AT&T Announces iPhone MMS Launch Date: September 25

[lozanoj83]

MMS Officially announced Sept 25th *thanks Rayfire for showing it to me, maybe the mods can change the title of it too?*

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574

[Unspoken Demise]

OH THANK GOD!
Its finally over.
But they technically are doing it in Fall.
Here comes the anger.
*Ducks.*

EDIT: You mean the 25th, right?

[LePigeonBleu]

nice find

[Rayfire]

MMS Officially announced Sept 26th

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574

OP,

slight error, it should be the 25th :p
and this isn't late summer anymore, hello Fall...

[cellocello]

aaahhh hahahah

After all this, it's THREE DAYS short of being late Summer. That's hilarious.

Man, is at&t trying to get all lulzy on everyone?

[lozanoj83]

OH THANK GOD!
Its finally over.
But they technically are doing it in Fall.
Here comes the anger.
*Ducks.*

EDIT: You mean the 25th, right?

at least we finally know something.. I mean it too what? 2-3 freaking months!?

[themoonisdown09]

Wait a minute. AT&T didn't say MMS would be available late Summer. They said that Summer would be late, thus giving birth to MMS in the Fall.

[AHDuke99]

Wow. I just posted this in a prediction thread. It's so obvious Apple will announce 3.1 at the event and release it on the last day of the month like they always do.

[Unspoken Demise]

They said that Summer would be late

Is summer pregnant?

[iceterminal]

AT&T =======FAIL



...still

[duelingdragons]

In before 100,000 post thread

[IBradMac]

Is summer pregnant?

lmao. ;)

MMS Officially announced Sept 25th *thanks Rayfire for showing it to me, maybe the mods can change the title of it too?*

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574

Did anyone think to double check that Anonymous didn't hack AT&T's site?

[rhimp69]

I'm just glad we've got a date...

[STEVESKI07]

Oh god no....now what are we supposed to complain about? Someone better come up with something good in the next 22 days.

[cobaltchroma]

anyone notice the girl in the picture is using a first gen?
i thought they couldn't mms.
:rolleyes:

[Andrew Henry]

Good find. Looks like MR can update the front page.

[cellocello]

anyone notice the girl in the picture is using a first gen?
i thought they couldn't mms.
:rolleyes:

Nice catch.

[uanuglyfool]

"MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day".......hahaha

Posted at 11:11

*makes a wish*

[TMar]

Oh god no....now what are we supposed to complain about? Someone better come up with something good in the next 22 days.

Every day it gets closer to the next hardware refresh..

[Roessnakhan]

They had God knows how much time and they couldn't even make their own deadline of late summer. Brilliant.

[maflynn]

Meh,

I've waited this long, what's another month. I really haven't missed MMS functionality too much on the iphone and I've adapted to it, so while it will be nice, its not a huge issue for me.

[IBradMac]

anyone notice the girl in the picture is using a first gen?
i thought they couldn't mms.
:rolleyes:

lol, an even better question is:

Does AT&T even know the difference between the three models? :rolleyes:

[nickrinaldi]

would it really have killed them to make it sept 21st so they actually make their own set deadline. lol well at least they finally let everyone in the dark know when its officially coming out.

[QCassidy352]

Oh god no....now what are we supposed to complain about? Someone better come up with something good in the next 22 days.

Ok, got one for you - I'll never use MMS, but the massive increase in traffic it will cause will further cripple my 3G speeds, which have already fallen to below 400 kbps in downtown Boston.

[mbtalle]

Finally. After years of waiting...

[-aggie-]

Great, I can change my sig.

[Unspoken Demise]

Great, I can change my sig.

Way ahead of you my dear friend. ;)

[cellocello]

would it really have killed them to make it sept 21st so they actually make their own set deadline.

They're trying to Craiglist people.

"I see you're selling product X for $250."
"Yes sir"
"I'll give you $200"
Uhhhh, I dunno man. I'd really rather just wait for $250"
"Come on. $200 cash, in your hand. Today. Bam. Lets do this."
"Um, I guess so. $200 firm. Fine"
"K, great. See you in a bit"
-- the pair meet up, the seller going out of his way no less --
"Here it is."
"Cool, and here's your $150"
"Wait, what? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

[STEVESKI07]

lol, an even better question is:

Does AT&T even know the difference between the three models? :rolleyes:

wait...there's a difference besides the metal backing? I just traded my 3gs for an original iphone thinking that they got rid of the metal backing due to the recession.

