will i able to send messages to another ios5 device user in another country? will it be free for me and the receiver?
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is Imessage "free"?
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It uses data as stated but that could be wifi or 3G but yes there is no additional charges
It uses data as stated but that could be wifi or 3G but yes there is no additional charges
yes thats what i wanted to know ... no additional charges .. this is pretty cool then you can send imessage to anyone anywhere without using your regular text message allowance
The service isn't "free" its free (without the quotation marks) but it requires internet to work.
pingchat
kik messenger
plus a hundred other message apps
good thing it's never been thought of
RIM charge their own fee though, so basically I can conclude iMessage wins
Do they? When I contracted a "PDA" data plan I called my carrier to please enable a BB (BIS etc.) service on it and they did so with no additional fee..?
when i had a blackberry before my iphone i didnt have a data plan. i asked att if it costs extra. they told me every message i sent counted towards a text and every minute i was on the app it counted towards a minute. i dont know if this was true so i didnt bother with it.
I hope when you mean to "anyone", you mean to any iOS 5 Device (iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4th/3rd, and iPad 2/1. You can just iMessage "anyone".
By the way, it is free in the sense that it is unlimited, but as everyone has mentioned, it goes against your Internet Plan at home or from your data plan with your iPhone. By the way, you can send videos and pictures as well. Even though RIM and other companies have done many things such as cross-platform texting for free, it is great that Apple has integrated messaging between iOS 5 devices, just like RIM has between Blackberries. However, the great thing with apps like "Whatapps", it is cross-platform, so you can truly text anyone with practically any other phone (dramatized a bit).
There's no way that's true, that would mean they're double charging you for sending a message (voice time for when you're writing the message then a text for when you send it).
iMessage picture sending options
My chief concern is being able to send picture MMS messages (which are currently included as part of my ATT messaging plan) without using up all of my limited data plan if I'm on 3G. Though I doubt there will be, I'd like an option to have iMessages on, but always send picture MMS messages through my messaging plan. I'll just have to see how it goes.
My chief concern is being able to send picture MMS messages (which are currently included as part of my ATT messaging plan) without using up all of my limited data plan if I'm on 3G. Though I doubt there will be, I'd like an option to have iMessages on, but always send picture MMS messages through my messaging plan. I'll just have to see how it goes.
thats why i didnt touch it because it sounded very farfetched. it was right before i got the iphone so it didnt bother me as i was the only one i knew who had a blackberry then.
