Messaging

Really, Just Pure Speculation

A few dots:

• Handset
• Base station
• Gateway
• Mom's living room

A different set of dots:

• Handset
• Base station
• Persistent connection
• Mothership
• Gateway
• Mom's Living Room

5:54:19 PM # Google It!
categories: Industry, Messaging

Nothing Substantive

Some days I want to complete the Jabber installation here just so I don't have to run three IM clients to talk with all my friends.

Unlike telephones, the marginal cost for multiple IM user agents is low. The cost is mostly in the loss of convenience for me. There is no incentive for service providers to allow their networks to communicate with each other, yet. There is incentive for them to not open their networks: monetizin' those eyeballs.

I expect this to change when Microsoft begins to roll out Xbox Live with audio input, VoIP support, and a SIMPLE user agent — and people find out they can't call their grandparents without picking up the phone.

4:53:52 PM # Google It!
categories: Industry, Messaging