TechCrunch - Zlango Change the SMS Landscape?

TechCrunch posted a long piece about Zlango. it starts off with:
"zlango ... created a very interesting new language and associated application that could change the SMS landscape (as well as, eventually, email and IM)."

Blog editor, Michael Arrington, seems impressed and adds:

"At first glance this is nothing more than a nifty piece of mobile software and a way to send icon based messages over inexpensive and ubiquitous SMS networks. But I think the cultural implications of Zlango may be much deeper.

First, two users can communicate using Zlango even if they do not speak the same language. The cross-cultural implications are obvious."

But  Arrington does not remain theoretical, after trying the Zlangulator on Zlango's website, he states: "Zlango claims that user testing shows that 'the majority of youth who tried it, felt comfortable to say that they commanded the language in less than one hour.' After testing the simulator for just a few minutes, I believe that to be true. Complex messages can be created in just a few keystrokes, much faster than normal SMS."

Read the rest here.