[IBradMac]

From at&t:
We want you to know that we’re working relentlessly to innovate and invest in our network to anticipate this growth in usage and to stay ahead of the anticipated growth in data demand, new devices and applications for years to come.

Yeah, three years worth of work... :rolleyes:

[duelingdragons]

Finally a more efficient way of my gf sending me nudes. SWEET

[themoonisdown09]

In celebration of this dear event, I've made an avatar for you to use. Enjoy it!

192191

[jav6454]

HALLELUYAH!!!!! HALLELUYAH!!!!! HALLELUYAH!!!!! HAAAAALUYAH!!!! * song goes on in the background*

[Blueline29]

Sad as it is, the main reason I'm excited about this news is so I can quit being taunted by my non-iPhone-having friends about how their phones have allllways been able to send MMSs.

[xxSpudxx]

Can anyone confirm that sending an MMS message will count as 3 text message?

That will quickly eat into the basic 200 messages / month I have now.

*doh

[newyorksole]

I find it AMAZING that they didn't meet the late summer deadline.

I am thankful to finally have MMS, but I just know there will STILL be network slowdown with MMS, whatever they did to their network probably still won't be enough.

AT&T is one funny corporation...

[IBradMac]

I think I found the problem:

[SFStateStudent]

100º weather; it's gotta' be late summer.....:p:p:p

[Lord Egregious]

Did anyone ever pick up on why the 2G can't do MMS? I never use to send any but I get a ton from friends and it sucks that I don't even get the option of going to the website to see them anymore. Hopefully they can crack the update and just enable MMS on a 2G without third party software.

[MacRumors]

http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/09/03/atandt-announces-iphone-mms-launch-date-september-25/)


http://images.macrumors.com/article/2009/09/03/143458-att-mms-press_500.png

AT&T has issued a press release (http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574) today announcing that MMS will become active for iPhone users on September 25.We've been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches - and that launch date is: September 25 for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers. MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day.AT&T points to the need for the company to build out its network infrastructure to handle the demands of heavy MMS messaging volumes as the primary reason for the delay in launching the service compared to carriers in other countries that have offered MMS since the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 in June.

As announced (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/06/15/apple-and-atandt-preparing-for-iphone-3-0-launch/) in June, MMS messaging will be included at no additional cost to users with an iPhone text messaging plan.

There has been much speculation on the availability of MMS from AT&T, some with dubious origins (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/09/03/rumors-of-iphone-os-3-1-appearing-next-week-alongside-mms-from-atandt-based-on-questionable-sources/). Next week's Apple media event (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/31/apple-issues-invitations-for-september-9th-media-event/) had been the subject of some speculation as a possible venue for AT&T to launch MMS, which was first promised at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June, though today's news has put all such rumors to bed.

Article Link: AT&T Announces iPhone MMS Launch Date: September 25 (http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/09/03/atandt-announces-iphone-mms-launch-date-september-25/)

[abz786]

well i think my twitter post sums it all up!


@iNsaneabz: Thank god #rogers and #fido did something right for once in canada with the #iphone, and that was enabling mms!!!! #apple #iphone

[-aggie-]

Did anyone ever pick up on why the 2G can't do MMS? I never use to send any but I get a ton from friends and it sucks that I don't even get the option of going to the website to see them anymore. Hopefully they can crack the update and just enable MMS on a 2G without third party software.

I believe someone already get a 2G to do MMS w/o 3rd part sofware. Threads on here somewhere.

[SFStateStudent]

Sorry, but I'm thinking they won't update the v1 iPhone for MMS....:(

[Sky Blue]

Now I can party like it's 1999! Who cares about sending pictures by email, now AT&T can charge me to do it!

[iphones4evry1]

"MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day." --Does this imply that the OS 3.1 Update will be available on Sept.25? Maybe. We will probably learn about this during Apple's Media Event. MMS is "Media."

"AT&T points to the need for the company to build out its network infrastructure to handle the demands of heavy MMS messaging volumes"
Enjoy your fast internet connection while it lasts. It will soon grind down to dial-up speed. :eek:
Apple should be introducing a word of caution to iPhone users: "it's up to you. don't send 50 billion MMS every day, or your network is going to be super slow. be responsible."

