Whatsapp for Lava Iris 349 and 401e

The Lava Iris 349 is a great phone, it has a petium processor that works at one Ghz of speed and it comes with over two hundred and fifty megabytes of ram capability. This phone is able to store over five hundred megabytes of Ram memory.

Lava-Iris-349You can add even add additional memory by adding a micro SD memory card and it will expand your memory up to a total of thirty-two gigabytes of memory. It also comes with a two pixel camera on the rear of the phone, and has a three and a half inch touchscreen that has a great picture of 320 by 480 pixel resolution.

This phone is an android phone that uses two point three android software and is almost 116 mm by just over 61mm and is just over 13mm high and only weighs just over eighty-five grams. This phone is set up to carry two sim cards and is able to work with Wi-Fi, GPS, and bluetooth devices.

The Lava Iris 401e is a great deluxe smart phone that comes with a marvelous four inch touchscreen that has the brightness and resolution of 480 pxls. by 800 pxls. The Pentium processor works at a one Gigahertz speed and has a memory of over 500 megahertz of Ram storage in the phone that can actually be expanded to thirty-two gigabytes by adding an additional micro sd card and t his smart phone also has a great three pixel rear camera.

This phone is an Android phone that runs on Android 2.3 software and has a battery that can be removed. This phone is one hundred twenty-four mm high by sixty three mm wide and only ten mm thick. This phone has the capability to use two (2) sim cards total and can alsobe used with any GPS system, Wi-Fi, and FM radios, it a l so is compatible to use . With any Bluetooth device. This phone is made from the company Lava International and they also owns Xolo which is another Android phone company.

The new and exciting app that everyone is using and is talking about that has you texting with all your friends is called Whatsapp. It is a great texting app you will just love using and what is even more exciting is the fact that it is compatible with the Lava Iris 349 and the 401e.

It is so easy to install the app on your phone so you can use it, go to the Google Play Store app that is already on your phone and go to the apps sections. Enter the name “Whatsapp app” in the search bar and it will bring the app up, then click on the green box that says “Install” and give it a few moments and it will install the app, you will see the numbers increasing as it is installing. When it gets to 100%, it is done installing.

It will then say “open”, now click on that button and the app is installed and is ready to use. You can now begin texting, follow the same steps for the Lava Iris 401e phone as you did here.

Whatsapp for K-Touch H888 – H899 – H999

The K-Touch H88, H899 and H999 are early generation smartphones. These devices rely on QWERTY keyboards with a smaller touchscreen above the keypad, similar to a BlackBerry. These applications are able to run WhatsApp although it is not as straight forward as simply downloading it from Google Play or the App Store. There are a few additional steps involved with it.

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This mobile phone has a 2.2 inch display screen offering 220 by 176 resolution. It does have some initial applications installed such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, but it does not come with WhatsApp installed. The mobile phone uses Java as the native operating system so it requires external downloads and installation. This model of the K-Touch has 20MB of internal memory with a microSD card slot allowing an additional 8GB of storage space.

K-Touch H899

This model of the K-Touch is very similar to the previous model. It supports 2G wireless but does not support 3G or 4G. Like the other phone it uses a 2.2 inch display screen. It also has a microSD card slot for up to 8GB of additional storage space. It does support FM radio playback while running Java MIDP 2.0. It has some native applications like Facebook, Twitter, Google and some other features, but it does need external installation to import WhatsApp.

K-Touch H999

This variation of the smartphone is a slight upgrade from the previous models. It is used primarily in India and it hit the markets in 2010 during the second quarter. It still uses the QWERTY keyboard on the bottom of the phone while sporting a 2.4 inch screen. The visual resolution is also a slight upgrade at 320 by 240 pixels. The screen is not touchscreen but instead the phone uses a trackball (the other models used an up and down button). It supports a microSD card for an expansion memory of up to 8GB. It supports 2G wireless data but nothing higher than this while it also uses Java 2.0 as its operating system.

Installing WhatsApp on the K-Touch Mobile Phones

The WhatsApp Java messenger does use a slightly different base for its installation than what it does for iOS or Android. It utilizes a Nokia Series 40 construction, which strips it down of some of its more complicated design features in order to allow it to install on the older mobile phone. As these models have been on the market for over five years now, most do not come with the appropriate Java Application service. Instead, a user needs to log onto the Java MIDP website and search for the WhatsApp application link. From there, they need to download the file to their computer. Once on the computer they can connect the mobile phone to their computer using a micro USB cable, then drag and drop the file into the mobile phone’s file listing.

