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Information Technology News iPhone and iPod touch now talking with Google Talk
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 04 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 The widespread use of IM from the iPhone 3G is seen as a potential revenue threat to AT&T (Apple's carrier partner in the US) as it offers unlimited email and web data on its iPhone plans but charges extra for text messages (SMS).Featured Whitepaper
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And on lesser plans, Optus rakes in an extra $30 per month from users who want to increase their data allowance from 100M to 250M. Clearly, web-based messaging will be less of an issue for carriers outside the US, which generally do not offer unlimited data plans for the iPhone - ironically, that may be one reason why the original model was more popular in the US than in Europe. |
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