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MMS Picture-Messaging (Finally) Come to iPhone September 25th
In a sign that AT&T may finally be inching its metaphorical head out of its collective nether regions, the company will be bringing the "far-out" technology of MMS (plain, old 'picture messages' to the rest of us) to the iPhone on September 25th.
The date falls a few days past the end of summer, the initially projected time of release, but AT&T's Brad Mays insists the move was made only to provide its customers with the best possible experience. "We support more iPhone customers than any other carrier in the world, so we took the time necessary to make sure our network is ready to handle what we expect will be a record volume of MMS traffic," he said in a prepared statement. "We truly appreciate our customers' patience and hope they'll understand our desire to get it right from the start."
And yet despite the appreciative words, it's clear that AT&T's head remains firmly in (that nefarious) place; the company has said that tethering will not be an option in the near future, due to the network's inability to handle the resulting traffic. Oh, and one final bit of lameness: MMS will only work on iPhone 3G and 3GS models. And on nearly every other cell phone made in the past five years. So original iPhone owners have to, well, deal with it.
To be fair, we should also point out that phone calls on any model iPhone still suck. Yay, AT&T! [From: TUAW]
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Subscribe to commentsMichaelSep 10th 2009 12:37PM
WOW...AT&T is so slow. When the finally, no longer have the iPhone will they get a f*_king clue? Probably not. They should be doing everything in their power to make using the iPhone a great experience. They dont. I switched, with much reservation from Verizon to AT&T, so I could get an iPhone. I love my phone, however I hate AT&T's service, it royally sucks. When they loss the exclusive contract, I am sure thousands will jump ship, I know I will !! AT&T, you suck.....
ShawnSep 24th 2009 4:33PM
You are a moron. AT&T does not decide when the iphone can do what. Apple decides! Apple designs the software update to be tagged to the OS on the phone and sends a mass update to every seriel number elligable. WOW...
CaseyNov 24th 2009 12:36AM
You switched from Verizon to AT&T despite the bad service... Sounds like their business plan is working to me, numbnuts.
ChrisSep 10th 2009 4:17PM
Michael, I do agree with you.. altough you gotta give them a *bit* of a break, with the amount of people on their network, they simply were not prepared to have as many people on their network (because of the Iphones mainly) that they have currently... now, I do agree.. taking this long to get simple Picture messaging out to us Iphone users is unacceptable, as is the service... (as I am inside my house and have 1 bar of 2G service.. but if i walk outside I get 5 bars of 3G.
One thing I did laugh at was Brad Mays saying "We support more iPhone customers than any other carrier in the world, so we took the time necessary to make sure our network is ready to handle what we expect will be a record volume of MMS traffic" well no crap, most of the Iphones SOLD are to people who live in the United States!! and you are the only carrier that SUPPORTS IT! (Technically, T-Mobile also does, but they are not an official carrier)..
DaveSep 14th 2009 1:09AM
Does anyone else get terrible service with the phone? If I turn it off then back on again I can get a decent signal in my house, but if I move, the device quits again! Is it just my house or is the phone to blame
bclancy15Sep 23rd 2009 2:24AM
i have great service everywhere i have been so far. i have not had a dropped call yet since i have had the iphone
ShawnSep 24th 2009 3:32PM
Thank you FINALLY someone who can see the true value of the iphone. Maybe the people who dont get good service AND SAY ATT SUCKS BECAUSE OF IT needs to move to a place where they DO get service... at&t doesnt guarantee 100% amazing service around 100% of the US it says it when you sign a contract... Your own damn fault if you dont read your contracts...
Shawn G.Sep 25th 2009 11:03AM
Well it's September 25th and no update for the iPhone is available. hmm.
teiarriadMay 12th 2010 5:04PM
mean i want one bad
donSep 25th 2009 3:08PM
it does work now
Shawn G.Sep 25th 2009 6:19PM
Gotcha. I got it to work as well :)
DanamirielloSep 26th 2009 10:38AM
What do I have to do to get my picture messages?
Shawn G.Sep 26th 2009 10:41AM
Plug your iPhone into your computer with iTunes open, and it should update automatically. if it doesn't, click Check for updates.
gorgydanSep 28th 2009 11:31AM
I like how they say the original iPhone owner have to deal with it...okay, like how we have to deal with not having a compass and video recording? I mean, the new nano has video recording built in but their original invention can't even keep up with the times???? I mean, for us original iPhone owners, we can hack into our iPhones and download software that has video recording, but we can't edit or anything. I seriously want to know why we cannot have the same software 3G and 3GS iPhone users get such as MMS, video recording etc.
sevansSep 28th 2009 4:09PM
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH AT$T?!?!?!?! i just want to send some damn picture messages with my iphone. if i could tolerate any other carrier, they would lose my business for sure.