After the application has downloaded onto the phone the user needs to select it. This automatically beings the installation process. Once the installation process has finished, the user is able to open the app and begin the registration process.

They need to type in the phone number associated with the K-Touch phone they are using. From there they just need to follow the remainder of the activation process and WhatsApp is good to go.

Whatsapp in China – Stats, Facts & Alternatives

WhatsApp’s biggest competitor is a solution that you may have never heard of: WeChat. WeChat, offered by a company called Tencent Holding (HKG: 0700), is the most popular messaging solution in China.

Currently, WeChat , or Weixin in Mandarin, has around 600 million users around the world, while WhatsApp has around 900 million . It is also easy to see why news reports indicate that WeChat is much more versatile, user friendly, and fun to use than WhatsApp.

Another reason why WeChat is so successful is that it is far more than just a messaging service. The best way to think of Weixin is as Uber, WhatsApp, PayPal’s Venmo, and Apple Pay all rolled into one.

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So What Is WeChat Anyway?

Using WeChat, a Chinese person can send money to her family, call for a cab, send a message to her boyfriend, send a video to her girlfriend, and pay for a drink from a vending machine. Users can also post news stories, read the latest news, and play mobile games.

Many American companies, including PayPal, Apple, Facebook, and Google, are trying to copy some of WeChat’s capabilities because of the money it makes. Apple has brought out its own payment solution called Apple Pay, PayPal now owns the popular money transfer app Venmo , Google has launched its own messaging service and payment solution, and Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion. Not to be outdone, the Korean electronics giant Samsung has released its own product, called Samsung Pay.

The reason these companies are so interested in copying WeChat is obvious: It makes a lot of money. Business Insider reported that Tencent made $1.1 billion in a year by processing WeChat money transfers. Foreign Policy reported that Tencent values WeChat at $30 billion and estimates that it makes up to $95 off of every customer, while Facebook only makes $42 off of every user.

WeChat vs. WhatsApp

Another good way to think of WeChat is like Google—a platform that allows a user to do a lot of things through a phone, just as Google lets you perform many different tasks through its search engine.

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WeChat can also be viewed as the future of WhatsApp; it is what solutions like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger will look like in a few years. It is obvious that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would like to transform WhatsApp into something like WeChat. Something to remember is that Zuckerberg, whose wife is of Chinese descent, spends a lot of time in China and even speaks Mandarin, so he is very familiar with WeChat and its capabilities.

Observers have noted that WeChat has some other advantages over WhatsApp; it appears to be more private than the American service. A popular feature is WeChat privacy circles that allow people to chat only with those they want, such as friends or business partners. Unfortunately, it is easy to gain access to circles by impersonating somebody.

Yet another popular feature on WeChat is its restrictions; a WeChat user can only be messaged by people he or she has invited. Unfortunately, cybercriminals can easily circumvent that security measure by impersonation.

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Finally, many people prefer WeChat because it is simpler than WhatsApp and easy to use. WhatsApp, like a lot of American solutions, is needlessly complex. It sometimes betrays its roots as the creation of Silicon Valley math geniuses.

WeChat’s Achilles HeelSecurity

Despite its popularity, WeChat has some serious weaknesses that could make it less popular around the world. The biggest of these is the Chinese government, which could be using it as a surveillance tool.

According to some online conspiracy theories, China’s security services are monitoring WeChat conversations. A few observers even think that Chinese and other WeChat users outside the country could be under surveillance.

If these claims are true, WeChat has serious privacy and security problems. The same features used by Chinese security services could be used by other nations’ spy agencies, particularly the American National Security Agency, or NSA, and the British Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ.

To make matters worse, it would be a simple matter for hackers and other cybercriminals to commandeer the surveillance tools in WeChat for their own nefarious purposes, such as blackmail. The amount of money moved through WeChat will certainly attract criminals.

Beyond surveillance, the Chinese government blocks Facebook use in that country. That creates a sort of captive market for WeChat, which means it does not compete directly with its biggest rival on its home turf.

Is WeChat WhatsApp’s Future?

Those that want to see what WhatsApp might look like in the near future need to take a close look at WeChat. Facebook is trying to mimic many of the Chinese solution’s capabilities.

As noted above, Facebook is working to commercialize WhatsApp. One of the best ways to achieve that would be to add a money transfer service similar to PayPal or Apple Pay to it.

