Will iPhone innovations curb high texting profits?

Release Date 13 Oct, 2011 in Philadelphia Inquirer

 
   
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iMessage may help you choose a carrier, save money

Christian Science Monitor (blog) - Chris Richardson - 13 Oct, 2011
iMessage is Apple's new text message app that could reduce your text message bill to $0.00 - something you may want to think about before signing a new 2-year cell phone contract. By Chris Richardson, Staff / October 13, 2011 iMessage announcement at ...

Will iPhone innovations curb high texting profits?

Philadelphia Inquirer - Jeff Gelles - 13 Oct, 2011
Could the latest iPhone software sound the death knell for one of the wireless industry's favorite cash cows, text messaging? These tiny packages of data, about 160 characters, have had huge influence on how Americans - especially the ...

Apple's iMessage texting service takes aim at wireless carriers

Los Angeles Times - 13 Oct, 2011
The free iMessage service â€" which lets iPhone users send messages with text, photos and video to other iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch users â€" could reduce the revenue wireless carriers generate from texting. Apple's iMessage service, part of its latest ...

Apple iOS 5 review: Modest, but definitely worthwhile

CNET (blog) - Jason Parker - 13 Oct, 2011
At long last, iOS 5 is finally here, two days before the launch of the iPhone 4S. (Related: We've heard that a number of users have had problems installing the update this afternoon. ...

Apple could pull the plug on telcos' SMS revenue

Ninemsn - Susan Hely - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. Apple's latest iPhone and operating system, both to be released this week in ...

Free Texting Apps Threaten Profits Of Wireless Carriers

Financial News Network Online - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
The New York Times reported that as a growing number of ways to bypass text-message charges using an Internet connection begin to catch on, it could take a big bite out of the profits that text messages generate for wireless carriers. ...

Apple's iMessage: What to expect, good and bad

CBS News - Kent German - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
Every year, two trillion text messages are sent in the US alone, and that can get expensive. But there may be a game-changing moment Wednesday. Apple plans to roll out iMessage, a free service that's a hybrid of texting and instant messaging. ...

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TIME - ‎Oct 10, 2011‎
Apple is poised to introduce iMessage â€" essentially “free text messaging” â€" in iOS 5. Is it the end of the text message as we know it? Perhaps, but not quite yet. The thought of an app on your phone that lets you communicate with others for free, ...

iOS 5 Snapshot: iMessage instant messenger

YouTube - ‎Oct 10, 2011‎
iMessage is an update to the Message/SMS app on the iPhone. iMessage allows users to send text messages to other iOS users, including iPad and iPod touch devices. Even cooler, devices linked with the same account will allow you to pick up the ...

Apple to launch iMessage on Wednesday

CBS News - ‎Oct 10, 2011‎
iMessage will deliver conversations to all your available devices--if, for example, you have an iPad and an iPhone. (CBS) - More than two trillion text messages are sent every year in the United States alone. And most of those texts are not the free ...

Texting time for carriers

Sydney Morning Herald - Jenna Wortham - ‎Oct 10, 2011‎
At a time when email and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20¢ to send a text message to a phone, and another 20¢ to receive it. There are now several ways to bypass text ...

Companies fret as paying to text becomes passe

Economic Times - ‎Oct 9, 2011‎
At a time when email and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20 cents to send a text message to a phone, and another 20 cents to receive it. Paying so much to transmit a ...

5 Key facts about iMessage: Apple's new iOS 5 messaging service

Shiny Shiny - 13 Oct, 2011
By beccacaddy on October 13, 2011 Comments (0) Apple's new OS, iOS 5, was made available to the general public yesterday and comes with all the features that we were expecting after they were officially revealed at the iPhone announcement a few weeks ...

Siri Feature of iPhone 4S Overshadows Some iOS Features

Planet Insane - Peter Parcon - 13 Oct, 2011
With the release of the iOS 5 of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL ) into the market just around the corner, some observers have noted that there are some features on the mobile OS of Apple that have appeared to have been overshadowed by the Siri feature on the ...

iMessage for business travellers

Australian Business Traveller - 13 Oct, 2011
iMessage is a souped-up SMS-style app which lets you bounce instant messages back and forth between any iDevice running the free iOS 5 update â€" that means any iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad and iPad 2, as well as the factory-fresh iPhone 4S (which comes ...

