I don't understand the use case for a platform-specific messenger. When your whole company uses Blackberries, BBM makes sense. Otherwise, why not use something that everyone you know can use? Behind text messaging, Facebook Chat has the largest user base in my social circles.
I've assumed that most iMessage use thus far has been as a transparent transport for SMS over a data connection. Is this correct?
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I don't understand the use case for a platform-specific messenger. When your whole company uses Blackberries, BBM makes sense. Otherwise, why not use something that everyone you know can use? Behind text messaging, Facebook Chat has the largest user base in my social circles.
I've assumed that most iMessage use thus far has been as a transparent transport for SMS over a data connection. Is this correct?
Apple is positioning it (IMO) as a replacement for text messaging on iOS. The fact that it works across devices is the killer feature.