Why do some contacts show up in red

I had an iPad before I had an iPhone.  I used to send text messages to my whole list of contacts until I started using my iPhone.  After I synced the contacts from my iPad to my iPhone I can no longer send messages to those of my contacts without an apple product.  When I choose one of their names from contacts, it appears in red, and the message fails.  Can I get around this?

Hello saultbroc,
The article linked below provides some useful troubleshooting steps that can help get Messages working correctly on your iPhone.
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Cheers,
Allen

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