Using iMessage in IOS 5

I am currently using my iPad 2 without a smart phone or iPhone -
my question is: how does iMessage work? How do I figure out what phone number it's using? In other words, if a friend wants to send me a text message - how do I figure out what number to tell them to use?
I have been using TEXT NOW (which is okay, it mostly works) on IOS 4 up until now - and that assigned a whole other number. But what does iMessage do and how do I get a number?
(the TEXT NOW people actually advised everyone not to upgrade to IOS 5 for the time being, because they say TEXT NOW will not work with it right now ... so I'm going to hold off, unless I can be 100% sure that iMessage will work, and know how it works... I use text messaging like crazy now, especially because it's easier to type on the iPad...)
thanks!
will

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You will use an email address.

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