Got the mail today from Reporo announcing the availability of their newly updated service — and, by 
default, their entry into the fast growing mobile instant messaging marketplace.  Look out everyone.

Those of you that have checked out Reporo before will know it as a rather good mobile shopping service — I’ve used it many times reliably.

It’s now positioned thus:

What is Reporo?
- Free Texting
- Free Picture Messages
- Free Instant Messenger (msn, yahoo, aol, googletalk…)
- Great Shopping
- Free News & Sport

Very interesting.  I haven’t had time to download the upgrade yet.  I am very excited to see how they’ve implemented it all.  I haven’t heard of a mobile IM service that allows picture messaging before.  I 
wonder if this is a first?

Of course it’s not totally ‘free’ — you still have your operator’s data charges to contend with but they’re nothing in the context of  having to pay 12p/40p every time for a text or picture message.

It’s a bold move.  I’m off to go and try it.