No Messages to non-iPhone users?

I was told or had heard that Yosemite's Messages application could send at least simple SMS texts to phones other than iPhones; however, on my system via Messages, I can neither send nor receive anything from a phone other than an iPhone but anything I want to do with another iPhone user works fine. I was told that if the person's name or number appeared in red (in Messages), that person should at least receive simple SMS from me, but what I see is an error "[phone_number] is not registered with iMessage." That error appears to me that it is indeed a strictly iPhone application.
For years I had an iPhone but lost it and now I use an old Motorola RAZR and have removed my iPhone registration from https://supportprofile.apple.com/.  Also the phone by itself works fine either way.  I'll get another iPhone when I can buy one cash (without two-year contract), but for now, was I incorrect? Is Messages really an iPhone-only application?

Tim,
You can only send SMS from your Mac through an iPhone.  Read the attached.  It is written much better than I could:
Messages (Yosemite): Get and send SMS messages

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