This was a new term for me: What is Multimodality?

"Multimodality is 'a new concept that allows telephony subscribers to move seamlessly between different modes of interaction, from visual to voice to touch, according to changes in context or user preference,' officials from both companies said in a statement.

Multimodality on wireless devices also invokes visions of one of the more-overused words from the 1990's -- multitasking. With multimodality, users can speak into a wireless handset at the same time they're writing, reading or sending a message." [at Instant Messaging Planet]

The full results of the survey discussed in this article should be available in a few weeks.

Can AOL Make Money from IM?

"The most significant sign of AOL's plans for the IM infrastructure came when the company teamed up with New York-based ActiveBuddy to launch a comprehensive marketing campaign for New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Bob Woods, who closely covers the IM space for atNewYork sister site InstantMessagingPlanet believes the cross-promotional push associated with that announcement for The Lord of the Rings is exactly what AOL will do a lot more of. " [at AtNewYork, via C:PIRILLO.EXE]

No wonder AOL was so upset about Trillian and started blocking them in January. I've been using Trillian for a few months now, and I totally missed the LOTR promotion in AIM because of it. Cool!