How to use iMessage on iOS 5, save blushes with fool-proof guide

Product Reviews - Alan Ng - 13 Oct, 2011
Don't worry if you are feeling slightly silly after updating to Apple's brand new iOS 5 software update, but are wondering where on earth the new 'iMessage' app is located on the device. What a lot of consumers don't realise, is that iMessage is ...

Apple's iMessage Could Alter Carriers' Text, Data Plans

International Business Times - Samuel Weigley - 13 Oct, 2011
With Apple releasing the iMessage application for its iPhone, analysts have mixed opinions about what that will mean for text messaging and data plans. "There's a huge amount at stake here," Sanford C. ...

Up close with iOS 5: iMessage

Macworld - Serenity Caldwell - 13 Oct, 2011
Thanks to iOS 5, anyone with an iOS device can now easily keep in touchâ€"for free!â€"by using Apple's new iMessage service, found within the Messages app. iMessage works without any per-message charges from cellular ...

TNW's Guide to iOS 5: iMessage and how it will save you money

The Next Web (blog) - 13 Oct, 2011
This is an excerpt from TNW's Complete Guide to iOS 5. If you're interested in more information about Apple's latest mobile OS, you should check it out here. And be sure to take a peek at the rest of our iOS 5 coverage here. Announced right along side ...

TNW's Guide to iOS 5: Twitter integration

The Next Web - 13 Oct, 2011
This is an excerpt from TNW's Complete Guide to iOS 5. If you're interested in more information about Apple's latest mobile OS, you should check it out here. And be sure to take a peek at the rest of our iOS 5 coverage here. ...

October 12, 2011: The Day SMS Began To Die

TechCrunch - 13 Oct, 2011
Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California. â†' Learn More I'm not generally one to predict ...

iOS 5: iMessage

GigaOm - Mark Crump - 13 Oct, 2011
A big part of iOS 5 is iMessage, Apple's new unified messaging platform for communicating between iOS 5 devices. It's a great tool, but users new to the tech might have a hard time figuring out how to ...

How To iMessage

AppAdvice - Bryan M. Wolfe - 13 Oct, 2011
One of the new features with iOS 5 is Apple's iMessage service. First unveiled in June, iMessage works through the existing Message app, delivering real-time messages that can include photos ...

Apple's iOS 5 is an SMS-botherer rather than a text-killer

TelecomTV - 13 Oct, 2011
Apple's iOS 5, announced the other week at the launch of the iPhone 4S, is due 'out' today (available for download) and will contain a messaging application that competes directly with SMS. But it's RIM, not the carriers, that needs to worry. ...

iMessage Service on iPhone 4S will Diminish Carriers' SMS Income

ITProPortal - ‎Oct 12, 2011‎
Of the many features that are set to thrill iOS 5 and iPhone 4S users in a few days time, iMessage hasn't really taken centre stage. Analysts as well as wireless carriers have realised that for many Apple users sending text messages will be free, ...

Five secret iOS 5 features

ElectricPig.co.uk - Ben Sillis - ‎Oct 12, 2011‎
The iOS 5 update for everything in your iPocket hits later today: we've touched on all the major new features in our Everything You Need To Know FAQ, but there are some awesome little additions that Apple never mentioned at its keynotes. ...

iOS5 iMessage Pose Huge Threat To Carriers

EVDOinfo (press release) - ‎Oct 12, 2011‎
Apple today officially released iOS5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and this update contains new functionality for text messaging called iMessage. Previously, when you would send a text message, you would go through the carrrier (AT&T, ...

Clearly carriers will be pissed about iMessage

Macgasm - Joshua Schnell - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
With a markup that seems like it passes that bazillion percent mark, it's no surprise that people are a little bit disenchanted with the carriers' SMS rates these days. Okay, a bazzillion is an exaggeration ...

Analysts Torn Over Apple iMessage's Impact on Texting

International Business Times - Samuel Weigley - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
With Apple releasing the iMessage application for its iPhone Wednesday, analysts have mixed opinions about what that will mean for text messaging. The iMessage service will allow iPhone users to send ...

Newest iPhone Update Could Reduce Your Cell Phone Bill

MyFox Houston - ‎Oct 11, 2011‎
HOUSTON - The newest iPhone software comes out Wednesday with more than 200 new features. Among them is one that could have you spending less on SMS text messages. New features include Notification Center (all of your alerts in one place), ...

 

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