LINE is a program that came out in 2011 as a free messenger. Having analyzed and compared the advantages and disadvantages of similar applications, a group of Korean developers led by NHN Japan created a new product, which in just one year of its existence earned 150 million downloads, thereby bringing the company a fortune of $58 million.
Despite the fact that similar programs already existed on the market, the company still took the risk of investing and releasing LINE for Android and iOS. As of 2014, according to analysts' calculations, the program was installed by more than one billion users, thus winning the first place by the number of installations in most countries of the world.
Characteristics and tasks of LINE
Such popularity is due to the functional properties of the program, which distinguish it from similar messengers in the AppStore and PlayMarket.
So, LINE possesses:
- capacious storage for saving files;
- unique social network created specifically for the users of the program;
- a wide assortment of stickers, which became a highlight of LINE;
- Its own server for communication with other social networks.
Possibilities and advantages of LINE
Developers of the application position LINE as communication without borders, confirming this in the functional possibilities:
- Make completely free audio and video calls;
- Receive and send SMS to all users who have installed the program;
- Make international calls regardless of the duration and geolocation of the interlocutor.
- create your own feed and database of information that is available to friends and visitors
- subscribe to the profiles of famous people by broadcasting records in a shared feed;
- send photo and audio messages.
Installation Features
It's worth noting that LINE is a cross-platform program, with extensions designed for installation on both Android and iOS, as well as Windows and Mac OS. Perhaps it is this orientation that attracted users to install it, because working on different devices, the application covers more tasks put forward for its functioning. Despite the multitasking and technical equipment, the program is less demanding, in terms of data transfer speed or free memory on the device. For example, for Android, version 4.0.3 is sufficient, while for Apple devices, the application will request IOS7.
LINE is free calls, texting, video chatting and social networking in one program, the operation of which will require minimal resources of the device.
