I found that using my usual aol im account on the phone as well as still using it on my laptop was annoying the heck out of me, so I've made a new one: sevphone. aol's the IM service I've used the least.
It will be interesting to see if this new toy integrates either IM or cell phone into my life more than has been the case up 'till now. Though for the latter to occur I fear I'll have to make a formal announcement, as quite a few people are used to me having a phone for emergencies only.
so -- how much do you use that client on your phone?
my current plan actually has limited text-messages per month. It's a fairly high limit, but once I take into account the multiple challenge-response messages that go on behind the scenes just for logging in/logging out/retreiving the current list of logged-on contacts/changing status, it doesn't look that high anymore. Unlimited messaging is three times the price of limited messaging (and while neither breaks the bank, the difference isn't insignificant). I'm going to continue playing with this for a week or so, but unless somebody I know says, "yes, this has been invaluable above and beyond simple SMS" I'm probably going to turn it off.
not a ton, but it is handy. it's part of my 20 bucks/month all you can eat data package. mason, a friend from boston and sometimes jen in a pinch are the main people who i use it with. i woud say it is 50% peeps and 50% bots (mostly yellowpages - it's a really good app; much faster than the web browser).
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on 2004-10-14 10:54 am (UTC)i highly recommend getting the following automated bots. i find them really useful for simple queries:
AOLYellowPages
AOLBuddy
less helpful but still neat:
WSJ
RecipeBuddie
ZolaOnAol
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on 2004-10-14 02:29 pm (UTC)It will be interesting to see if this new toy integrates either IM or cell phone into my life more than has been the case up 'till now. Though for the latter to occur I fear I'll have to make a formal announcement, as quite a few people are used to me having a phone for emergencies only.
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on 2004-10-14 06:51 pm (UTC)my current plan actually has limited text-messages per month. It's a fairly high limit, but once I take into account the multiple challenge-response messages that go on behind the scenes just for logging in/logging out/retreiving the current list of logged-on contacts/changing status, it doesn't look that high anymore. Unlimited messaging is three times the price of limited messaging (and while neither breaks the bank, the difference isn't insignificant). I'm going to continue playing with this for a week or so, but unless somebody I know says, "yes, this has been invaluable above and beyond simple SMS" I'm probably going to turn it off.
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on 2004-10-15 12:13 pm (UTC)mason, a friend from boston and sometimes jen in a pinch are the main people who i use it with. i woud say it is 50% peeps and 50% bots (mostly yellowpages - it's a really good app; much faster than the web browser).