My thanks to everyone who has replied to this thread. My German friend feels more comfortable with WhatsApp than she does with FaceTime, so I'll give WhatsApp a try.
Sieghard, my friend does not know you, but I passed on your best anyway. Thanks. Craig On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 4:00 AM Robert Doc Wright <yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a friend in South Africa and we speak a lot via What's app. I have > had no problems. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Werner" <coffeeb...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 8:16 PM > Subject: WhatsApp or FaceTime: Keeping up with a Friend from Germany > > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > A friend of mine from Germany is visiting the U.S. for a few weeks and > > has brought her iPhone with her. She does not have a data plan for > > the States, and my phone plan does not allow me to phone a German > > mobile phone at a low cost. We are considering FaceTime or WhatsApp > > as a way to keep in touch. I am rather wary of WhatsApp since I have > > heard reports that its address book sharing can introduce malware into > > the iPhone. I have no idea if these reports are credible. Does > > anyone have any experience with comparing FaceTime and WhatsApp in a > > scenario such as the one I have described? Note that we are not > > interested in exchanging any video component, just voice data. > > > > Thank you for all help. > > > > Craig > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > > list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "VIPhone" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
