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(Reblogged from inthefade)
As one of the core new features highlighted today in iOS 5, iMessages has one purpose: to kill SMS. That is, traditional carrier-controlled text messages. iMessages will do this by replacing SMS with a service that Apple is in control of across all of their iOS devices. And here’s the real death blow: iMessages will be completely free.
Apple Has Finally Stuck A Dagger Into SMS. I Love It. (via shaneguiter)
That’s great if you and all your friends and family and everyone you need/want to text has an iPhone.
But say a Congressman with an iPhone wants to send a naughty message to a girl who has an Android?
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Well, clearly, that’s what the new Twitter integration is for.
