Hike: How Free Offline Messaging Works

With the coming of affordable 2G and 3G networks for mobiles, it is like we have been hardwired to Instant Messaging (IM) on our phones. In fact, IM applications have evolved to provide much more than simple text-and-emoticon messaging. There’s voice notes, voice calls, video chats, audio/video sharing, location sharing and everything; organized in a way that makes communicating so much simple, handy and fun. While most of us are comfortable with one or two apps that suit our needs, there is a whole lot of apps out there- WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Line, ChatOn, WeChat, Viber, Line, Kik Messenger, Hike, Nimbuzz and many, many more.

As we set out to compare the similarities and differences among some of them, a particular thing about Hike caught our eye. There is hardly any other free messaging app that brings traditional SMS and IM under one roof. A product by Kavin Bharti Mittal, this free communication app has been developed by Bharti Softbank which is a partnership between India’s Bharti Telecom and Japan’s Softbank telecom provider.

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