So, are iMessages and text messages seen the same to the person receiving the message? Do iMessages via a data plan get sent to a cell phone?
Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 12:26 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iMessages VS text messages again Yes, that is my understanding. iMsg's require a data plan or wifi and sms's just require a cell phone and are covered under a text messaging plan. On 17/08/12 12:09, Vicky Collins wrote: > First, grin, I now think I know why my brother wasn't getting my > iMessages timely, but was receiving the text messages okay. Apparently, > although he doesn't know how it happened, he used more data than his > purchased amount for the month. So, AT&T charged him another fifteen > dollars for more. Thus, not liking this at all, he went to the AT&T > store and had them help him turn off the data usage altogether. > Therefore, he couldn't get my iMessages until he got back home and was > using his WiFi connection. > > Second, then, am I thinking correctly that iMessages need the internet, > meaning either WiFi or a data plan? While, on the other hand, text > messages are something completely separate, and do not require a data > plan, but have their own separate plan or are charged by the message if > no plan exists? > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