MY BROWSING SPEED IN SAFARI IS NOW GOING TO GRIND TO A SNAILS PACE BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE SENDING THOUSANDS OF MMS PHOTOS OF THEIR CATS ALL DAY LONG !!!! :mad:

[dissdnt]

yay! I'm gonna make it a point to destroy there bandwidth that day.

[Unspoken Demise]

yay! I'm gonna make it a point to destroy there bandwidth that day.

Im with you. I've got some pictures of my cat that EVERYONE needs to see. About 20 times. Each.

[andy721]

Probably the only best news I've heard from AT&T in a while. But I hope it works on the 25th. Better not wait another month to have the feature kick in that would just be pointless to show this to people and get their hopes up for another month.

I don't know how many times I nagged them on Facebook & Twitter about MMS as goes with everyone else who has an iPhone. I just don't get why they had to wait this long to just change a simple WAP setting. RETARDED:D

[keenan wolf]

summer ends on the 22nd though... can i sue? im thinking $5,000,000,001,00.00 (the 1,000 is for court fees and what not)

[idkew]

I hate AT&T.

I can't wait for the day my contract is up. I'm unlocking my phone and cancling their service. What a worthless company.

[philgilder]

so MMS is only available on the iPhone 3G and 3GS... yet AT&T publicise this with a shot of the iPhone 2G? Well done

[CaryMacGuy]

So I guess AT&T couldn't make its "Late Summer" Deadline...MMS coming Early Fall. AT&T Calendar FAIL!!!

[macslayer118]

summer ends on the 22nd though... can i sue? im thinking $5,000,000,001,00.00 (the 1,000 is for court fees and what not)

Number fail...

Sorry, couldnt resist ;)

[thegoldenmackid]

Thank god.

[SAG3194]

I basically would only use MMS in the Summer because of no school. Stupid they waited this long to release it.

[paulyras]

summer ends on the 22nd though... can i sue? im thinking $5,000,000,001,00.00 (the 1,000 is for court fees and what not)

Better add another few bucks for a math checker...

[NYR99]

$5,000,000,001,00.00


$5,000,000,001,000.00

[floatingspirit]

so MMS is only available on the iPhone 3G and 3GS... yet AT&T publicise this with a shot of the iPhone 2G? Well done

Why not the 2G iphone?!

[macus3r]

irony? the handset she's holding is a first gen iPhone, which is incapable of transmitting MMS messages.

http://images.macrumors.com/article/2009/09/03/143458-att-mms-press.png

:rolleyes:

Good job AT&T. Please continue innovating.

edit: damn, someone beat me to it.

[andy721]

I hate AT&T.

I can't wait for the day my contract is up. I'm unlocking my phone and cancling their service. What a worthless company.

They're all worthless really well I hear better things with verizon so maybe go with that but all cell phone carriers are working in the same boat, pretty corrupt if you ask me.

[starflyer]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A400 Safari/528.16)

Tethering?

[skythefly13]

I was literally just reading the article on the home page about MMS coming soon, refreshed, and this statement was there. I was pretty surprised. Anyways, it's sad that the only thing at&t follows through on is their "late summer" estimate of when it would be released.

[andy721]

Why not the 2G iphone?!

uuuh, because it's too fuggin slow.

[bradleydavid53]

Anyone else like how AT&T used a First GEN iphone in their picture to announce the MMS update on "3g and 3gs"


HAHA.. so funny

:apple:

[paulyras]

Soooo.... any chance the devs get an early shot at it through a new beta build?!?!?

One can dream...

[patrickdunn]

Will this be 3.1 as well?

[Macjames]

Finally, to shut them all up :rolleyes:

And somehow i want it all to go wrong :D

[mr_matalino]

AT&T lies! They said by end of summer. Summer ends Sept 22. Apple really needs to end their exclusive agreement with these idiots!

[compuguy1088]

uuuh, because it's too fuggin slow.

Not really, both the 3g and 2g have the same processor. I believe it has something to do with the differences in the radios between the 3g and the 2g. This was overcome when some hackers were able to enable mms on the 2g. You can find it through Cydia (You need to jailbreak in order to get this).

[andy721]

Finally, to shut them all up :rolleyes:

And somehow i want it all to go wrong :D

Won't be hard from AT&T they're good at that.

[Axl Rose]

couples days late...man ATT ****in sucks all around

[Oman]

Damn.. that is about as late Summer as they could have got.... the 23rd is the begining of Fall.

[floatingspirit]

uuuh, because it's too fuggin slow.

