Sprint enhances Yahoo! wireless instant messaging

access an enhanced Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile client, a downloadable full-colour, graphical version of Yahoo! Messenger, on PCS Vision phones. The new J2ME application has been built specifically for the mobile environment, offering customers unlimited instant messaging with everyone on their friends list.

The service allows consumers with PCS Vision phones to sign into Yahoo! Messenger from their phone and continue to communicate with their friends online. Upon purchase, the application is downloaded to the consumer's handset and can be accessed directly through the phone. Users can see who else is online, send and receive instant messages and have multiple conversations at once, all at a price of $2.99 USD a month.">

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	Sprint enhances Yahoo! wireless instant messaging	By Jørgen Sundgot, Wednesday 11 February 2004

Yahoo! and Sprint today announced customers in the U.S. can now access an enhanced Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile client, a downloadable full-colour, graphical version of Yahoo! Messenger, on PCS Vision phones. The new J2ME application has been built specifically for the mobile environment, offering customers unlimited instant messaging with everyone on their friends list.

The service allows consumers with PCS Vision phones to sign into Yahoo! Messenger from their phone and continue to communicate with their friends online. Upon purchase, the application is downloaded to the consumer's handset and can be accessed directly through the phone. Users can see who else is online, send and receive instant messages and have multiple conversations at once, all at a price of $2.99 USD a month.