VivaBusiness 2.0

Interesting that among the first things to go live at the new iPhone apps store is an official Facebook app. The social network is touting its native, and presumably easy-to-use, FB Chat capability. This could be a big deal—if my kid's behavior is an indicator.

My 17-year-old daughter put off replacing her Verizon cellphone 8 months ago, waiting to switchover to the new iPhone. Of course, we're balking at AT&T's expensive SMS add-on plan to iPhone service, and trying to work out a deal where she pays for that. (I am such a cheapskate.)

But I wonder if she'll forgo SMS and use FB Chat instead. After all, all her friends are on FB. As that group migrates to the iPhone, will Facebook, via its iPhone chat client, be a surprise winner?

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