Ed, this is what I believed it to be, but could not fathom that by just clicking on a contact, the computer would know what kind of operating system that recipient would have. My other friend I tried this new phone texting on does have a Microsoft computr, but what cellphone he uses I do not know. Anyhow, here it was green. Marta
On Oct 29, 2011, at 5:29 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: > Marta the blue symbolizes that you have sent a text to a IOS5 user using > iMessage. > The green Symbolizes that you have sent a text as an SMS message using the > cell data network. > iMessage uses Apple’s data network so Apple knows if the person is using an > iPhone running IOS5 or not and the Text app changes to iMessage accordingly. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marta Edie > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:00 PM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Color Me Blue > > How do I know I am using a iOS5 user text? And how a green? I checked the > User Guide, but it is not helpful in that case, just talks about the blue and > does not tell whether the sender and/or the receiver has to have iOS5, too? > Marta > > On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > > Blue iOS5 user text > Green regular SMS text > In your text app program > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Marta Edie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now I am not on iCloud, but on iOS 5, and have the iPhone 4s. I had a text > message in blue, going to one of our mac people who I am sure has 5, the rest > (two) are all green, and I have no idea how and why that happened either. > Jonathan, do tell me, it was my tryout text to you that is blue. My other two > texts are green. This from the Edie's what it's worth department. > Marta > > On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:18 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > > An observation and a question. > > After updating the iPhones to iOS5 I noticed that most my text were green, > the color I have grown to love, but then one was blue....so did it go or was > the recipient's phone off line, or was I late on my bill? I hadn't the > foggiest. I wondered it it had something to do with texting someone on the > same network of the iPhone I was using...nope. > > Then today I noticed that it didn't say text message it said iMessage when I > was replying and getting blue type. So it seems that another iCloud person > will have a blue text while those outside the cloud will be green. > > So this question. When I was attempting to text from the iPad to a person > that didn't have the cloud the message said that the person I was trying to > text was not registered with iMessage....O.K., than turn me green and send > the text, but it wouldn't. > > Does this mean we can't text from an iPad unless we are texting to someone > that is on our cloud? Seems so, but if you have suggestions as to what I am > doing wrong then please send my way. > > Many thanks. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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