—Google (NSDQ: GOOG) adds SMS to chat: Google is adding the text messaging to Gmail chat today, which will let people send a text message to mobile phones. This essentially allows you to continue a chat session with a user even when they have stepped away from their desk. Other providers, such as AOL (NYSE: TWX), currently have this feature. Gmail product manager Keith Coleman told Webmonkey that the feature will be made available in Labs to all Gmail users Thursday evening. To turn it on, go to the Labs tab, and click the green Erlenmeyer flask icon next to your e-mail address at the top of the page in Gmail. Once you’ve turned the option on, start typing a phone number into Chat’s search box and you’ll see the option to send an SMS. People can also search for contacts by name.

—Opera Mini Denied By Apple: In an interview with the New York Times Opera’s CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone, but Apple denied it access to the device because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser. It’s unclear how it compete. Opera Mini is free, and typically earns money from search engines. In addition, some carriers pay Opera to develop custom versions of Opera Mini for their systems.

—MobiHand Launches Android store: San Mateo, Calif-based MobiHand, which builds mobile application stores, said has launched one for Google Android-based devicse. MobiHand will sell both free and paid apps at http://www.OnlyAndroid.com. Today, the apps on the official Android Market are all free, but it will have the ability to charge starting next year. It will split the revenues 70/30 between both developers and carriers, and not keep a percentage for itself. Users can also install the OnlyAndroid on-device store by visiting http://onlyandroid.mobihand.com/appstore/. Handango also launched a Android market that both sells and provides free access to applications. Release.

—Flixwagon On Nokia’s Ovi: Flixwagon said today its live mobile video broadcasting service has been integrated into Nokia’s sharing service “Share on Ovi,” available at http://share.ovi.com/. Now Flixwagon users who stream live video from their phones can automatically store their videos on Share on Ovi once they’ve logged into the Flixwagon Website and changed the Ovi settings.