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Early reports suggest that most features operate just fine, but that sending SMS from Messenger can sometimes stop working.
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BlackBerry Messenger is another SMS alternative popular users of BlackBerry phones.
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Ideally Facebook hoped, they would use Messenger instead of the main SMS on their phones.
FORBES: Facebook Messenger Takes On SMS, With No Account Needed
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This application works with Instant Messenger and your mobile phone through SMS - though be aware that your phone provider may charge you for receiving automated texts from the web.
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Facebook is going after the SMS text messaging business, opening up its Facebook Messenger app to a broader set of users.
FORBES: Facebook Messenger Takes On SMS, With No Account Needed
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Facebook Messenger might as well be as ubiquitous as SMS text messaging for some, but there's a catch to getting everyone to agree: despite there being over a billion Facebook users, not everyone is able (or willing) to fire up a social networking profile to get started.
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MessageVine's server supports interaction via its own PC client or those of AOL's ICQ or Microsoft's MSN Messenger, and also from mobile phones using WAP, SMS, or Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo's I-mode system.
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BlackBerry Messenger is the connection that allows these users unlimited conversations without paying charges for SMS data.
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