Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Post by bluelu » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

ugh wrote: post #10

artursapek wrote: post #7

Why does Techcrunch always offer such exaggerations as "SMS dies today?" I'm curious if people will actually use iMessage very much. It will be hard to keep track of the relatively small amount of friends you know are on iOS5, and people on iPods won't want to rely on having wi-fi for their SMSing.

You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

Post by seanmccann » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

ugh wrote: post #10

artursapek wrote: post #7

Why does Techcrunch always offer such exaggerations as "SMS dies today?" I'm curious if people will actually use iMessage very much. It will be hard to keep track of the relatively small amount of friends you know are on iOS5, and people on iPods won't want to rely on having wi-fi for their SMSing.

You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

Post by ugh » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

seanmccann wrote: post #13

ugh wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

The only problem is that most people will stick to the unlimited SMS plan. If they have a small data plan (500 MB for example), they'd be using their limited data.

Post by antirez » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

seanmccann wrote: post #13

ugh wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

The only problem is that most people will stick to the unlimited SMS plan. If they have a small data plan (500 MB for example), they'd be using their limited data.

Post by jonknee » Wed, Oct 12, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #16

ugh wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

Oh okay, I misunderstood its implementation. Still though, it will definitely not be any sort of SMS killer.