Comments on: Kik Updates with iPhone Support and Improved UI and Battery Usage

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:20:18 +0000

Ted from Kik.

Caspan, you're right, we messed up our marketing. Really this is just "BBM, cross platfrom", and the SMS is only added in as a nice to have.

Love BBM but want to talk to iPhone (and soon Android)? Then this is for you, and is 100% forever free.

Ted

By: Caspan

Caspan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:18:42 +0000

They want me to pay for this? I thought most people have text plans for $5 from their provider? I didn't think there was room in the market for something that is more or less SMSing (all phones no matter what platform can do) to a KIk to kik which you pay for but not all platforms have… humm I don't think so.

By: Tera Dargavel

Tera Dargavel — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:12:00 +0000

Hey – I’m Tera, I’m the online Community Manager for Kik. I just want to say thanks for the great coverage! What sets Kik apart from plain old SMS-ing is that these messages are sent in real-time, with read receipts, so it’s a lot more similar to instant messaging (or BBM). Also, it’s great for texting to the US without paying extra. We’re very interested right now in what people think about the ability to text non-Kik users and how they view the 50 free credits in outgoing SMS a month.

Here’s a more recent YouTube video showing the iPhone application in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-0rhrpEdM
Check it out and let me know what you think!