Text message with 3G

[Badrottie]

Not sure where to post right forum iPad app or here.

Anyway I was toying with 3G enabled to try text message to other non iPad/iPhone but it seems not work. I know iMessage works just fine. Did I miss something?

 

[iphone1105]

Not sure where to post right forum iPad app or here.

Anyway I was toying with 3G enabled to try text message to other non iPad/iPhone but it seems not work. I know iMessage works just fine. Did I miss something?

Do you have 3G service? I dont think you can text a standard line with just a iPad data plan, i may be wrong, just throwing stuff out to help.

 

[deeddawg]

Did I miss something?

Yes. It's not a phone. You can't send SMS messages directly.

You might be able to do is use Google Voice to send/receive SMS texts, but I've not tried it from ipad.

 

[azure247]

Get textfree app. You can send SMS text messages to any person using their phone number using your 3G.

 

[Badrottie]

Then why do I see cellular data number under general setting assuming SMS text should work with 3G????

 

[iphone1105]

Then why do I see cellular data number under general setting assuming SMS text should work with 3G????

You see that number because it is tied to your SIM for data.

 

[rkahl]

Did you subscribe to a messaging plan? NO, because there isn't one.

 

[Badrottie]

True but still....even BEFORE iMessage came out for iPad what is the point of SMS text app installed on iPad with 3G that does NOT work?!?

 

[IllIllIll]

True but still....even BEFORE iMessage came out for iPad what is the point of SMS text app installed on iPad with 3G that does NOT work?!?

SMS messages aren't transmitted or received on a phone's data band, but on the cellular voice band. iPads and other data-only mobile devices do not have the hardware to handle SMS messaging natively.

Google Voice, TextPlus, etc. just serve as conduit apps that take a text message sent over 2G/3G/4G data and delivers it via cellular bandwidth. And as far as I know, iMessage is NOT SMS.

 

[Badrottie]

Never mind messages app did not exist until after new iMessage released.

 

[Polymira]

True but still....even BEFORE iMessage came out for iPad what is the point of SMS text app installed on iPad with 3G that does NOT work?!?

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. There was no messaging/SMS app on the iPad pre iOS 5.0. iOS 5.0 introduced iMessages.

 

[xraydoc]

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say here. There was no messaging/SMS app on the iPad pre iOS 5.0. iOS 5.0 introduced iMessages.

+1

You cannot send SMS in the conventional sense with a 3G iPad. Never could.

 

[arcangel6]

Try the app TextPlus.

 

[Aspasia]

Also check into TextNow:

TextNow.com
www.textnow.com/Free iPod/iPad Texting! Send free SMS/MMS text messages on your iPod, iPad, and iPhone.

Also has a web application (haven't tried it, or using my iPad as a phone, which it claims can be done).

I can attest it works great with the iPad and iPod - and even the kids' cell phones (not iPhones).

 

[Badrottie]

Okay thank you everyone I guess I will try textplus app.