[Jason Dunn]

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/103/C2436/

"Roaming Messenger is officially in the beta test stage on Motorola's latest generation SmartPhone, the MPX 200. This handset is currently available from AT&T Wireless and features Microsoft SmartPhone 2002 operating system. Once deployed, the Roaming Messenger system will allow dynamic, rich, interactive content to seamlessly roam between wireless users, wherever they may be."

Hmm. This is how the Roaming Messenger describes their product:

"Roaming Messenger is a breakthrough wireless solution for delivering real-time actionable information, to the right person, right away. With applications in homeland security, emergency response, military and enterprise automation, Roaming Messenger provides capabilities beyond existing e-mail, text messaging and voicemail solutions. Roaming Messenger packages time-critical information and decision points into a "smart courier" message. The result is a messenger that roams throughout the wired and wireless worlds — from mobile devices to desktop PCs to central servers — tracking down people and getting responses in real-time."

Hmm. Is it me, or does it still sound like IM? What exactly makes this so special I wonder?

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/103/C2436/

"Roaming Messenger is officially in the beta test stage on Motorola's latest generation SmartPhone, the MPX 200. This handset is currently available from AT&T Wireless and features Microsoft SmartPhone 2002 operating system. Once deployed, the Roaming Messenger system will allow dynamic, rich, interactive content to seamlessly roam between wireless users, wherever they may be."

Hmm. This is how the Roaming Messenger describes their product:

"Roaming Messenger is a breakthrough wireless solution for delivering real-time actionable information, to the right person, right away. With applications in homeland security, emergency response, military and enterprise automation, Roaming Messenger provides capabilities beyond existing e-mail, text messaging and voicemail solutions. Roaming Messenger packages time-critical information and decision points into a "smart courier" message. The result is a messenger that roams throughout the wired and wireless worlds — from mobile devices to desktop PCs to central servers — tracking down people and getting responses in real-time."

Hmm. Is it me, or does it still sound like IM? What exactly makes this so special I wonder?

[possmann]

UH - yah?

So what makes this different from T-Mobile's AOL Messenger feature on their phones and hopefully - someday really soon - Microsoft's IM? Anyone know if Yahoo is going to allow mobile users to get yahoo messenger on their phone?

I would be interested to know if the Roaming Messenger runs on the GPRS for data while you talk on the GSM for voice - or does it "disconnect" you from data when you have a conversation and then reconnect you to data after you hang up? If memory serves, the PocketPC Phone Edition (T-Mobile) could not support talking on the phone and running an IM session on the device at the same time.

Now if Roaming Messenger supported this - THAT would be a great feature - otherwise it looks like Motorola is adding another IM to the mix - :roll: Great - just what we need. If that is the case I hope we can disable it in favor of an IM application we already use...