Whi is ipad not alllowing text messages to contacts not signed up for imessage?
since loading the update last Friday 2/2/13, my ipqd 4 will not let me send any text messages if i turn off imessage. Most of my contacts do not have imessage so I can text only a few people now. Anybody else having a problem? I have ipad 4 Retnia Display
Janfan
Your problem isn't related to the IOS 6.1 update.
iMessage on iPad only works for other iMessage accounts. The ability to send messages to non-imessage clients is a feature on the iPhone not iPad.
https://www.apple.com/ios/messages/
Hope this helps.
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