Sending text messages from a Mac to an iPhone using Messages

I just tried to text my wife's iPhone and it says it is not available for Messages. What does this mean? Why can't I text her from my Mac? She has an iPhone 3GS and I have a Mac running Lion with the Beta of Messages.

Hi,
Is she using iOS 5 ?
Is she connected by Wifi ?
10:30 PM      Monday; April 9, 2012
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
  iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Lion 10.7.3)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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