How come a name appears as if its in my contact list but the number isnt?

i gave my number to someone through facebook and they messaged me on my iphone and there name appeared as if they were already in my contact list, i tried saving the number through text but it wont allow me, is this due to the ios6 upgrade cause i never had that problem before. It use to have a bubble at the top of the screen that said "add contact" but its no longer there...help me..

The user that you want to reach must be registered to use messages on the device before you can reach them. Even if the user has an iPhone and you are sending the text to that phone number, the user still has to have the messages app activated on their device. The iPad cannot send and receive SMS messages so the messages all have to go through the messages app. It is not setup automatically.
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