WeChat has already demonstrated the power of such an app. There are now videos online that show people buying snacks from vending machines using WeChat. Some Coca-Cola vending machines in the United States now take Apple Pay.

Another U.S. payment app called Current C , which is being developed by large retailers, including Walmart, Costco, and Kroger, could allow users the ability to pay for fuel directly at the pump with an app. Current C is presently being tested at a number of retail stores in Columbus, Ohio.

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Both Current C and Apple Pay have another feature that could be added to WhatsApp at some point in the future. Both apps can be integrated with the popular loyalty card programs offered by many American retailers. Kroger , which operates several large supermarket chains in the U.S., including Ralph’s, Harris Teeter, and King Soopers, gives customer one point for every $1 worth of groceries they buy.

Every 100 points a customer accumulates gives her a 10¢ a gallon discount on fuel at a Kroger-owned filling station. In addition to supermarkets, Kroger now owns and operates 2,000 filling stations in the United States.

One strong possibility is that people will be able to access loyalty points and make payments through WhatsApp at some point. Another is that they will be able to order products directly through WhatsApp much as they can order products through Amazon.

If you are interested in seeing WeChat for yourself, it is available at the Apple App Store , Google Play , and the Windows Store .

WhatsApp Encryption: Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp has been launched

elcomsoft explorerA new important and interesting tool has been released by ElcomSoft Co Ltd.. What is this about? This tool brings several acquisition options that will enable experts to extract an decrypt WhatsApp messages stored in iTunes and iCloud or in other WhatsApp backups. ElcomSoft Co Ltd, the company that created this tool, is a privately owned company which has its headquarter in Moscow (Russia) and develops solutions for digital forensics and IT security industries and cooperates with military, intelligence agencies and law enforcement providing a range of forensic products used in criminal investigations.

So, what are their plans for Whatsapp? Here what Vladimir Katalov, ElcomSoft CEO, said about it in a post on the Company’s blog: “We have recently released a brand new product, Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp. Targeted at home users and forensic experts along, this Windows-based, iOS-centric tool offers a bunch of extraction options for WhatsApp databases. Why the new tool, and how is it different from other extraction options offered by Elsomsoft’s mobile forensic tools? Before we move on to that, let’s have a look at the current state of WhatsApp  …

Due to its overwhelming popularity, WhatsApp quickly became a target for spammers, hoaxers and plain criminals of all kinds. The very fact that the messenger app is designed to use secure end-to-end communications makes it difficult for the police to investigate cases involving WhatsApp messaging. Since no logs are stored on carrier’s side, requesting WhatsApp history files from the mobile carrier or an Internet service provider is not possible. The only way to acquire WhatsApp histories is imaging end-user devices or pulling data from local or cloud backups. And that’s exactly what we do in Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp  …

Future Development: We are considering adding more features to Elcomsoft Explorer for WhatsApp to allow extracting WhatsApp histories from a wider range of devices. For now, the tool is limited to iOS, yet we want to add the ability to extract WhatsApp databases from Windows devices (Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 10 Mobile), BlackBerry backups and Android phones (via Google accounts). Stay tuned for more news!”  You can read the full article here.

WhatsApp for Android: the new beta version 2.12.373 adds new emojis and renews their organization

new version 2 12 373WhatsApp has just released its latest Beta for Android devices, and, if you don’t want to wait for it to arrive on the Google Play Store, you can already download this new version 2.12.373 from the official site of the app. This new Beta, along with some bug fixes, finally brings some novelties that we think will be greately appreciated by the numerous users of emoticons. In fact version 2.12.373 not only adds dozens of new emojis, but reorganizes them into new categories (so now there are a total of 9 categories instead of 6).

The result is that the Android version of WhatsApp recalls WhatsApp Web or the iPhone when it comes to emojis. Among the new signs that now you can enjoy there is the horns gesture (which we expect will be as successful as the raised middle finger), together with new facial expressions for hugs and a lot more. Family emojis are now more numerous too. Furthermore you can find some updates also in the nature tab with the addition of a spider, unicorn, turkey and shamrock. And that’s not all.

The food tab sees new arrivals too such as a hot dog or a popcorn box, along with a popped champagne bottle and a taco. If you are a sport type (but not necessarily) you can have some fun using emojis of ice skating, weightlifting, racing cars and medals. A dedicated section to new travel destinations and places of worship could not be missing. Starting from this new beta version 2.12.373 you can find the objects organized in their own tab, where you can find, among others, shopping bags, a joystick, a microphone and even a funeral urn. The symbols tab now include also the hearts, so don’t search for them among faces and people anymore.

