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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
Hopefully it is the final nail in the coffin. I've always hated texts and the carriers ability to charge what amounts to hundreds or thousands of dollars per megabyte. Every time someone I know gets a smartphone I show them how they can now "text" me for free on Google chat, and many of them have become big believers in messaging rather than texting.
I don't see iMessage revolutionizing anything unless people can use it on PCs, Android, or even Blackberry phones. I mean, there are almost as many Android users as iOS, GTalk has been available forever, AND its somewhat cross-platform, yet texting is still alive and well. iMessage is just FaceTime for typing.
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Don't forget that FaceTime is just a packaging a bunch of open source technology that Apple has/will be opening up to everyone. Hopefully it's the same with imessage.