<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><p>Maybe the low income society was not the target market for the app <br><br><br></p>
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Dear all<BR><BR>I had a very interesting conversation with my mum yesterday, she<BR>wanted to know how she can purchase the whatsapp service since her<BR>free trial expires in two weeks time. She says from her handset there<BR>are 2 options google wallet and paypal. Of course she has no idea what<BR>both are to start with.<BR><BR>I don't know how many of you are using this app. But in my village its<BR>becoming a popular application with most people having changed<BR>handsets to ensure they have whatsapp enabled ones. The reason being<BR>its cheaper to send messages using whatsapp. Actually the other day I<BR>heard the radio DJ asking people to whatsapp their opinions too!<BR><BR>As of yesterday most profile status changed to 'error: user<BR>unavailable'. This has caused so much panic in the whatsapp community<BR>and I am sure if you are on whatsapp you have by now
received this<BR>chain email asking you to send to 18 users to prove you are an active<BR>user.<BR><BR>Based on those two incidents, I am wondering is there a defined model<BR>of payment for this service taking into account that most users do not<BR>have paypal, Google wallet or even a credit card. Most of us have been<BR>buying data bundles so we can access this application( and I am sure<BR>contributing a lot to the internet usage statistics). Now with these<BR>expiration looming has anyone thought of assisting those who may have<BR>the USD$2 to purchase the service.<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Cecilia Matanga<BR>Programme Officer<BR>Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan<BR>UNDESA<BR>Nairobi - Kenya<BR>Mobile : +254-718568154<BR>Telephone : +254-20-374 9892/3<BR>Fax : +254-20-374 9894<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet mailing list<BR><a
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