Wouldn’t it be great to send text messages to OS X Lion users from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch for free?ย Reportedlyย that’s what will be happeningย accordingย to an iOS developer. A developerย revealed toย MacRumorsย evidence that Apple isย currentlyย working to bring iMessage into OS X Lion’s iChatย messagingย software.
Buried in the framework of OS X Lion’s iChat, are two new properties (highlighted below):
@interface IMMessage : NSObject
{
IMHandle *_sender;
IMHandle *_subject;
NSAttributedString *_text;
NSString *_plainBody;
NSDate *_time;
NSDateย *_timeDelivered;
NSDateย *_timeRead;
iMessage is a SMS textย messagingย feature that will beย availableย in iOS 5 that allows all iOS users – iPhone, iPad, iPod touch to send andย receiveย textย messageย via 3G or WiFi for free.