Instant Messaging Popular on Cell Phones

The NewsMarket reports that according to the second annual AP-AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey, many IM users are spending time instant messaging from their cell phones.

“The survey, which examined instant messaging trends and usage habits among 1,246 IM users, revealed that 25 percent of respondents send IMs from their cell phones, including one in three (32 percent) teens.”

That’s a pretty large number, given that most phones still don’t have IM clients built into them. That’s beginning to change, however.

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