According to reports on the MacRumors Forums and on Twitter, Apple's iMessage SMS-replacement service is currently experiencing some sort of system outage.
Users are experiencing difficulties with delayed messages, messages completely failing to send, as well as read receipt notification errors. The problem is intermittent and not universal, but given the high-profile that Apple places on the service -- it's enabled by default on every iOS device -- any sort of outage is going to affect many users.
We've emailed Apple for comment and a timeline for a resolution, but have yet to hear back.
Update: iMessage appears to be working again for many.
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I face issues with iMessage everyday. :/
Oh my, the drama! I mean, just send it as a TEXT, it's a default, duh. Yea, I know, not from an ipad or mac, but BFD. What's up with the PERFECTION expectations people? Deal.
SMS = 19 cent
iMsg = 0 cent
We've emailed Apple for comment and a timeline for a resolution, but have yet to hear back.
Yeah, I'm sure they'll get back to MacRumors right away. :rolleyes:
Steve Jobs never would have allowed this.
We really need a filter for this... It's not funny anymore.