I received an email from Apple last night inviting me to take part in their push notification testing. I installed the AIM beta application.
As it happens I don't do much Instant Messaging so probably not the best beta tester Apple could have picked, but the most exciting thing I've noticed in a cursory look around is the fact that you can send an IM to anyone in your contacts list and it will convert it into a SMS text - and the reply from the recipient is sent as an SMS text that is converted back into an IM.
This means that you get free texts (not that I do that much texting either). However, this feature of the app may only work in North America at the moment.
If there is anyone out there that wants to test whether this feature works in the UK leave me a comment with your AIM name and I'll add you to my budddy list and send you an IM.
Unfortunately I can't see the jerks at O2 letting this feature onto the iPhone in the UK... but who knows?
