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Hi,
All of the instant messaging apps such as AIM, Blackberry Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, etc. use data, not text. There can be an instance where Blackberry Messenger can use SMS text due to an integration feature with BBM 5.0. See the thread found here for that discussion and how to avoid this. But to answer you question, AIM uses data, not text messaging.
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