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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:SMS ? by petecarlson · · Score: 5, Informative

    At 40cents/message, that's big bucks for a service that costs next to nothing.

    In Europe, where SMS is huge, It doesn't cost 40cents/message. It is only in the US where they can get away with charging that much. When I lived in Germany it cost around 1 cent a message and I sent 5-10 messages a day. Now that I live in the US and it costs quite a bit more, I send around 5-10 messages a month.