Why iphone4s cannot send a text message to a specific person

i can send text message to others except the one who has 4s too. we can ues imessage, but cannot use text. what shoul i do

OK, I had a user at work wit a very similar problem in that they had just upgraded their iPhone (3GS) to IOS 5 and was unable to send texts
after some testing it appeared to be that certain contacts accosiated with a particular addressbook were not working, so I am assuming that perhaps the people who are unable to send any texts perhaps have all their contacts on one addressbook or that both addressbooks are having the same problem
a quick test to see if  it is an addressbook error would be to create a new contact (I used the same name as the contact that didn't work) and then send a test message
One strange / new thing that I found was that once I had entered the number in a new contact of teh same name the data/accounts were merged and the text message (sms) WORKED!
I repeated these steps for a few contacts just to be sure and it worked every time
again, this may not be the same as the problem your having but at the moment it seens like it's worth a shot if you dont want to resort to a new setup or loose 1000+ messages
Good luck
Jonny

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