Hey Man, if u wanna float me a new model, I'm down :)

[andy721]

Not really, both the 3g and 2g have the same processor. I believe it has something to do with the differences in the radios between the 3g and the 2g. This was overcome when some hackers were able to enable mms on the 2g. You can find it through Cydia (You need to jailbreak in order to get this).

Yeah but still will be slow, I want the photo to send like text not like a photo. Which I know it will sense they're boosting their signal to 850mhz if I read that correctly.

Hey Man, if u wanna float me a new model, I'm down :)

What are you on an island or something?
Sure I'll drop it in a liquor bottle with a message on it stating your bill :D

[floatingspirit]

Not really, both the 3g and 2g have the same processor. I believe it has something to do with the differences in the radios between the 3g and the 2g. This was overcome when some hackers were able to enable mms on the 2g. You can find it through Cydia (You need to jailbreak in order to get this).

Ah, I see...thanks for the info.

[iphones4evry1]

Im with you. I've got some pictures of my cat that EVERYONE needs to see. About 20 times. Each.

LMAO! :D

Anyone else like how AT&T used a First GEN iphone in their picture to announce the MMS update on "3g and 3gs"


HAHA.. so funny

:apple:

That is because if you read the fine print, it says MMS will only be enabled for people with a first gen iPhone. :D

[Gix1k]

Question is....will it be a carrier update or 3.1? Also, for all of us that have screwed with carrier file 5.0, will this affect us since we have been screwing with the settings for months.

[Scottsdale]

so MMS is only available on the iPhone 3G and 3GS... yet AT&T publicise this with a shot of the iPhone 2G? Well done

Nice catch.

FU AT&T!!!

The very day Verizon gets the iPhone my AT&T account will be closed! We have all been jerked around way too much.

What about tethering? Still available on their crap phones but not iPhone!

FU AT&T!!!!!

[Lancetx]

Now I can party like it's 1999! Who cares about sending pictures by email, now AT&T can charge me to do it!

My thoughts exactly.

[Unspoken Demise]

LMAO! :D

I think im going to make a 30 second long flip book through MMSs to all of my friends of my cat chasing a laser pointer.

[jazz1]

MMS, okay nice to have. But tethering would be really useful. Hell, if MMS was going to bring the network down I suppose tethering would nuke it.

[Full of Win]

[sarcastic applause]Bravo! Bravo![/sarcastic applause]

Geez, my moms 2004 LG free flip phone (with Cingular branding) has this.

[Vaphoron]

Ok wonderful, now where is my tethering?

[Dmac77]

Why not the 2G iphone?!

Uh lik OMFGGGGGG, Don'tchaaa no!? Cuz lik Steve n his minions said "bite us 1g iPhone uzas."

I can't wait for the pictures of people making out in he hallways that get sent out to entire address books:rolleyes: MMS must die!

Don

[shiseiryu1]

Im with you. I've got some pictures of my cat that EVERYONE needs to see. About 20 times. Each.

I totally agree...it's time to make AT&T EARN all those fees that they've been collecting from us for months.

Prediction: Article on Macrumors that day reporting that iPhone MMS usage brings AT&T network to its knees. lol. :)

[jameskk]

so basically the crap they told us back in June about having to manually go through all accounts and enable MMS was BS!!!!! I knew it!!!

[bensen]

as announced in the AT&T ad on august 26th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4ThSJxslw

[WannaGoMac]

I email photos all the time and they look great. MMS is just low quality images. Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch over this ancient functionality that is out of date by 4 years?

[Unspoken Demise]

I totally agree...it's time to make AT&T EARN all those fees that they've been collecting from us for months.

Prediction: Article on Macrumors that day reporting that iPhone MMS usage brings AT&T network to its knees. lol. :)

I've got an unlimited texting plan. And Im going to use them ALL.

[BornAgainMac]

I hope their network can handle the volume. One iPhone user will send a lot more of these MMS messages than a person using a regular phone.

[jessica.]

I love it when a company that does it's job is suddenly big news and a great sigh of relief is heard worldwide.

Wait, worldwide? No sorry, it was just the US that suffered from carrier incompetence!

[john32son]

Apple went to bed with the DEVIL!!!!

[asb396]

Now the class action suit against AT&T has some verity as summer ends September 22.*This is false advertising at it's best.

[agkm800]

Most people thought 'late summer' would be around 8/25 not 9/25.

