AIM on HP's Pocket PC Phone counts as text messages?
We initially liked the AIM client on our new iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC Phone from T-Mobile, but one thing we're not sure of (and want your help confirming) is if T-Mobile charges users a per instant message fee, just like with regular text messaging, while chatting.
Why would we think this? Well, if you turn off the phone functions (GPRS/GSM) and try to use AIM via WiFi it simply won't work. It seems to us like it uses GPRS and SMS to manage the messages, which is good because it's "always on" but could be bad if it charges per SMS. So far we've checked our account to test and it appears that using AIM does count against text messaging. If this is actually the case (still waiting to see an actual bill) and using AIM does count against text messaging, that's kinda shady.
For now we're using Agile Messenger until we figure this one out.
