iPad iPad text messages

as for iMessage, in iOS 6 it'll be possible to set your mobile phone number that's associated with your apple ID as both the ID to receive and send iMessages. at least it works on my iPad running iOS 6 beta 4.

regarding SMS, I don't think it'll ever be possible to "cross-link" your iPad with a mobile phone number as that could pose a huge risk (spoof SMS etc).

 

How you expect to have carrier texting with no cell phone?
It's a whole different system that needs to associate with a cell number and communicate with the carrier something the iPad doesn't do.
Furthest you can go is iMessages or any other messaging service app.

 

You would somehow need to clone your iphone's sim and use it in the ipad and then have the network identify and communicate with your device and send them to both your cell and your ipad.
Its not as simple as you think to receive texts, calls, mms or other basic cellphone function to your ipad using your cellular number.
Carriers have strict security rules when it comes to stuff like that. Its not just like an email you can forward or send a copy to another email account.

 

It CAN be done but you need
1) an app running on the iPhone at the time you want to send the text from the iPad and,
2) you must press a button on the iphone to confirm the message.

I was thinking to add the feature to my Group Text! app but for most users the two requirements above are not acceptable (and they are system requirements so no app can work around them).

May I ask why not use the phone ? Is it for use the larger iPad screen and keyboard ?

 

Just because you are jailbroken does not mean you can magically work around the limitation of SMS which requires a 3G or 4G connection. Your only bet would be to use a 3rd party app that sends them through their program on your behalf. Apple will never allow such an app in the App Store so Cydia will be your only hope.

 

Contact one of those developers and ask them. If anybody knew how to do it here or had done it before it would be here already.

 

GoogleVoice number? Supports SMS doesn't it. App should work on the iPad.

No personal experience.

 

I'm surprised so many people don't get what you're asking...

The answer is that Apple has not implemented it (not speaking for jail broken devices).
It makes absolute sense that any SMS sent from the iPad replicates to the iPhone and visa versa, just that Apple needs to include the logic to support this. I too would like this feature, and it is highly likely that it will come soon.

 

yep..but i believe youd have to port your number to googlevoice and wouldnt that make your phone null unless using the googlevoice app?