MSN Messenger 7.0 Mobile Text Messaging Beta Takes Off
Posted by Steven Parker on 11 March 2005 - 12:05 · 20 comments & 2806 views
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#1 Posted by qkslvr221 on 11 Mar 2005 - 12:41
- Only way i'd pay a subscription fee for this is if they were to offer international SMS at a comparable rate. Yahoo offers the functionally quite well for free, my only complaint is that they don't support CDMA providers, nor do they offer international SMS.
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#2 Posted by ABC½ on 11 Mar 2005 - 14:33
- Spambait.
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#2.1 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 11 Mar 2005 - 15:43
- Useless comment.
ABC and a half!
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#3 Posted by EduardValencia on 11 Mar 2005 - 14:52
- it has to be paid,who's gonna pay for the messages.Microsoft?
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#4 Posted by leojei on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:34
- I personally think paying for SMS feature is a weird idea, especially when ICQ is doing it for free.
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#5 Posted by noll3095 on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:41
- So it's just like mobile contacts already? The phone user pays for those messages anyway, and they don't currently charge to send to mobile contacts.
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#6 Posted by rIaHc3 on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:41
- If they implant this it should be worldwide...
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#7 Posted by tiger2k on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:55
- what pay a subscription to send the messages, and then the person that receives it has to pay their carrier for mesages also. F*ck that!
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#8 Posted by DrIndianaJones on 11 Mar 2005 - 20:53
- Its not a pay-per-message. Rather is a monthly fee that you pay your provider. (I think its $2.99.)
Anyway, this is real-time messaging whereas TXT messaging is not (though I have friends who can TXT each other so quickly that you would think it was realtime).
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#8.1 Posted by threedaysdwn on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:31
- Actually SMS is supposed to be real-time (unless your carrier has issues with their delivery servers).
SMS is "push" technology, as in it doesn't require an active data connection - nor does it require your phone to "check" for message.
That's one reason IM services that use SMS are popular amongst even those of us with fast wireless data and powerful SmartPhones and PocketPCs. Using a real IM client means your calls will get sent to voice mail if the call comes at the same time that the phone checks for new messages (usually several times a minute), so you can't always leave it on.
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#9 Posted by threedaysdwn on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:28
- I think the idea that it could be a subscription option is the news poster's idea, not Microsoft's.
I doubt they'll charge for something that AIM does for free.
Also, this doesn't sound like that big of a deal. Sending messages to SMS-enabled phones is nothing new. You can already do it in MSN Messenger for contacts that have their phone numbers listed.
It does say that Verizon had to do something to enable the service "fully," which could indicate that it also allows the phone user to RESPOND to these IMs. AOL does that already, but only on select carriers (which sadly does not include mine).
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#10 Posted by C_Guy on 14 Mar 2005 - 16:29
- Microsoft already offers this service for free, how is this news and why start charging a subscription for it? I've been able to text message my friends on MSN for free since MSN 6.
...C_Guy
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#11 Posted by smashguy on 20 Mar 2005 - 21:06
- how much do they pay?
The Microsoft Beta Team have opened a new service for testing in the United States, which allows an MSN user to send a text message (SMS) to anyone on a supported carrier. Verizon are the first to implement the MSN Mobile features required fully, other countries and carriers will follow shortly.
Mobile messaging enables you to send text messages from MSN Messenger to the mobile phones of your friends and family, even if they are not on your MSN Messenger buddy list!
Testers were asked to check BetaPlace often to see if their carrier has been added, indicating that Microsoft is confident the new MSN Mobile features will take off.
When MSN Messenger 7.0 is released its likely that this service will be a subscription option.
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