Texts send from a 3G ipad "imessages" app could deliver to a normal cell phone?

Lost my iphone last month & planning to buy a ipad2 to instead as I just need the SMS message function but not phone conversation function.
So, could SMS send from a 3G ipad "imessages" app could deliver to a normal cell phone or a blackberry which doesn't have any iTune apps?

hofai wrote:
What I want to know is doesn't ipad 3G could perform SMS function like an iphone?
The only answer anyone here could give you is, "because Apple didn't include that feature."  Submit your feedback directly to Apple requesting that feature using the appropriate link on the Feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
You can also use one of the many texting applications found in the App Store. They work over data so they don't require a texting plan.

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