The only thing that they 'messed up' is making it clear how it worked. Yup, I agree, the iMessage system is way better than anything out there. Nor do I really want to share my phones address book with Facebook. But I try to minimize my interaction with Facebook and I really don't want my texts comingled with all their social media crap. I'm not sure if Facebook or Hangouts has the same functionality. I hope the new Allo has the same functionality. But if there is one thing the Apple guys got right (and there are many things they do well) it's the Imesage.
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Hey, Android folks love to bash Apple and vice versa. I never tried it from a Mac (I use Windows computers) but I would imagine it would have worked the same way.Īnd I didn't have to pay for extra hardware or a monthly fee to to this. Folks with dumb old phones (non smart) could also send and receive texts from my Ipad. Hey I don't mind that it was all tied to a cellular number.If I want to message folks that don't have phones I'll send them an email!Īnd it didn't have a huge clunky interface with all kinds of crazy extras and social media hookups and require other folks that wanted to communicate with me to have a specific app. Folks could text me on my Iphone, my Iphone could be turned off, and I would still receive and be able to respond on my Ipad - and my Ipad was WIFI only meaning not cellular. Only VoIP services, like Google Voice or Skype Out, let you text from any device without the need for a phone with a SIM card.In my opinion, Apple got it right! I used to be on IOS, prior to Android. Problem is you still need a valid phone with a valid SIM for iMessage to work with SMS. the part that they did right (and wrong, because a lot of people can't tell the two appart) is seamlessly merging that with SMS/MMS. Their iMessage is just like a Facebook Messenger or Hangouts.