I'm traveling now and don't have enoug time to reply in the previous
thread I started, but here is one of two more.
Phone calls are more important than ever when someone is leaving the
next day, or when medical advice is needed, and I called a friend of my brother's who is a doctor. And it went to voicemail every time, a long recording about his email address, who to call about his job, etc.
Finally it occurred to me to use Whatsapp and that went right not him,
no detour to voicemail. Viva la whatsapp!!
I was going to try Skype next but I think it would not have worked. When someone doesn't have a Skype-number to call, I think it's too much like
the telephone
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
I'm traveling now and don't have enoug time to reply in the previous
thread I started, but here is one of two more.
Phone calls are more important than ever when someone is leaving the
next day, or when medical advice is needed, and I called a friend of my
brother's who is a doctor. And it went to voicemail every time, a long
recording about his email address, who to call about his job, etc.
Finally it occurred to me to use Whatsapp and that went right not him,
no detour to voicemail. Viva la whatsapp!!
If the number is a mobile number, then WhatsApp is indeed worth a try.
Did you send a (text) message via WhatsApp or did you do a
WhatsApp-to-WhatsApp voice call?
I was going to try Skype next but I think it would not have worked. When
someone doesn't have a Skype-number to call, I think it's too much like
the telephone
No, it's if someone *does* have a Skype-*number*, then it's mostly
like a normal telephone call.
If someone does *not* have a Skype-*number*, you can only use a
Skype-to-Skype voice call if the recipient has a Skype account (and you
know the Skype *name*).
In comp.mobile.android, on 3 Jan 2024 18:30:50 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
I'm traveling now and don't have enoug time to reply in the previous
thread I started, but here is one of two more.
Phone calls are more important than ever when someone is leaving the
next day, or when medical advice is needed, and I called a friend of my
brother's who is a doctor. And it went to voicemail every time, a long
recording about his email address, who to call about his job, etc.
Finally it occurred to me to use Whatsapp and that went right not him,
no detour to voicemail. Viva la whatsapp!!
If the number is a mobile number, then WhatsApp is indeed worth a try.
Did you send a (text) message via WhatsApp or did you do a
WhatsApp-to-WhatsApp voice call?
I should have thought of texts, just to tell him to call me, but this
was a voice whatsapp call. But I presume it doesn't deal with his
celllular provider's phone number, except to find the phone, and then it
goes straight to Whatsapp.
I was going to try Skype next but I think it would not have worked. When >> someone doesn't have a Skype-number to call, I think it's too much like
the telephone
No, it's if someone *does* have a Skype-*number*, then it's mostly
like a normal telephone call.
If someone does *not* have a Skype-*number*, you can only use a
Skype-to-Skype voice call if the recipient has a Skype account (and you >know the Skype *name*).
I'm confused, by my own sentence too, but never mind. I'm sticking to whatsapp, which is more common anyhow i think.
I'm traveling now and don't have enoug time to reply in the previous
thread I started, but here is one of two more.
Phone calls are more important than ever when someone is leaving the
next day, or when medical advice is needed, and I called a friend of
my brother's who is a doctor. And it went to voicemail every time, a
long recording about his email address, who to call about his job,
etc.
Finally it occurred to me to use Whatsapp and that went right not
him, no detour to voicemail. Viva la whatsapp!!
I was going to try Skype next but I think it would not have worked.
When someone doesn't have a Skype-number to call, I think it's too
much like the telephone
Whatsapp is a chat client using whatever Internet connection you have
whether that is via carrier data or wifi hotspot.
Your phone calls are using your carrier's voice service.
I'm traveling now and don't have enoug time to reply in the previous
thread I started, but here is one of two more.
Phone calls are more important than ever when someone is leaving the
next day, or when medical advice is needed, and I called a friend of my brother's who is a doctor. And it went to voicemail every time, a long recording about his email address, who to call about his job, etc.
Finally it occurred to me to use Whatsapp and that went right not him,
no detour to voicemail. Viva la whatsapp!!
I was going to try Skype next but I think it would not have worked. When someone doesn't have a Skype-number to call, I think it's too much like
the telephone
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