Wireless Firm Tackles IM Compatibility
While the big three instant message firms (AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo) refuse to admit it, the lack of IM compatibility (and even the active attempts at preventing it) are a real pain for end-users. Now, Air2Web is trying to route around these stubborn (and shortsighted) policies by releasing their own wireless IM interoperability solution. While there are some meta-IM systems for desktop machines, this appears to be the first created to focus on wireless offerings. Of course, the focus here is on corporate users - and, as such, they're charging ridiculously high rates ($20/month/user), which are unlikelyu to encourage much adoption. People don't need wireless interoperability that badly in a corporate setting.
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