Can you text message (or IM) from iPad?

[StellaBlue]

I think my cousin downloaded an app on his iPod touch that lets him text message (its slow though, and needs a strange phone number).

is this the same on iPad? Can you Instant Message at least? Still - I'm really interested in the text messaging.


Thanks,
J

 

[gwynne]

There is a free AIM app for sure, it works just fine.

There are other universal IM clients, but they are paid and I didn't try them.

There are some SMS apps, but the one I tried didn't seem to work.

 

[macDonalds]

I use AIM -- really polished app for the iPad.

 

[Peace]

There's an app called textPlus that does that.

 

[Chris Rogers]

There's an app called textPlus that does that.

+1

 

[noah82]

Im+ or aim will do what you need.

 

[StellaBlue]

Thank you!

 

[epi117]

I use google voice to sms with ipad works great. The call feature will not work.

 

[jeffy777]

TextPlus is really nice for sending free text messages (and the app is free).

IM+ is good for chatting (MSN, Facebook, Yahoo, etc), but it's not free.