Link: Wireless Wonders: Mobile IM – is it really IM?
Now, there are reports around that when users come up against a mobile version of MSN or Yahoo (or other desktop IM services), they rapidly run out of enthusiasm for the venture. Why? Well, suddenly IM becomes not so instant. Moreover, multiple conversations – which youthful users are accustomed to – just don’t happen on a mobile (the interface can’t do it very well, or at all).
Not so bad on the Blackberry actually. I think they’ve done a good job with Google Talk. But I totally identify with this viewpoint on Mobile IM being rather challenging after you start trying to talk to multiple people.
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