Ok, this is likely one of those "well, duh" things, but I happened to be sitting here thinking about the ripoff that SMS text messages are, and realized that for a flat fee every month, especially if your phone has unlimited data, if there was a way to install Pidgin onto the unit, similar to how it is on the NITs, you could send unlimited text messages to people and never once get charged a text messaging fee. The only catch is, the person on the other end would have to be using Pidgin or some other compatible IM client.

I think this was partially talked about in another thread, but the idea rattled through my head, so I figured to share it. I obviously don't text message (I think it's pointless), but I know a bunch of you guys do.