...in so far as the limitations of the SMS/MMS system permit, Apple is using their servers to handle SMS/MMS traffic instead of dismissing them to the telephone network, thereby providing Apple users essentially the same experience for both iMessage and SMS/MMS traffic.
I'm not clear on what that actually means.
It almost sounds like you're saying that we'll be able to text from our Apple devices to non-Apple devices without benefit of the telephone network, but I'm pretty sure that's just wishful thinking.
