One
of the mainstay features of IOS 5 is iMessage, do you know how to use iMessage?
Before we discuss about how to use iMessage it helps us to know some important
things pertaining to him. First, iMessage feature can only be found on the
gadgets that have used the IOS 5. IOS 5 is available for the iPhone from the
iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. To iPad can be installed there and IPAD IPAD
2. While the iPod is available for the iPod generation 3 and 4. So for those of
you who have one of these gadgets can instantly upgrade your IOS to version 5.
Second, features iMessage very closely with your Apple ID. When you first
upgrade the IOS 5 then you will be prompted to enter the Apple ID to set up
iCloud, iTunes Store, App Store and other features including iMessage.
One
thing I can conclude, after performing several experiments, is iMessage using
the Apple ID as your identity. If you log into iTunes store on your iPhone
using another email address then it will appear iMessage features directly.
Third, contact the iMessage depends on the contact that you store on your
iCloud account.
When you upgrade to IOS 5 and you choose to activate the feature iCloud then you are asked if you want to merge your contacts on your iPhone with the contacts on iCloud. If you answered yes then all the contacts on the iPhone will be copied to a contact in iCloud. If not then you have to enter your own contacts in iCloud.
Whichever way you choose iMessage will find a list of emails to a contact in iCloud and checks if the email is also registered as a user iCloud. You can only send iMessage to your friend's email address listed on iCloud. Well it was too lengthy introduction, let's continue to discuss how to use iMessage.
One
thing I can conclude, after performing several experiments, is iMessage using
the Apple ID as your identity. If you log into iTunes store on your iPhone
using another email address then it will appear iMessage features directly.
Third, contact the iMessage depends on the contact that you store on your
iCloud account. When you upgrade to IOS 5 and you choose to activate the feature iCloud then you are asked if you want to merge your contacts on your iPhone with the contacts on iCloud. If you answered yes then all the contacts on the iPhone will be copied to a contact in iCloud. If not then you have to enter your own contacts in iCloud.
Whichever way you choose iMessage will find a list of emails to a contact in iCloud and checks if the email is also registered as a user iCloud. You can only send iMessage to your friend's email address listed on iCloud. Well it was too lengthy introduction, let's continue to discuss how to use iMessage.
How
to Use iMessage: Setting the Required
1) Go
to Settings> Message.
2) On
display will be seen several configurations that you can adjust to the needs.
iMessage course, must be in a state of "ON". "Send Read
Receipts" is useful to send a receipt once you have read one message.
"Send As SMS" is an option to send SMS messages as if iMessage not
available. "MMS Messaging" option to turn MMS. "Show Subject
Field" to show the "Subject" at the time you send a message.
"Character Count" to show the number of characters you've typed.
3) There
is one option that is "Receive At" that must be considered. Within
these options there are a few more things that can be configured. At the top
you can see the Apple ID used by iMessage. Make sure that the Apple ID is the
same as that used on your iCloud account. Your message can be received in two
places, namely mobile phone number and email.
4) Well
now after all the settings configured finished let's try using iMessage. Select
the icon "Messages" on your iPhone. Type the name of one of your
friends who also have accounts iCloud. In the picture below can be seen that my
friend has a phone number and email. If the email is listed on iCloud then the
right will see a blue bubble indicating that you can send iMessage to that
address. "Send" button on the screen and sending a reply message from
your friend will also be a blue background. SMS used to color the background is
green.
