I still don't understand what the problem is (or rather: I understand but I think it's ridiculous.

)... There are plenty of other phones that have IM capabilities and they use their unlimited data plan for that ... So the companies already should have gotten over the whole "OMGZ! they won't be using txt msging enough!" thing... Right? When you txt someone it's to a phone - when you IM it could be someone at a computer, or to their IM thingy on their phone as well - but the two are not one in the same, thus not competing against each other. Let us use our unlimited data connection to send IM's to some *!@!*!@-ing computers already!
(or am I wrong... ?

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