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post #41 of 53
11/13/12 at 5:52am
How can you only do like 700 texts?!

Maybe he, like, you know, works for a living to pay his, like, um, phone bill? And everything.
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post #42 of 53
11/13/12 at 6:08am
Originally Posted by Elian Gonzalez View Post
How can you only do like 700 texts?!
Maybe he, like, you know, works for a living to pay his, like, um, phone bill? And everything.

 

"MaB he u no wks 4A long 2 $ his fone bill n evrthng"

 

U meen.

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That's Google alright. For a stupid company they sure do dumb things.
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PhilBoogie
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post #43 of 53
11/13/12 at 6:19am
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Originally Posted by bettaboy123 View Post

Less than 700 texts?! I send 7,000 on a low month! I hit 16,000 in June. I literally did more than 1,000 in a day a few times. How can you only do like 700 texts?!

Are you one of those uninvited SMS-marketers?

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post #44 of 53
11/13/12 at 6:29am
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Surely the carries don't recoup any lost revenue with some BS charge or fee. 

They probably do..

 

and don't call me Shirley.

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post #45 of 53
11/13/12 at 8:38am
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Episode Seven will suck, do you think?

I didn't know they were making an Episode Seven. I just thought it was funny.

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post #46 of 53
11/13/12 at 9:12am
I'm confused. I use the Messages application on my iPhone and I do get charged for each of those messages by AT&T. It's not part of my data plan. What am I missing? Is my configuration wrong?
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post #47 of 53
11/13/12 at 9:24am
Originally Posted by zoetmb View Post
I use the Messages application on my iPhone and I do get charged for each of those messages by AT&T.

 

Because you're apparently sending SMS, not iMessages.

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post #48 of 53
11/13/12 at 9:25am
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I'm confused. I use the Messages application on my iPhone and I do get charged for each of those messages by AT&T. It's not part of my data plan. What am I missing? Is my configuration wrong?

It should be automatic. The recipient needs to have an iOS device running iOS 5 or newer. Blue text bubbles represent iMessages, green represents SMS. The entry message box would say "Text Message" or "iMessage" depending on the recipient.
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post #49 of 53
11/13/12 at 11:28am
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Episode Seven will suck, do you think?

 

As long as Georgie-boy has minimal input, I think it could possibly recapture some of the earlier magic of the series. Nothing will ever duplicate the experience of seeing Star Wars as a kid, but believe it or not, there are some creative new moviemakers out there. And for the record, my guess is the next trilogy will follow the offspring of Leia and Solo, and Luke and whoever he married. That would position the next generation of Star Wars actors in the Twilight demographic that sells so well these days.


Edited by SpamSandwich - 11/13/12 at 12:33pm

Proud AAPL stock owner.

 

GOA

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Proud AAPL stock owner.

 

GOA

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post #50 of 53
11/13/12 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by zoetmb View Post

I'm confused. I use the Messages application on my iPhone and I do get charged for each of those messages by AT&T. It's not part of my data plan. What am I missing? Is my configuration wrong?

Settings > Messages.

Make sure iMessage is set to On. This sends texts as iMessage to registered iOS devices over the data plan, not a messaging plan.

If iMessage is not On, everything gets sent as SMS (even to iOS users).

 

If the user is not iOS, it is sent as SMS on your messaging plan.

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post #51 of 53
11/13/12 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post

Apple's iMessage, as well as other data-based messaging apps, reportedly caused the first drop in U.S. text messaging in years, and the downward trend may continue as more wireless subscribers switch to smartphones.

 

 

... which is why all the carriers are slapping on unnecessary texting plans if people want more data.

 

Text messages are irrelevant in the iPhone age, when I can choose from 5-6 good apps that all allow messaging for free (including iMessage).

 

Texts are data. They are not special. We should not pay for them if we are already paying for data.

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post #52 of 53
11/13/12 at 3:46pm
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For me, Messages seems to fall back to SMS if there isn't a detected data route to the recipient.

Yes, but there is an on/off setting for this. His friend may have had it turned off.

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I like iMessage - at least it keeps trying to send a message if it can't get through ( I think ).

Now, standard SMS on an iPhone has one major flaw in my opinion - unlike all other dumb phones ( and even my sh1tty Barcelona Android 2.2 work phone ) it does not keep trying to send the message if it fails first time due to lack of signal - the others all retry until it's sent.
I live in an area of bad signal and sometimes even with 1 bar the standard SMS may not send from the iphone, but unless you leave the Message app open you don't know it didn't go! 

I think this is pretty rubbish for a 'smart' phone.
No need to have the app open, you get a small red exclamation point on the Messages icon, even if you don't have the app open.
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post #53 of 53
11/14/12 at 9:52pm
I quit my AT&T message plan because i only use iMessage and rarely have to pay for any green texts which I refuse to send if they aren't Free iMessage Blue.

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