According to reports on the MacRumors Forums and on Twitter, Apple's iMessage SMS-replacement service is currently experiencing some sort of system outage.
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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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(View all)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.