So, you can’t wait to use all these brand new emojis? To download and install this latest APK of WhatsApp simply go here  or here. But remember, to send and receive these emojis you (and your recipient) will need to have this latest 2.12.373 version or a blank box will show up.

Whatsapp for Lava Discovery 135 – 500 – 136s and 140

The Lava Discover line of cell phones are small, touchscreen phones primarily sold in India and southern Asian. For anyone looking to download and install WhatsApp onto their mobile device, there are really two methods, each based on the operating system used on the device. The Lava Discover mobile phones use either a Java based OS or Android. Both can handle WhatsApp but each is slightly different with the installation and specs.

Lava Discover 135

Released in 2013, the mobile phone has a 3.5 inch touchscreen offering 240 by 320 pixels. The phone offers a microSD card slot to increase phone storage by up to 4 gigabytes. The phone provides a 1.3 MP camera but no flash. The OS is based on the lavaservice provider, although the phone does support Wi-Fi and 3G (but not 4G). It also has 2 SIM card slots for easier international usage.

Lava Discover 136s

The 136s features a 3.5 inch touchscreen offering 320 by 480 resolution. It has a 1.3 MP camera and it does offer an LED flash, digital zoom and video recording capability. The microSD card slot can support up to 8 GB worth of data and it does have some Internet browsing features. The OS varies again based on the carrier, although most of the service providers have stuck to a more bare bones Java OS over Android.

Lava Discover 140

The 140 lineup of the phone makes a few general improvements but not too many over the previous models. It features a 3.5 inch touchscreen with 320 by 480 resolution. It supports a microSD card of up to 8 GB and has a 1.3 MP camera with video recording. However, this phone does not have LED flash. It also is primarily Java OS based.

Lava Discover 500

The Lava Discover 500 is a big upgrade from the 135. It offers a five inch touchscreen at 480 by 854 resolution. It has the same 4 GB storage upgrade potential and also supports dual SIM cards. It has a 5 MP rear camera and a secondary .3 front facing camera. This mobile phone runs Android OS.

Java OS
The operating system, especially for the earlier 135, is based primarily on the service provider. Some service providers choose to go with Java while others utilize the Google based Android OS. For the mobile phones running Java, it is necessary to open the Java application icon. From here, a user needs to type in “WhatsApp”, then download the app to the mobile phone.

If the Java store is not listed on the phone a user needs to download the application by connecting the device to their computer (through a Micro USB port), locate the Java Store page and download the application to their computer. From there they can drag and drop the application into the mobile phone like they would a file to a connected flash drive. Once WhatsApp has finished downloading and is installed, the user needs to open the app, type in the device’s mobile phone number and complete the activation process.

Google Android OS

The installation here is more straight forward. A Lava Discovery user on Android needs to open Google Play, type in “WhatsApp“, wait for it to download, then open the application following the installation. From here, they can type in the mobile phone’s number and finish the activation process.

WhatsApp for iPhones: more improvements with the new version 2.12.12

new version iphoneYou can never get bored of WhatsApp. At least not until the developers of this popular instant messaging application keep on releasing on a frequent regular basis new and always improved versions of this app. So far  you can use WhatsApp with Android devices, iPhones, Windows Phones, BlackBerry and Nokia Asha devices. It’s a fact that WhatsApp seems to be very special to its users, and the result is that today it is the most used instant messaging service all over the world, with 900 million monthly active users.

Most of the people use WhatsApp with Android devices, and that explains why this is the platform that receives major attentions by its developers. But, as we said above, there isn’t only Android. iPhone users are undoubtedly a lot, and their WhatsApp version is currently one of the most advanced. Just a couple of weeks ago there was a major upgrade of WhatsApp for iPhone, and this week, with the new version 2.12.12, we can see that the new features have been already improved.

So, where can you find the latest WhatsApp version for iPhones? You can download and install new version 2.12.12. straight from the Apple Store. What changes brings this new version? First of all, as usual, there are some bug fixes and also the stability has been further improved. The features added with the previous version 2.12.11  have been improved too, so now, among other options, WhatsApp for iPhones offers you:

  • the 3D Touch Feature (that allows you to rapidly Peek and Pop chats);
  • a rich preview of the links that you send and receive (and, what’s more interesting, if for some reasons you don’t want to share a rich preview or a link, you can always remove this option);
  • a new design for the Settings tab (so now you are able to view all your starred messages simply going to Settings > Starred Messages).