapp and it came through perfectly. <em>edited by moose on 05/02/2012</em>

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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 16:57

I did some more asking around today... most kids SMS their parents and it costs 1/2 a dirham per text, so you can preload their account That I can do!

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 20:30

Just been chatting to my brother in Scotland and we exchanged photos too ..

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 20:24

DD didn't receive a Whatsapp message from me with her wifi turned off. Facebook Messenger works both ways without wifi connection though.

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 20:21

Both ways? With no wi-fi?

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 20:15

Mine is working!

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 20:04

So that means that I can't really use it then, right? I never got the test message through cell service, only wi-fi. I see my options as 1 - get a blackberry for me to use or 2 - let my younger kids get facebook or 3 - get a more expensive plan? Any other options?

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:54

But you will always need to be in a Wi Fi zone to use...........

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:50

OK I have sent a test one to my dh so let's see what happens...

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:42

Don't get too excited spongemonkey... I got it to download, took forever to set up, and then sent a msg from blackberry to iphone over wi-fi and it worked... then tried it over etisalat and have not received. Also tried to respond and Blackberry did not receive. Let me know if yours works and maybe I messed something up!

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:36

I have stunned myself by doing it....it is downloading...

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:33

OK I am now hooked up to my home Wi Fi - didn't even know I could do that...:\: what next?

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 19:28

I have an iPhone, DD has a Blackberry on the AED 49 plan from Etisalat. We usually communicate for free through FB. She sends me a FB message and I pick it up through the dedicated FB Messenger app on my iPhone. You can download Whatsapp to a BB on the aed 49 plan - DD did it a few days ago. I've just sent her a message from my iPhone to her BB through Whatsapp and it worked. There are quite a few apps available on the BB with the 49 plan including Twitter, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and Facebook. Internet is available when hooked up to a wifi connection. There are quite a few other apps and games availab;e through BB App World when on wifi. Can I have specific and simple instructions on how to download Whatsapp , please? ( On the 49 dh plan) Thanks.

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OK, that makes sense. Going to find some wi-fi in this hotel and see if I can download Whatapp and make it work. DDs are 9, 11, and 13 and the 2 younger don't have FB so that's not an option. Working on it now! Thanks!

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 18:50

I have an iPhone, DD has a Blackberry on the AED 49 plan from Etisalat. We usually communicate for free through FB. She sends me a FB message and I pick it up through the dedicated FB Messenger app on my iPhone. You can download Whatsapp to a BB on the aed 49 plan - DD did it a few days ago. I've just sent her a message from my iPhone to her BB through Whatsapp and it worked. There are quite a few apps available on the BB with the 49 plan including Twitter, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and Facebook. Internet is available when hooked up to a wifi connection. There are quite a few other apps and games availab;e through BB App World when on wifi.

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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 18:25

The 49 dh plan does not give your kids Internet connection for anything other than Facebook. You can in theory use FB to message each other but I can't work out how to do it. I can send a message but I can't see where you see them or get any back BUT it could be me! :D

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