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AIM, MSN, Yahoo use SMS? Say it ain't so!

sleebus.jones said:
This is directly from TMO's site. linky

So yeah, looks like if you are a heavy AIM, MSN or Yahoo user, you're going to have to pony up $10/mo additional to get unlimited text messaging. I took a quick look around to see if there were any AIM apps and came up empty. So, until we get a 3rd party developer coming up with one, we are going to be stuck with lame SMS messaging. This is really dissapointing.
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..wait u dont use more than 400 msgs a month? :confused:
 
I don't. I'm using about 250-300. Then again, I don't IM regularly with my phone. Most are text messages to the wife and the rest are to other friends (maybe 25-35).
 
Gotcha. With my sidekick I normally blow through 2000 txts a month, of course thats sent and received. I don't use aim all that much.. but does anyone know if the sidekicks AIM feature works the same way as the G1's?
 
I hope it does!! The sidekick keeps you signed on forever. I switched from SK to Wing about a year ago and the AIM is probably one of the things I missed most.
 
It's going to seem like it does, but it's going to use SMS as the backend, so yea, AIM/MSN/YaHOO will count against your SMS total. It will show up in a separate app tho.
 
It's kind of weird that it uses an SMS backend, considering the actual AIM/Yahoo/MSN protocols are also internet based, and not SMS based.

Add-on programs will probably use the real thing, instead of the SMS version.

(I do enough SMS, though, that that alone justifies unlimited messaging)
 
Dude, i send over 900 to my girlfriend alone. At the end of the month, i end up with over 3000-4000 sms sent and received...
 
Since Yoono got blocked at work, it seems that I will be doing much more IM'ing on Y!/MSN through the G1.

I guess that means I'll be upping to the unlimited message plan.
 
You would always try meebo.com its a unified client. Not to bad, then again, not like a real native phone app either. Its good when you are in a stranglehold :)

The apps will come, no worries. Its still a young platform.
 
I agree. I used to go thru over 6500 messages a month with my Sidekick LX and Sidekick 3. I'm a textfiend ... hahaha.
 
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