AT&T Suggest iChat Update?

[Kender]

I think it's pretty much a given that we will see iChat on the iPhone. The track I have been hearing is this:

1.1 update: Ringtones and bugfixes.
1.2 update: iChat and bugfixes.

[azcats1]

Can someone tell me what is ichat and how it works..

[SimonTuffGuy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat

[BryceLev]

This is just my opinion, but if AT&T allows ichat to be used on the phone, won't that kill a lot of their text messaging revenue? I mean, if I can use iChat opposed to paying an extra $20 a month for unlimited text, I am gonna go with iChat.
I know not everyone uses iChat, but all the people I would normally text do! Hopefully this feature will save me $20/per month!
~B

[Kender]

Originally Posted by BryceLev

This is just my opinion, but if AT&T allows ichat to be used on the phone, won't that kill a lot of their text messaging revenue? I mean, if I can use iChat opposed to paying an extra $20 a month for unlimited text, I am gonna go with iChat.
I know not everyone uses iChat, but all the people I would normally text do! Hopefully this feature will save me $20/per month!
~B

Yeah, perhaps. However (in my case) I see using both. I have friends during the workday that I can't iChat with - as their work blocks it. However, SMS works just fine - or if you need to SMS someone from a movie theater, etc.

I dropped the 1500 extra SMS messages off my account. Turns out over 200 is 5 cents per - so I can save money. I averaged 220-250 SMS messages a month on Verizon, so.. It's an extra $2.50 instead of $10. If my usage goes up, I'll change my mind, but...

[SimonTuffGuy]

Really? It's only 5 cents a message over 200? I know that prior to going with the iPhone, I was paying 15 cents with Cingular/AT&T

[iLoveIt]

AT&T doesn't have much say in what iPhone gets or doesn't. Apple calls all the shots for it and if they release an upgrade that offers iChat then AT&T will sit back and watch.

[Hotshot940]

i spoke with AT&T yesterday and they said SMS is 15 cents per message over