AT&T has failed completely.

[QCassidy352]

Ugh. Not only do I not want MMS, I'm actually dreading this because I fear what it will do to AT&T's already pathetic 3G speeds (getting under 400 kbps in downtown Boston). I know they get a ton of crap for not having MMS, but network speed is about 100x more important.

[STEVESKI07]

Question is....will it be a carrier update or 3.1? Also, for all of us that have screwed with carrier file 5.0, will this affect us since we have been screwing with the settings for months.

I am 100% certain that we will find out when it is released. As far as before then, it doesn't matter because it doesn't affect you yet.

[-aggie-]

Prediction:

For those currently not having MMS in the U.S., MMS on September 25.

For those currently having MMS in the U.S., "No MMS for you, next!" on September 25. :)

[jessica.]

Ugh. Not only do I not want MMs, I'm actually dreading this because I fear what it will do to AT&T's already pathetic 3G speeds (getting under 400 kbps in downtown Boston). I know they get a ton of crap for not having MMS, but network speed is about 100x more important.

I want MMs. FWIW, peanut.

I hope their network can handle the volume. One iPhone user will send a lot more of these MMS messages than a person using a regular phone.

How do you figure? I tend to send more e-mails with photos than I ever sent MMSs on any phone. '

[nutmac]

uuuh, because it's too fuggin slow.

That's actually not the reason. Remember, even the cheapest crappy phone was able to do MMS for years, long before 3G. It has to do with the fact that (1) sending messaging on iPhone is not a full background process, (2) earlier iPhone users get "free" 200 messages and AT&T probably doesn't want those 200 to be MMS, and (3) Apple wants earlier iPhone users to upgrade.

At the very least, earlier iPhones should be capable of receiving MMS, instead of stupid SMS that opens AT&T MMS viewer website.

[jzuena]

They're all worthless really well I hear better things with verizon so maybe go with that but all cell phone carriers are working in the same boat, pretty corrupt if you ask me.

That won't work (GSM phone on a CDMA network). The only other national US carrier is T-Mobile. Do any of the smaller carriers use GSM?

[XxHOVESKOxX]

I cant wait for the MMS commercials to start rolling out
they are going to feature that MMS is innovative on the iPhone :rolleyes:


Well that sucks for me I own a 2G iPhone but i seriously don't care that's why i use e-mail instead
cant wait for my contract to end on November so i can Fully Unlock my phone and use it on another carrier

[MacBoucher]

Hey AT&T, Can you please fix your network so I can make phone calls and access the 3G network? I get 'No service' at my new address... and when i emailed you, you said I was lying. When is the iPhone coming to Verizon? Hurry, Please...

[tremlock]

i think i'm going to call up and tell them I'll pay my bill by the end of summer and see how that goes.

[tbobmccoy]

I haven't read through all the comments, but does anyone find this whole "MMS will choke the system" argument to be idiotic? MMS is going to account for so much less data than normal web usage does now.. I can't believe they've taken so long. :mad:

[QCassidy352]

I want MMs. FWIW, peanut.

...peanut? :confused:

And yes, I realize I'm in the minority here, but I've got a phone that's getting 1/9 of what AT&T's network is theoretically capable of and 1/18 of what the phone is capable of. So you'll excuse me if I'm not thrilled that AT&T is about to introduce a service that chokes that bandwidth even further (let's see if we can get back to EDGE speeds so I can just give up and turn off the 3G entirely! that'll be fun!)

[AtlasBoy]

OOPS - by the time this posted, someone else had asked and answered my question.

[Sonicjay]

I email photos all the time and they look great. MMS is just low quality images. Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch over this ancient functionality that is out of date by 4 years?

Because a majority of my friends do not have smartphones, and occasionally send me a picture of something interesting or funny, which never makes it to my phone, nor does a notification. ViewMyMessage.com hasn't worked since I got my 3Gs, so people are sending me messages that I'm not getting and wondering why I don't respond.

[QCassidy352]

I haven't read through all the comments, but does anyone find this whole "MMS will choke the system" argument to be idiotic? MMS is going to account for so much less data than normal web usage does now.. I can't believe they've taken so long. :mad:

Yes, but MMS is not going to replace normal web usage, it's going to supplement it. It's just added strain on an already badly strained network. Moreover, while most people think of MMS as just sending a pic you took with your phone's camera, it could be used to send other image, audio, or video files, and those are not small amounts of data.

