Saturday, November 13, 2010

Whatsapp Update

The Update

The crossplatform messaging app for iPhone, Blackberry, and Nokia phones. You wont see a huge UI change but it comes with numerous improvements and features. Many you wont be able to notice immediatley such as the new message tone not playing while on a call. Some features, such as searching your messages and being able to edit and trim videos that are too large to send can prove to be very useful.

To see Whatsapp's description of everything new about the upgrade, scroll down.

What's New In This Version:
- message history search: you can now search you previous conversation history based on keywords
- copy image from buffer into conversation
- scroll bounce inside of the text input. also fixes text input issues for asian languages
- allow in-app video editing for videos which are too large to send
- generate and display thumbnails when sending video
- dismiss camera when application is moved into background
- tap and hold on "arrow up" icon
- tap and hold on individual conversation message to Delete or Forward that message
- accept audio/video media from Email and possibly other external apps (tap and hold on video or audio file in the Email app)
- generate high-res thumbnails when sending maps and pictures from iPhone 4
- don't play new message tone when phone call is in progress
- handle "low disk space" issues when trying to use Camera
- full localization updates
- index bar should now work with any alphabet
- voice notes recorder localization fixes and retina display updates
- you can now cancel multimedia download and upload in progress by tapping on the X icon in the progress bar
- network connection fixes and improvements
- add Dutch translation
- remove Facebook support
- preview picture before sending

You can purchase WhatsApp Messenger from the App Store for $0.99.

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