Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Mobile IM


I just tried out the Mobile IM client, for AOL, MSN and Yahoo, that is available through Get It Now.  It is interesting, but I don't know if I would use it.  It pretty much just sets up a IM to text message proxy.  So once set up, it forwards IM messages to the phone with text messages, so the phone is not always using air time when using Mobile IM.


I did noticed one problem.  There is not a way in the UI for Mobile IM to disconnect from the IM services.  What you have to do is to connect to the IM services from a computer.  This will cause the IM session to be closed.


I don't see using this myself.  I don't want to be connected that much.


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1 comment:

  1. It sends and receives text messages? Wouldn't that get expensive at $.10 a pop?

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