>>>>From just a cursory glance looks like a messaging program. How is it different from iPhone native messaging?
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>>>>LOL!!! I wouldn't know. You know what my phone does? It makes telephone calls <g>.
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>>>mine as well (oooold Nokia E51, running for days unless WiFi is on), but even dumber phones ***all*** have SMS. Whatsapp to SMS is like email is to mail - and I like it.
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>>My old Motorola International 5100 can only receive SMS. And standby time is 12h. Somehow I don't pull it from the storage ...
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>The E51 is still a candy bar phone - internet capable, but in reality only good for headlines of email and whatsapp, in a pinch I can read the mail on phone.

It was only that an E51 is not oooold in that sense. :)
I've never done mobile net before my first android. To clumsy, to expensive.