iMessage – Gareth Klose https://garethklose.com writes about technology, television and travelling Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:22:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 27787817 iMessage and Phonecalls https://garethklose.com/2011/10/imessage-and-phonecalls Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:17:08 +0000 http://garethklose.com/?p=574 SMS can come in alongside phone calls. I’ve got used to this, I’ll sometimes call people while waiting for other people to turn up, I’ll hear a text message arrive, can read, and act accordingly.

iMessages are shiny. iMessages are data. This means they’ll only arrive if I’m on WiFi or on a 3G UTMS connection.

If I’m on a 2G GSM connection, or a CDMA network user in the States, and not connected to WiFi, I’ll not be receiving messages while I’m on the phone.

Yes iMessage says things are “delivered” but I don’t yet know what that means, and I’ve seen people complain on twitter that it’s not delivered to the handset. I guess people haven’t seemed that bothered with BBM, but that has stronger delivery feedback; But the transparency of SMS/iMessage is the problem, I’ve had people ask “HOW DO I SEND THEM?” because the only distinction is the blue/green colouring, in some ways it’s so transparent you might not understand.

I’m not sure this is a massive issue, but it’s got the potential to make meeting people comically awkward, given my phone still spends a bit of time on 2G networks.

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