Imessage doesnt send imessages to someone with ios5, only sms texts

When I try sending an iMessage to someone with iOS 5, they don't receive it. When they send it to me, I receive it as an SMS text. I tried sending to another iPhone and iMessage worked, as did SMS text with a non-iPhone. Why is this happening? It's really frustrating and I don't know what to do to fix it.

Hi, I have a very easy solution. It took me only 3 seconds. Go to Settings>messages, activate iMessage and deactivate sms. Next time you send a text, it will automatically send as iMessage!

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