How to send as iMessage instead of text?

I just got the iphone 5c and i was trying to figure out how to send a text as an imessage (blue) instead of a sms (green). When i start a conversation with contacts that i KNOW have imessage turned on, it always sends as a text! How can I fix this? I dont want to completely stop sms with other non iphone users, but i want to be able to send imessages to iphone users.

v2allen wrote:
Yes, i can send an imessage, but i cant start a conversation in imessage, the send is always green then after a few texts it starts sending imessages
Both you and the person your messaging has to have an active data connection.

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