Does anyone use the iMessage app to message an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch owner? I think I may have used it once or twice, but if I send text messages, I use my iPhone cell service. Is there really a demand for that?
If iMessage is enabled it automatically sends iMessage instead of SMS when it is possible. You are probably using it without realizing. It is very fast and works like IM. It isn't necessary, but it is a nice feature that I enjoy using. You an tell it is iMessage because the messages show up in a blue bubble instead of green (sms).
iMessage is a lot like Facetime. The feature is there and Apple would like you to use it but it still is a little cumbersome. It works for messaging between iPhones, Macs, and iPads but that's about it.
I think the OP is talking about iMessage on the iPad specifically, not iMessage in general. Unless I'm missing something, the iPad doesn't SMS without third party intervention.
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I think the OP is talking about iMessage on the iPad specifically, not iMessage in general. Unless I'm missing something, the iPad doesn't SMS without third party intervention.
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It's not very clear, I agree.
yes, I am talking about using iMessage on the iPad. Apple to Apple messaging.![]()
Still don't know what you mean by Apple to Apple messaging.
I think for those who only have an ipad and know of people with Macs, or iphones, its fantastic to message them for FREE.
iLoveMyApple said:I kind of wish you could also put your phone number on your iPad, so when you message someone from your iPad, it comes up as your name on their iPhone. A lot of my friends don't have my email in their iPhones, so they always get confused. Plus, it'd be nice for it to have my number on my iPad, so that when I do iMessage them it doesn't start an entire new conversation under my email in their Messages app. It's just a running conversation. Does anyone else get what I'm trying to say? It would also be nice if you could sync up your Messages app on your iPhone with your iPad. So all of the conversations you already have on your iPhone are on your iPad.
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I am curious how does the message show up when textin from iPad to iPhone?
I use it all the time to go from iPhone to iPhone and it's awesome shows up just as a SMS with my name/contact just blue instead of green.
scottw324 said:I use it all the time. Pretty much my entire office has iphones or ipads so we imessage all the time. I find it much more useful than regular text message that I can only get on my iphone. I can start a conversation on my phone if I am out and continue it on my ipad at home which is a lot easier to do since I have a blutooth keyboard for it and the screen a much bigger.
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I am curious how does the message show up when textin from iPad to iPhone?
I use it all the time to go from iPhone to iPhone and it's awesome shows up just as a SMS with my name/contact just blue instead of green.
from and ipad to iphone it would show up blue as well. If you send a imessage from an iphone to an ipad it looks the same as well, blue. You just send it to their registered email account instead of a phone number. I prefer to be imessaged using my email account versus iphone number so that I can get them on both devices. The imessages to my phone number only go to my iphone 4.