The article is wrong, there's still a huge part missing from the so-called "unified" messaging and Apple needs to step up their game ASAP.
No matter how you configure the "caller ID" option, if a friend iMessages you (i.e. they initiate the convo) to your cell phone number and not email (most common, as if they were texting but it silently switched to iMessage), the message will only be received on your phone.
Apple needs to add an option to allow you to authenticate/verify your phone number as a valid receive address for the desktop ASAP.
“We’re unifying your phone number and your Apple ID,” said iOS guru Scott Forstall at WWDC today. “So if someone calls you on your phone number with a FaceTime call, you can answer the call on your iPad or even your Mac. And we’re doing the exact same thing with iMessage.”
I think you need iOS 6 to set it up, but clearly it will work on OS X afterwards.
I agree. This makes iMessage so frustrating, as I've got two threads with a lot of people - one associated with my phone number (started on my phone) and another associated with my email (started on my iPad).
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The article is wrong, there's still a huge part missing from the so-called "unified" messaging and Apple needs to step up their game ASAP.
No matter how you configure the "caller ID" option, if a friend iMessages you (i.e. they initiate the convo) to your cell phone number and not email (most common, as if they were texting but it silently switched to iMessage), the message will only be received on your phone.
Apple needs to add an option to allow you to authenticate/verify your phone number as a valid receive address for the desktop ASAP.
Coming with iOS 6.
No. That's coming for the iPad, not for the desktop. There is no iOS6 for the desktop (and it's not in Mountain Lion :)
Here's what Scott Forstall said:
“We’re unifying your phone number and your Apple ID,” said iOS guru Scott Forstall at WWDC today. “So if someone calls you on your phone number with a FaceTime call, you can answer the call on your iPad or even your Mac. And we’re doing the exact same thing with iMessage.”
I think you need iOS 6 to set it up, but clearly it will work on OS X afterwards.
Thanks for that. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I agree. This makes iMessage so frustrating, as I've got two threads with a lot of people - one associated with my phone number (started on my phone) and another associated with my email (started on my iPad).
Not to mention that with a phone number you have text message as a fall back. I have lots of iMessages sent as text messages when I have bad service.
Also, if you send someone a text and they have an iPhone, it will use your email. Some of my friends have iPhones, but not my email, and are confused.