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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[did the analyst say reliable push email poised to take over IM?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[msafi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 5:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cingular has it covered, mobile im's are treated the same as sms, so if you have an sms package each IM sent and received is taken from the pool, or charged to your account.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 5:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Try out YehBA* IM to see the difference.<br><br><a href="http://www.yehba.com">http://www.yehba.com</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dusty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 7:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seeing how all the major carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint,) and many of the regional carriers only allow IM traffic when it counts as SMS, I'm sure they'll continue to be able to buy gold-plated Ferraris to blow up at their mansions every week.  If anything, as mobile IM gets more and more widespread to even the tiniest carriers and comes preinstalled on every single phone, they'll just stand to make more money.  After all, it's their technology and we just use it, so they can keep IM tied to SMS charges for as long as they like in the forseeable future.<br><br>That is until some whiny jerk mutters "class action suit" and the whole scheme collapses.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 9:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know. I have my doubts that mobile IM is going to totally replace SMS, if only for the sheer fact that mobile IM requires set up, while SMS is effectively set-up free. Sure, most of the younger gen is all ready to go via AIM, Yahoo etc... but I can still SMS my Mom a picture even if she has no idea what AIM even stands for. What I could see, however, would be changes to the SMS platform that incorporated a lot of what mobile IM has to offer (status, away messaging, graphics and such), sans user set-up. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 9:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[#4<br><br>I've tried out YehBA* IM on Cingular & Verizon and it counted as GPRS traffic not SMS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dusty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 28th 2006 10:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lets get one thing straight here:  no one is scrambleing, and no one is pontificating. Not everyone wants IM, or even needs it. SMS is on every cellphone, and will always be used and dosnt need a highspeed connection above GSM to operate, either. No one cares, and everything is square.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PEZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2006 9:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[This (IM substitute for SMS) is useful for the kids who bought cheap cell plans that make them pay for their text messaging. (I've got Sprint --> Sprint = free SMS texting)<br><br>For anyone with more than the cheapest plans, these IM apps are nothing but time killers for youngsters in pre-algebra.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2006 10:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oddly enough - when I had a non-PDA device on Sprint - the IM apps on it used data, and did NOT consume SMS (which, admittedly, I have an unlimited allowance of). So be careful how large a brush you use to tar the carriers with. AFAIK, Sprint's IM apps are still data consumers, not SMS consumers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Argent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2006 10:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Mobile IM poised to overtake SMS, analysts say]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2006/05/28/mobile-im-poised-to-overtake-sms-analysts-say/</guid><description><![CDATA[SMS supports delivery notification, so it's definitely possible to see if someone has received the text message (read is another matter).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2006 10:05AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>