Also sprach Henry H [Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:32:25PM -0500] : > I'm of the opinion that all devices will come with IM clients > supporting XMPP with always on Internet connectivity so collectively > we're spending WAY too much time discussion solutions in the SMS > constraint of 140 bytes.
Technically, I agree wholeheartedly. From a business point of view, I work with operators and I they looove the ludicruous margins they make on SMS, so even though in the age of ubiquitous GPRS, UMTS, Wifi and Wimax they will still appreciate an infrastructure that encourages SMS use even though it is an usability disaster. I would be in favor of letting SMS service providers fend for themselves with whatever hack they can come with to bridge SMS to the IM world, but if for strategic business reason we need the specification to be mobile operator friendly, thinking about SMS is not a bad idea. IMS is just now beginning to take mindshare, and deployments will take years at least - so for now we still have to accomodate the telco world.
