Cingular sends Yahoo a message

User Comments: 5

1. May 29, 2003 3:22 PM
   acidosmosis said:
   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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2. May 30, 2003 8:08 AM
   timmoore said:
   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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3. May 30, 2003 6:25 PM
   MrGaribaldi said:
   [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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4. May 30, 2003 8:26 PM
   timmoore said:
   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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5. May 31, 2003 4:17 PM
   MrGaribaldi said:
   :)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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