Hi, yes. they need to have a reliable 3G or, wifi connection. This is not the case for a standard text message.
hth Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 10, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Are text messages delivered more reliably than iMessages? For, sometimes, > when I've sent an iMessage to my sister, she has told me she didn't get it > till a few hours later, although she normally gets them pretty quickly after > I have sent them. > > On the other hand, though, my brother tells me that he doesn't get the > iMessages I send around seven in the morning when he is away from home, until > he gets back home after five in the afternoon. But, when I turned off the > iMessage feature and just sent him a text message today, he got it right > away, around the seven in the morning. Oh, I can normally receive his > iMessages just after they are sent. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
