I have a blackberry 8700 with google chat installed.

I guess gprs is already available in some parts of the Philippines, so in theory if the other person had a phone with google chat ( e.g. nokia e61) then chatting would be free, you just pay for the internet each month

There might be a way to use chikka http://www.cellphoneobserver.com/mod...hp?storyid=724 so you can use google chat to sms a mobile (for free)..

I feel an experiment coming..