ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless together with Telescope Inc. announced a new premium short message service chat function for fans of the television show “American Idol.”
The companies are offering two chat services during this season of “American Idol.” The first, Idol Chat, allows fans of the show to chat with other fans. Idol Interview allows fans to interview celebrity guests that are featured on the show.
To use the chat services, Cingular customers send in their user names and agree to pay charges that will appear on their mobile-phone bills. Then they can enter chat rooms where they send and receive messages on their wireless handsets via text messaging. All messages are read and approved by moderators to weed out any inappropriate messages.
The cost for the chat service is 30 cents for each message received, and standard text messaging charges apply for messages sent. The Idol Interview sessions cost $2 per event, plus standard text charges, said the company.
