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Dedicated Twitter Device Appears
By Michelle Megna - Wireless IM Article Published November 3, 2009
Device offers a mobile Twitter alternative for users who don't own smartphones.

AT&T Says iPhone MMS Due 9/25
By Michelle Megna - Wireless IM Article Published September 4, 2009
Feature rollout stretches the definition of "summer," blames iPhone-driven growth of network traffic on the delay.

Lawsuit: AT&T Says 'Tough Luck' on iPhone MMS
By Michelle Megna - Wireless IM Article Published August 28, 2009
Another class-action suit against Apple and AT&T claims deceptive practices in promising MMS for the iPhone.

Push-Aware IM Apps Arrive on the iPhone, Beware of Bugs
By Michael Hall - Wireless IM Article Published June 23, 2009
Editor's Note: AIM and BeejiveIM updates have arrived bringing instant-enough-to-matter IM to the iPhone, but bugs keep the experience from being particularly smooth.

AT&T, Verizon Deny SMS Price-Fixing
By Michelle Megna - Wireless IM Article Published June 17, 2009
Under the Congressional magnifying glass, carrier execs say charges of collusion and price-fixing are "absolutely false."

Google, Yahoo Add to iPhone Coverage
By David Needle - Wireless IM Article Published April 8, 2009
Yahoo rolls out an IM client and Gmail gets a refresh.

Skype Arrives for iPhone
By Michelle Megna - Wireless IM Article Published March 31, 2009
Voice over WiFi (but not 3G) and support for the service's IM functionality mark the new release.

Social Networking Is Going Mobile
By David Needle - Wireless IM Article Published February 10, 2009
Increased mobile social networking activity is just a question of growing comfort as mainstream users embrace the mobile Web.

Did the U. of Florida Get a Racist SMS Blast?
By Richard Adhikari - Wireless IM Article Published January 22, 2009
A suspect has been arrested and the university SMS system has been shut down as authorities try to work out the meaning of a potentially racist message.

IM+ Offers Push for the iPhone, But Not Much More
By Michael Hall - Wireless IM Article Published December 2, 2008
SHAPE's IM+ provides a way to receive instant messages when the iPhone's busy doing something else, but it does so in a barebones setting.

Beejive's iPhone IM App Is Pushy
By Michael Hall - Wireless IM Article Published November 25, 2008
Even without its workarounds for the iPhone's push data limitations, BeejiveIM is a pretty good multi-network IM client.

Editor's Note: Instant-ish Messaging on iPhone 2.0
By Michael Hall - Wireless IM Article Published July 11, 2008
Users have been clamoring for an instant messaging application on the iPhone. With this week's launch of the new App Store and the arrival of Apple-approved third-party apps, they're closer than they were, but still not quite there.

WebMessenger Bridges BlackBerry-Microsoft OCS Divide
By Michael Hall - Wireless IM Article Published May 5, 2008
Sensing opportunity where Microsoft's competitive spirit had closed doors, WebMessenger announces a product to bring BlackBerry users into the Office Communications Server fold.

IMWatch: Baidu Announces Major IM Push in China
By Vangie Beal - Wireless IM Article Published March 11, 2008
Baidu Hi targets China's $668 million IM market. Also: Tokiva offers another IM-to-VoIP bridge, Wimba goes after the education market, PSP gamers get a new voice chat app, KGB Messenger Spy offers IM monitoring for business, and more.

IM Watch: Ejabberd Notches a New Release
By Vangie Beal - Wireless IM Article Published February 26, 2008
Open source XMPP server ejabberd arrives after more than 18 months of development. Plus: Will IM be baked into Thunderbird 3? AT&T and Palm team on mobile communicator, OZ visits Denmark, St. Bernard launches a hybrid IM security offering, and more.

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