Apple has taken on the current king of mobile-to-mobile instant messaging, BBM, with its own take dubbed iMessage. iMessage is integrated right into the Messages app on the iPhone, which is now present on the iPad for the first time.
They point to future services that integrate mobile messaging, instant messaging, email and voice, all in one, that can be accessed from any device.
Today, the rise of smartphones and proliferation of mobile broadband have augmented instant messaging with mobility.
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MessageVine develops own-brand instant messaging services for mobile phone operators that enable them to build a community of desktop and mobile messaging users, according to the company's Vice President of International Operations, Amit Rahav.
The key to establishing an effective relationship with potential buyers is quick and even instant access to mobile messaging services embedded directly within apps.
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While AOL offers its services and instant messaging to several mobile carriers and PDA platforms, it's only company-led foray into wireless Internet is through its Mobile Communicator product: a Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) Blackberry, running on Cingular Wireless ' network, that has e-mail and instant messenger.
Taobao offered instant messaging and voice mail to mobile phones for buyers and sellers because Chinese users were cell-phone savvy rather than computer savvy.
One operator, EE, has predicted that its customers alone will use more than 226 terabytes - 236, 978, 176 megabytes - of mobile data as they took to Twitter and instant messaging services.
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The Vault stores written messages such as Bloomberg messages, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Notes, instant messages, social media and mobile messaging for about 540 clients who have stuffed 66 billion records, several petabytes, into the Vault.
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In December, aiming to lure more consumers to its MSN Mobile service--a portal that connects cellphone users to MSN Search, news, Hotmail and instant messaging--Microsoft struck partnerships with MovieTickets.com and Thumbplay The deals enabled MSN Mobile users to access movie listings and reviews, and purchase movie tickets, ringtones and games straight from their cellphones.
As a result, operators can more effectively ensure a carrier-grade quality of experience for end users of High Definition voice and video, Web conferencing, instant messaging and presence, and other broadband-intensive mobile applications that go beyond the reliability of Skype, Apple FaceTime and other services suited for consumers but inadequate for the rigors of enterprise use.
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But a person familiar with the matter said the patents relate to fundamental Internet technologies, including email, instant messaging, Web browsing, Web search, online advertising, mobile technology and e-commerce.
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