Are you avoiding iMessage entirely until Apple makes it nearly bugfree?

[Pinkiy]

only thing i find annoying is that it takes a while to switch between imessage and text if no 3g signal and sometimes it freezes in confusion and you have to force send as a text.

another annoying bug is pictures......similar to above and can takes ages to send them if at all and if i do they sometimes dont even send as imessage and i get a fee on my bill.

but its pretty good persay but you should be able to dissable force send as text or least give you an option if it fails.

 

[The General]

lol @ "aware of what they getting into"


iMessage is NOT automatically activated on a phone... you'll have to activate it by going to settings etc...

Yes it is. It's on by default. You have to turn it off to not use it.

 

[MrXiro]

Bugs like if someone iMessages me while I'm on iPad in living room, it goes to iPhone in bedroom on charger, and not to iPad.

Doesn't that just mean that you need to set your email address as the primary sender/receiver as opposed to your phone?

 

[Italianblend]

The best part about it is that the chat bubble is beautiful baby blue instead of green! Don't you agree?

 

[Atlantean]

I have not had a problem with iMessage — works fine for me

 

[iAmYou]

Works perfect here.

 

[Zxxv]

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yea it doesnt just work. imessages dont switch to sms and send. someone sends and it arrives as imessage, next time as sms, both times it opens a new dialogue so I have two conversations with the same person because imeassage doesnt combine them. its broke

 

[maflynn]

What bugs, I find that it works extremely well. Never had a problem with it.

 

[m3coolpix]

The best part about it is that the chat bubble is beautiful baby blue instead of green! Don't you agree?

Absolutely! Green costs money! We've canceled our texting on 3 iPhones on our AT$T plan.

And no issues here. Been using iMessages for 2 weeks on iPad 2 3G and iP4, both on 5.0.1. iMessages usually hit my iPad first, in fact.

We love the read receipts. Makes texting even shorter for us!

 

[pault106]

comes in handy for me as I can now send picture messages without being charged!

 

[SHirsch999]

The only bug I have is my wife. She likes it so much she will send me a message just to bug me.

 

[bobright]

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When sending an iMessage to someone does it have to be there email or can I send to their phone number? (and it would still be sent as iMessage as long as they're on IOS5)

 

[Lukkee24]

Works fine for me, and I haven't come across any bugs yet .

 

[blueroom]

This is yet another useless Calidude poll.

 

[Mochi Hana]

Works fine for me...when I text one of my few friends with an iPhone that is. :x

 

[Antidoll]

Yes it is. It's on by default. You have to turn it off to not use it.

hmmm.. when I got my phone, it was off until I turned it on... I'm in Canada..

 

[Yumunum]

iMessages was a waste of Apple's resources, for many reasons. I turned it off.

 

[takeshi74]

How about you?

Not using it but for a different reason - I use Google Voice.

 

[scaredpoet]

iMessages was a waste of Apple's resources, for many reasons.

Please list a few.

I think it was very worthwhile. It retains cross-device compatibility through SMS, while seamlessly making use of a better medium when it's available. It restores functionality in SMS (delivery confirmation, read receipts) that some carriers chose to remove. And it let's users make use of their iPads for easier text entry when they have one available.

 

[terrywfoster]

Turned it off over delayed messages, multiple messages and messages never delivered.

 

[The Phazer]

I turned it off and I'm never going to turn it on again - data connections over cell networks can't ever, ever even theoretically be as reliable as the SMS protocol is.

Phazer

 

[CrAkD]

i Love iMessage. Once and awhile itll send as SMS. which is kind of annoying. and twice my girlfriends phone deactivated it and wouldnt reactivate it without a restore which was super annoying. but as much as we text that seems like a distant memory at this point.

 

[The Californian]

No problems here.

 

[benhollberg]

What bugs?

 

[DuckSoup]

Yes it is. It's on by default. You have to turn it off to not use it.

That was not the case for me. I had to opt IN. The only bug was it was bugging me as to why it was not working until I found it in options.

Mike

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iMessages was a waste of Apple's resources, for many reasons. I turned it off.

??

It's a godsend where I work. They started issuing iPhones where I work in the past year, but no Text Message plans to save $. Now with iMessage everyone has text messaging between workmates (when they upgrade to 5.0 of course).