[CaryMacGuy]

my first picture message will be to someone at AT&T with a simple middle finger.

[jessica.]

i think i'm going to call up and tell them I'll pay my bill by the end of summer and see how that goes.

Funny but my response would be ...

Dear Delusional, try it and let us know how that works out for you. ;)

[optophobia]

Me: I purchased an iPhone 3GS knowing that I would be able to send MMS by the end of the summer, but I still don't have it.
AT&T rep : We will be rolling out MMS on 25th September.
ME: Oh, summer ends on Sept 22nd. I would like to cancel my contract then.....

Anyone with me on this ?

[schwell]

I email photos all the time and they look great. MMS is just low quality images. Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch over this ancient functionality that is out of date by 4 years?

Because they have nothing better to do with their time then bitch about AT&T, tethering, MMS, smudges on their phones, Apple's app store, etc.

[DrewDaHilp1]

Wow...missed their own deadline how funny is that? We've been working for years to give you a service that's been available for years to people who pay less money than you do for service.....

[barkomatic]

Excellent. Stupid wait for a basic service available on some of the cheapest non-smartphones in the universe but ok.

[lannister80]

Does anyone care? People just use email on their phones nowadays.

[cocky jeremy]

About #$%$’ing time!!

[Unspoken Demise]

Me: I purchased an iPhone 3GS knowing that I would be able to send MMS by the end of the summer, but I still don't have it.
AT&T rep : We will be rolling out MMS on 25th September.
ME: Oh, summer ends on Sept 22nd. I would like to cancel my contract then.....

Anyone with me on this ?
I hate to say this, but he does kind of have a point. The contract is a 2 way street.

[DELLsFan]

Ok wonderful, now where is my tethering?

+1

Not that it would have helped me much out west in the US. I don't know about anyone else, but the 3G/Edge data service in Las Vegas, NV was absolutely atrocious! Though voice service seemed ok, and I always had indication of strong signals, I was lucky if I could send or receive data 1/4 of the time I spent there recently on vacation.

By the way, 2 different, 3G family iPhones both exhibited the exact same awful data services out there. The phones worked fine back home here in New England. :( It seems to me AT&T has a long way to go before they can be touted as a serious data network provider.

[jessica.]

Me: I purchased an iPhone 3GS knowing that I would be able to send MMS by the end of the summer, but I still don't have it.
AT&T rep : We will be rolling out MMS on 25th September.
ME: Oh, summer ends on Sept 22nd. I would like to cancel my contract then.....

Anyone with me on this ?

I hate to say this, but he does kind of have a point. The contract is a 2 way street.

Whether he has a point or not I seriously think it's stupid to take 3 days and figure you're going to run with it. This is similar to saying a cup of hot coffee burned your mouth and you're damaged by the millions.

Frankly there is a date, it will be here, and hopefully that makes these people **** about it.

Wait until it is out and it fails ... at least then you'll have something to whine about.

[IBradMac]

Because a majority of my friends do not have smartphones, and occasionally send me a picture of something interesting or funny, which never makes it to my phone, nor does a notification. ViewMyMessage.com hasn't worked since I got my 3Gs, so people are sending me messages that I'm not getting and wondering why I don't respond.

If they are your friends, shouldn't they know that the iPhone doesn't get MMS? :rolleyes:

[jrcsh6]

Nice catch.

first thing i thought too....and mms isn't avalible on that phone!?

[ODog4523]

Cool, but I almost wish they just did it w/out giving any warning. Every couple days I would think "Maybe if I check now it'll be on," knowing that eventually I'd be pleasently surprised. Now we know we have to wait 3 weeks for this to happen.

MMS isn't even that big of a deal to me (I could probably count on both hands how many pix messages I've sent in my cell phone-using life), but now the wait is gonna have me twitching...

[netdoc66]

Great, that's just one day after the Death Star blows up Earth.

[Unspoken Demise]

Whether he has a point or not I seriously think it's stupid to take 3 days and figure you're going to run with it. This is similar to saying a cup of hot coffee burned your mouth and you're damaged by the millions.

Frankly there is a date, it will be here, and hopefully that makes these people **** about it.

Wait until it is out and it fails ... at least then you'll have something to whine about.
Didnt say I agreed with him. However, I can see there being many people with this mindset, and it is somewhat justified. If they say late summer, you paid for a phone to have that by late summer, and it is not summer when it gets released, that is false advertising.

