Apple is Integrating iMessage Into iChat?

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Posted September 14, 2011 at 5:58pm by iClarified

Apple may have already started the integration of iMessage into iChat for OS X Lion, reports MacRumors.

A developer has found two new properties (timeDelivered and timeRead) that are not supported by iChat's native protocols.

The "timeDelivered" and "timeRead' fields indicate the tracking of delivery and read receipts for instant messages. These features, however, are not supported in any of iChat's native messaging protocols, while the same features are offered in Apple's iMessage protocol. These properties were also not present in previous versions of iChat prior to OS X Lion. We believe the only reason Apple would have added these properties was to build in cross compatibility with their new iMessage protocol.

@interface IMMessage : NSObject
{
IMHandle *_sender;
IMHandle *_subject;
NSAttributedString *_text;
NSString *_plainBody;
NSDate *_time;
NSDate *_timeDelivered;
NSDate *_timeRead;

iMessage is part of iOS 5 which is expected to launch next month alongside the iPhone 5.

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Ali Shamsah - September 14, 2011 at 7:44pm

iMessage is one of the great features in iOS 5.0 .. i'm using it and so loving it .. but nothing is perfect .. i was wondering .. !! when iOS 5.0 get released to all users .. all will start using iMessage .. but when i send a Message to some one which is recognized by my iPhone that he has iMessage .. sending that Message will be sent as and iMessage .. but what is the person was out of internet coverage or was traveling and doesn't have any kind on internet connection .. how will he get my Message since it was sent as an iMessage and needs internet connection to be received .. Apple should give this a very good thought and try solve this problem ..

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boyko - September 15, 2011 at 6:42am

When receiver does not have internet connection he will receive the message as SMS.

Ali Shamsah - September 15, 2011 at 1:04pm

i have tried that .. it failed .. never received till he connects to 3G or WiFi ..

Ranmat - September 15, 2011 at 4:20pm

All they need is a data connection, which can be provided via GPRS, edge or 3G so if they can get a text they can get an imessage.

Ali Shamsah - September 15, 2011 at 9:56pm

and what if data connection isn't available .. how would the iMessage get delivered .. ?? there is no way it is going to be delivered unless is is resent as SMS ..