"I am loving my iPod Nano so much," said Syvel, a 24 year-old Sales and Marketing Associate and a proud winner of an iPod Nano from the said promo. "I’ve been using the Sun iMessenger service two to three times a week, sometimes even more often, but I didn’t expect to win." Syvel, who also revealed that she enjoys online chatting with her buddies, subscribed to Sun iMessenger the moment she got her postpaid subscription. "I don’t have a PC at home but I want to be in constant touch with my friends here and overseas," she said. She has tried using the instant messaging services of other networks, but found them really expensive compared to Sun’s iMessenger.

26-year-old Joan Buhay immediately shared the news that she won an iPod Nano with her fiancée. A Product Information Representative, she has been communicating with her sister in California using Sun Cellular’s iMessenger service for the past seven months. "I’ve also been logging in to my Yahoo! messenger through my PC," she said. "But with Sun, I can keep in touch with my sister even when I’m not at home."

"I am planning to go in December this year with my daughters," said Neonita Maristela, winner of the trip to Boracay The 49 -year-old building administrator discovered Sun iMessenger by way of a flyer that was given to her at The Sun Shop in SM Marilao. "It is very convenient since I can chat with relatives and friends here and abroad anytime, even while I’m on the road," she said. "My contacts can also send me offline messages which I can read once I sign in." Mrs. Maristela also finds chatting with Sun iMessenger extremely simple, considering that most of her contemporaries find these new communication technologies hard to comprehend. "All the instructions are clearly explained. They are easy to follow," she said.

Sun iMessenger allows subscribers to send and receive unlimited messages with their AOL, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo! chat mates for a fixed rate at the experience of regular text messaging. Subscribers just need an existing IM account to sign up. To register, subscribers need to text SUNIM to 2746 to get a list of key words that will maximize the use of the service. They then automatically enjoy one day of unlimited Sun iMessenger access.

Subscribers who want to enjoy this service can text BUY DAY to 2746 to purchase a day’s worth of Sun iMessenger service for only R20, or text BUY WEEK at an unbeatable rate of R100 to enjoy the service for 7 days. A 30-day subscription at a rate of only R300 can also be bought by texting MONTH ON to 2746.