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Re: More about RCS.

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: More about RCS.
Date 2025-01-03 22:27 +0100
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On 2025-01-03 16:38, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 15:25:11 +0100, Jörg Lorenz
>> <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03.01.25 14:02, micky wrote:
>>>> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 3 Jan 2025 06:58:16 +0100, Jörg Lorenz
>>>> <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03.01.25 04:55, micky wrote:
>>>>>> More about RCS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, I see that my phone now I has RCS for its text-replying. It's a
>>>>>> Xiaomi phone using Mint Mobile for service (mint Mobile is now owned by
>>>>>> T-mobile.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RCS has this cool service.  When you send a text, it shows a little
>>>>>> circle with a check mark in it. When the other party receives the text,
>>>>>> it shows also an overlapping little circle with a check mark. When the
>>>>>> other party READS the text I've sent, it shows both circles in blue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HOw cool is that.
>>>>>
>>>>> All other messengers have this functionality for years. This is minimum
>>>>> standard. Nothing to write home about.
>>>>
>>>> Really?  I never noticed any indication that my emails had been read
>>>> before I got RCS.
>>>
>>> Simply because we are not discussing emails. And there it is also
>>> possible if needed.
>>
>> I used email in the last line when I meant to say texts.  I never
>> noticed any indication that my texts had been read before I got RCS.
> 
>    Jörg said "other messengers", not other SMS/MMS apps. You're probably
> confused because - being an American - you equate "messenger",
> "messages", etc. with 'texting', i.e. SMS.
> 
>    But with "messengers", Jörg refers to IM (Instant Messsging) platforms
> such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, etc., etc..
> 
>    These platforms have had received and read indicator for many, many
> years.
> 
>    That's why we non-Americans don't get it why you Americans are still
> stuck in the - relative - stone age and do not even know/realize what
> you're missing.

But we non-Americans should be aware of the fact that texting (meaning 
SMS) is very popular at the other side of the pond, whereas platforms 
like whatsapp, signal, telegram... are not.

Thus for them RCS is a big improvement.

And Jörg knows all this, but chose to feign ignorance.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-02 22:55 -0500
  Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-03 06:58 +0100
    Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-03 08:02 -0500
      Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-03 15:25 +0100
        Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-03 09:36 -0500
          Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-03 15:38 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-03 22:27 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-04 18:41 +0000
          Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-03 18:26 +0100
      Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-03 23:22 +0100
        Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-04 02:55 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-04 09:02 +0100
            Re: More about RCS. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-04 09:59 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-04 13:00 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-04 13:49 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-04 20:52 -0500
          Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 12:57 +0100
            Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 15:18 +0100
            Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-05 17:26 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 16:31 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-05 17:31 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 18:40 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 21:59 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-05 22:19 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 22:30 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-06 16:36 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-07 13:42 +0000
              Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-07 15:05 +0100
  Re: More about RCS. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2025-01-03 13:46 +0000
    Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-03 23:25 +0100
      Re: More about RCS. Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2025-01-04 07:52 +0000
        Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-04 13:03 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-04 13:51 +0100
            Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 13:01 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 13:14 +0000
              Re: More about RCS. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2025-01-07 13:38 +0000
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-08 10:28 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-08 13:32 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2025-01-08 13:53 +0000
                Re: More about RCS. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-01-08 15:40 +0000
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-08 17:07 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-08 21:06 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-10 10:23 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-10 18:25 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-10 18:24 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-08 21:10 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-10 18:21 +0100
        Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 13:00 +0100
      Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-04 20:45 -0500
        Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 04:05 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-01-05 10:46 -0500
            Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 16:04 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 21:45 +0100
        Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 13:03 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-07-01 08:19 -0400
  Re: More about RCS. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-01-04 11:00 +0100
    Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-04 12:21 +0100
      Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 13:04 +0100
        Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 15:20 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-05 14:42 +0000
            Re: More about RCS. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-01-06 20:17 +0100
          Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-05 17:34 +0100
            Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-05 18:46 +0100
              Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-05 21:48 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-05 22:25 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-10 18:28 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 20:32 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-11 12:53 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-11 15:32 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-12 16:37 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-10 22:19 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 22:41 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-01-11 07:40 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-11 12:58 +0100
                Re: More about RCS. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-01-11 12:56 +0100

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