<a href="http://appldnld.apple.com/MessagesBeta/041-4274.20120216.z5km/MessagesBeta.dmg" rel="nofollow">http://appldnld.apple.com/MessagesBeta/041-4274.20120216.z5k...</a><p>Direct link for those having issues downloading...
Is it just me or recently Apple is mr me too? I mean, this is a lot like WhatsApp, except it's cross platform, which i see a big no go for me really. The new OS from Apple also has a ton of apps that were created using the successful models they found in appstore, if they like them so much why don't they buy them.
This replaces iChat when you install it.<p>For me it's nearly he same, the buddies window is exactly the same. Although they changed up how messages display.<p>You used to be able to not have windows grouped together (i.e. you could drag/drop different conversations out into their own window). You can no longer do that. You can move them to their own window, but if the buddy responds again it goes to both the 'main' window and the new window. Kind of weird.<p>I haven't really liked tabbed chatting, but I guess this may be time to deal with it.
I wish the addressing mechanism of iMessage was more clear. If I send someone an iMessage from my Mac, does it show up as from my email address of my Apple account? Is the phone number of my iPhone automatically registered as an iMessage-eligible recipient when I set up my Apple account on my iPhone (currently doesn't appear to be).
i am now just wondering how long it will take to reverse engineer the protocol so we can get this working on more than just a Mac (Windows would be handy, but think about getting this to talk to your Web Service!)