iMessage for apple products only?

[Nsaatoff]

Sorry if this is a repeat question. Finally diving in to setting up iMessage between my iPhone and ipad2.

Can my non-apple friends Text to iMessage? Do they text to my iCloud email address only then? So they need to save that address in their contacts. Correct?

 

[admanimal]

Only Apple devices can iMessage. Anyone else must send you a regular text message (which only applies if you have an iPhone, obviously).

 

[Nsaatoff]

Thanks... That's what I was thinking.

 

[Intell]

iMessage is just a Jabber client power by the same backend as FaceTime and push notifications. If you can extract an iDevice's SSL certificate and correctly setup a Jabber client, you can use almost any IM software to iMessage with people.

 

[gentlefury]

iMessage is just a Jabber client power by the same backend as FaceTime and push notifications. If you can extract an iDevice's SSL certificate and correctly setup a Jabber client, you can use almost any IM software to iMessage with people.

Wish to explain how to do this? I would love to be able to iChat with iMessage.

 

[Intell]

Wish to explain how to do this? I would love to be able to iChat with iMessage.

Haven't found out how yet. All still theory at this point.

 

[gentlefury]

Haven't found out how yet. All still theory at this point.

Well if you figure it out, PLEASE let us know, that would be awesome!