How to install and use WhatsApp on the Nokia Lumia 920
On this occasion the people of WhatsApp have put the batteries. And it is that the application of free messaging is already available for the operating system Windows Phone 8And it is news to highlight after what happened with Windows Phone 7, whose users had to wait several months until its arrival And yet, its arrival was incomplete, requiring several updates and another few months to match the versions of other platforms.However, users of early terminals with Windows Phone 8 as the Nokia Lumia 920 They already have a fairly complete version available. Here we want to explain how to install WhatsApp and get the most out of it of this messaging tool from your terminal Nokia
The first thing is to purchase the application. As you know, it is not a free application WhatsApp offers a free service on a trial basis for one year, after which it is necessary pay a little less than one euro to extend his service for another year. To download it you only have to access Windows Store from the LiveTile of your terminal andsearch WhatsApp Or, if you prefer, you can download automatically from the Windows Store web version, clicking on the button Install whenever we have logged in with ourMicrosoft account
After the installation process just enter our phone number to create a WhatsApp account In a few moments the application is activated and we have of our contact list updated with all those who already have the application. Just click on the desired one and start chatting In addition, we can share images, sounds, videos or locationfrom the clip-shaped button. Here we can select these contents from the gallery of the terminal, as it happens in the rest of the platforms. We also have the familiar Emoji keyboard with emoticons to add dynamism to the conversation.
Currently WhatsApp has version 2.8.10.0, the first to be compatible with Windows Phone 8 Something that has its part good and its part bad The good part is that it is up to six times faster than the previous version for Windows Phone 7 So with our Lumia 920 We won't have to wait those endless seconds for the application to start and load all the messages received. Something in which the power of the Nokia terminal also influences We also have the possibility to alternate the size of the iconto adapt it to a small space to a larger one to customize our desk
But the fact that it is the first version for this platform also has its negative part, and it is that it is not fully in tuneIn this way we see deficiencies such as the lack of notifications on the lock screen of the terminal. Something that forces us to keep an eye on messages or constantly unlock the mobile to see if someone has written to us. However, they are issues that will have solution in the next updates Do you have a Nokia Lumia 920 and you haven't installed yet WhatsApp?
