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Is There Room for an IM only Device ?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-have-no-idea dept.

tealover writes "MSNBC Has an article about a new device from Motorola that they're marketing that just does IM. It' called IMFree. Kind of a combination of a cordless phone and pager; There is a base station that plugs into a USB port in your computer, so it's only portable in relation to the base station. Sounds and looks like the kids would like this."

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  1. Re:Text incase of Slashdotting by 12ahead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yip, MSNBC does tend to get slashdotted quite regularly...

  2. big by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else look at it and think it was a Lable Maker?

  3. Re:SMS ? by Kurt+Russell · · Score: 3, Funny
    The situation has gone so far that studies have shown teens to use their thumbs for stuff that the previous generation would have used the index finger for.

    Girls too?

  4. Getting Closer... by moehoward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where is the Porn-Only device? Clearly, this is the next "killer app". Are these big companies just too embarassed to release it? Or, did all the beta testers never come out of the bathroom?

    We may never know. Please suggest some features that you would need in a Porn-Only Device (or POD(tm)). From both a hardware and software point of view, we probably now have the technology to achieve such technology. (i.e. left-hand-only controls (or right), media player, kleenex dispenser...)

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