Apple’s proprietary messaging service introduced with iOS 5 and now available publicly for OS X Mountain Lion.
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How does iMessage know that the recipient is an iOS 5 device?
When you send a message using the Messages app, iOS seems to magically figure out that the recipient is on iOS 5 and automatically switches over to iMessage (blue messages instead of green SMSs).
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Is there an iMessage client for Windows?
My wife's iPhone has iOS 5 and hence iMessage installed. I would like to be able to chat with her using my Windows computer. What options are available for this? Is there a Windows client or any ...
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How to get iMessages to sync across an iPhone, iPad and Mac automatically?
One of the new features of Mountain Lion is the fact that one can sync iMessages across iOS and OSX devices.
I would really like to have a thread that I start on my iPhone automatically sync to my ...
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What alternatives exist to FaceTime or iMessages to communicate with Android devices?
How can I contact my friends that have no Apple products (iOS or OS X)in similar manner to using FaceTime or iMessage?
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How to disable iMessage on a broken iPhone?
How can I disable iMessage for a phone number if the iPhone it's attached to has been destroyed? My sister dropped her iPhone in the bath, so she is now using an older non-Apple phone. Whenever I send ...
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How to get iMessages in sync across an iOS 5 iPhone, iPad and Mountain Lion Mac?
One of the new features of Mountain Lion is the Messages app - and the "fact" that all your Messages threads are consistent across all your devices.
I would really like to have my the threads that I ...
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What causes an iMessage to be delivered as a text message?
Sometimes when I text other iPhone users, messages don't deliver as iMessages and say "Sent as text message". What causes this to happen?
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If i am not on 3G nor WiFi, do iMessage get sent via SMS?
How does iMessage work? I had messaged one of my friend with iMessage, and he replied to me. However, I had disabled 3G and was not on a WiFi network. Were the subsequent replies routed via regular ...
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Does iMessage fallback to SMS on a per message basis?
As we know, the messages app in the iPhone will detect if the party you are texting to is iMessage compatible or not, and will then send an iMessage instead of an SMS. This is great, and works as ...
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iMessage deleted by the other iphone removes it from my thread on my iPhone?
If someone I am iMessaging with on the iPhone-4S sends me a message and they delete it; will it also delete on my phone??
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How can I tell whether my friend is using iMessage or Message to SMS me?
When I SMS my friend (iPhone 4 to iPhone 3), green messages mean that it's a Message and blue messages mean that it's an iMessage.
However the messages that my friend sends me (iPhone 3 to iPhone 4) ...
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Does receiving spam iMessages / FaceTime calls indicate my account is compromised?
I have a question and a story, since things aren't completely clear in my mind how iMessage and FaceTime work.
If someone sends me an iMessage / FaceTime call, does it mean they have other contact ...
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Can iOS receive email from two Apple ID but iMessages from only one of the two email addresses?
I have an iPod Touch and an iPhone, both on separate Apple ID accounts. What would happen if I added the iPod Touch email to the "receive at" on my iPhone (in addition to the separate email already in ...
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Selectively force Siri to send SMS instead of iMessage
I carry an iPhone. On occasion, I will use Siri to send a quick text message to a person, e.g. "Text Alice I'm on my way."
My problem is that Alice has a non-Apple phone and an iPad, and I've used ...
