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Sunday, October 24, 2004
IM on the go
Even though primarily younger people have grown accustomed to writing shorter messages on the phone keypad, new Instant Messaging devices with alphanumeric keypads make life easier. These devices also tend to support email, but not with VPN (regarding previous note about VPN being needed for corporate email access without having to install a corporate server).
Mainly describes Ogo, that intentionally (?) doesn't support browsing and telephony:
AT&T Wireless left out the Web browser after the company's studies showed teens didn't care much for it. In the process, it also nixed the phone.
"We didn't want to create a Swiss Army knife of mobile devices," Pemble said. "We wanted to do one thing and one thing well: instant messaging."
Yahoo! News - Wireless Companies Chat Up Teens, Young Adults
Mainly describes Ogo, that intentionally (?) doesn't support browsing and telephony:
AT&T Wireless left out the Web browser after the company's studies showed teens didn't care much for it. In the process, it also nixed the phone.
"We didn't want to create a Swiss Army knife of mobile devices," Pemble said. "We wanted to do one thing and one thing well: instant messaging."
Yahoo! News - Wireless Companies Chat Up Teens, Young Adults
