samsung calling ipod

[trillium]

Is it possible to send a text message from a samsung phone to an ipod? I heard there was an app for this but I can't find one. Thanks

 

[Rukbat]

Any text app can. iPhones can receive (and send, if they're specifically told to) SMS messages. The only problem is if an iPhone user "texts" an Android user with iMessage without specifying text. Then an iMessage is sent, and Android can't handle iMessages. (It's a copyright issue - Apple won't allow anyone else to sell phones that can do iMessage.) Once a specific iPhone sends an SMS to an particular number, it will continue to send it SMS messages unless specifically told to send it an iMessage, so it only has to be done once.

 

[SiempreTuna]

trillium - if you actually mean iPods, then you're thinking of iMessage and as Rukbat says, Apple ban Android from that.

You might be able to use a different IM platform like one of these - of course, you'd have to persuade whoever has the iPod to use the one you choose

 

[Unforgiven]

I moved this over to the Android Apps forum.

 

[trillium]

Thanks for the replies. My grandson has an ipod not an iphone. He cannot make phone calls obviously but he can receive and send text messages from and to other Apple products. We use a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and would like to send texts to him etc. I am going to get my daughter to talk to him about your suggestions and try to make it work. Thanks again ....T.

 

[chanchan05]

You need to have him use a chat app like WeChat, KakaoTalk or WhatsApp. The misconception here is you think that an iPod receives text messages, or SMS, they don't. They receive an internet chat message via a chat messaging service, in this case iMessage. You could achieve the same using one of the several chat apps available on both Android and iOS.