That’s what I call a sign of change. The major players in the mobile industry seems to have changed their opinions about the Internet services via mobile phone. Few years ago a messenger on the phone was a taboo. I remember my old good Sony Ericsson T630, where O2 deleted the messenger from the firmware. I turned directly to Sony Ericsson to find out why my phone has no any messenger, although this mobile phone was advertised with it. The answer was: O2 wanted to have any messenger on this phone. Now the ladies and gentlemen of O2 think different.
The success of the iPhone was certainly one reason why the more retarded restrained managers of German mobile phone companies are changed their strategy. They are now probably very jealous and they would like to have similar success like Apple just made. Please note, Apple did not invest any cent in the infrastructure of the mobile phone companies!
And what about me, as consumer, I am naturally pleased that instant messaging is no longer seen as competitor to text messages service, but as an evolution of wireless communication.
It sounds very nice because they give chance to the consumers to save because of that scheme.