MEXICO CITY (CNNExpansión) – If you are still those who are reluctant to abandon operating systems Blackberry and Nokia Lumia, instant messaging WhatsApp you have bad news: cease to provide the service.
The decision is that the platform seeks to “focus its efforts on mobile platforms that most people use,” said the application through a statement on his blog last Friday.
Among the mobile platforms that will no longer have the application are BlackBerry 10, Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1, Android 2.2 and Windows Phone 7.
“Although these devices phones have been an important part of our history, do not offer the kind of capabilities we need to extend the application in the future, “explained WhatsApp.
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app said that in 2009, when it was launched the messaging platform, the use of mobile devices was very different from today.
“About 70% of smart phones sold at that time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia” now mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft accounted for 99.5% of users WhatsApp.
The company recommended to update the application with a version of Android, iPhone or Windows Phone before the end of 2016 to continue using the service WhatsApp.
More than 1,000 million people ‘whatsappean’ with this service, said Jan Koum, founder of the company, in early February. Ie one of every seven people on earth use the service that Facebook acquired in 2014.
Users send around 42,000 messages a day, share 1,600 million photos and 250 million videos added Koum .
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