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Cingular sends Yahoo a message
The feature does not cost extra for Cingular subscribers, and it is free to Yahoo Messenger users, the company said Thursday. The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier charges 10 cents a message, or $2.99 and $9.99 for 100 and 500 messages, respectively.
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acidosmosis
on May 29, 2003 3:22 PM |
Excuse my language but who the hell would pay for something like that, especially for Yahoo Messenger!? I know a few people that have paid for the AIM cellphone message. These people must be insane, or have a large cash flow to just waste. |
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timmoore
on May 30, 2003 8:08 AM |
Acidosmosis, I believe you have misread:[quote]The feature [b]does not[/b] cost extra for Cingular subscribers, and it is [b]free[/b] to Yahoo Messenger users[/quote]It is a valid point though; why not just use WAP to send messages via Yahoo! Messenger? |
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MrGaribaldi
on May 30, 2003 6:25 PM |
[quote][i]Originally posted by timmoore [/i][b]It is a valid point though; why not just use WAP to send messages via Yahoo! Messenger? [/b][/quote] Because it costs more to use wap than sms?When you use WAP you'll either have to dial up to a server using the GSM net, and pay for the cost of the "call", or you can use DMTS/GPRS, in which case you pay for data transmitted... |
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timmoore
on May 30, 2003 8:26 PM |
It could be looked at that way I suppose, but it was not the way I intended it to. I hadn't really thought about what I had said, I get free WAP which is why I brought up that example. |
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MrGaribaldi
on May 31, 2003 4:17 PM |
:)I was allmost about to say I envy you for that, until I remebered that the only thing I've used the wap for was to download new ringtones and a couple of pictures....So I don't really mind that I have to pay for it.... |
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