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		stangeek on March 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From Miserable Launch to Decent Success in 3 Month... What we mean by this is that recipients do not need to have an iPhone (or even the app) to be able to participate.

guptaneil on March 12, 2012 [–]

How is that different than iMessage, which also seamlessly falls back to SMS for anybody that doesn't have iMessage support?

stangeek on March 12, 2012 | [–]

With iMessage, those on SMS (who don't have an iPhone) won't see everyone else's replies. You can't do group chat over SMS.

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