[madog]

Not really looking forward to this. All I ever get is ****** (wow, the "goat" is a bad word? Crazy) or other horrible "funny" pics from my friends.

Anyway, have I missed the, "wow you iPhone users must be happy getting a decade old technology. Derrrrrrrrr." yet?

[sishaw]

I email photos all the time and they look great. MMS is just low quality images. Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch over this ancient functionality that is out of date by 4 years?

Well, in my case, I have friends who like to MMS me (because their phones do not have Internet and that's all they can do to send an image), and it's very inconvenient on the receiving end not to have MMS.

I use MMS buddy from the app store, which helps, but it's still not that great-- no fault of the developer, who I thank for stepping into the breach and who did a really good job given the situation. It's just that AT&T set up a clumsy workaround for receiving MMS images.

[str1f3]

Ok wonderful, now where is my tethering?

It's on Cydia :D

[TuckBodi]

Hey AT&T, Can you please fix your network so I can make phone calls and access the 3G network? I get 'No service' at my new address... and when i emailed you, you said I was lying. When is the iPhone coming to Verizon? Hurry, Please...

Haha, good to see I'm not the only one who they blamed. Got my phone and it initially had 3 bars at my house. A year later when they rolled out their 3G network it dropped to 2 bars. A few months ago it then dropped to 1/0 bars. They blamed me, Apple and my trees. Apple gave me a new phone to prove it wasn't them. I wonder if after MMS is turned on I can go to negative bars? :eek:

[BanjoBanker]

Everyone who is moaning over the 25th not officially being in summer needs to get a life. MMS has to be THE most useless feature ever on a cell phone, regardless of type. What in the world could be so freaking important/funny/interesting that you have to share a picture of it with all your buds? I guess you folks are excited because you can send a picture of a stop sign to your GF or BF with a cute message " couldn't stop thinking about u" or some other earth shattering bit of pap. It will be one more stupid thing for people to do whilst driving, making the road ways even safer than they are now.:mad:
Oh yeah, for all the folks who think Verizon is the best thing since sliced bread, the reason there is no iPhone for you is Apple, like the rest of the world, passed on CDMA. Years ago. When Verizon moves into the 21st century technologically, maybe they will be able to offer an iPhone. And maybe they will fix final billing from 5 years ago where they still owe me a $47.98 refund. yeah, Verizon is freakin' fabulous - NOT.

[randyc]

I
Can't
Believe it
:eek::eek:

[leomac08]

Is summer pregnant?

yes she is!!!!! (or that's what she said!):D

WHERE IS MAH TABLET????!!!!11?11/?!/?!11???!!!

in 2010:eek:

MMS Officially announced Sept 25th *thanks Rayfire for showing it to me, maybe the mods can change the title of it too?*

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574

WOOOOOO JOHN MY BUDDIE FROM UCR FOUND THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so proud of calling u my friend!!!!!!!!!!:D




WHERE IS IPHONE AGGIE?????

he said the world will end when we stop seeing MMS POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

DOES THIS ALSO MEAN WE WONT SEE ANY BUNNY PICS? on MMS post??

[ms.annette]

Finally, can't wait. :D

[nagromme]

I like the woman's puzzled smile in the AT&T image. Like, "Wait... did that actually work?"

[QCassidy352]

I hate to say this, but he does kind of have a point. The contract is a 2 way street.

Yes but does your contract say that you will have MMS by late summer? I haven't read mine that carefully, but I seriously doubt it. What AT&T says in an ad or a keynote presentation does not become part of your contract.

If anything, this is false advertising, not a breach of contract. And even if you could prove a claim for false advertising, you're faced with the problem of proving damages. What do you think you can prove for losses based on receiving the ability to send MMS 3 days late? Because I'm thinking approximately $0.

[ziggyonice]

They're all worthless really well I hear better things with verizon so maybe go with that but all cell phone carriers are working in the same boat, pretty corrupt if you ask me.

I know... that's the biggest downside to all of this. Even if the iPhone becomes available on Verizon, all the phone companies are corrupt and evil. I can't stand AT&T, but then again, I don't know if it'll matter.

What ever happened to the rumors of Apple starting their own service? :(

[Sonicjay]

If they are your friends, shouldn't they know that the iPhone doesn't get MMS? :rolleyes:

Am I supposed to call everybody I've ever known and warn them I bought an iPhone? I don't expect anybody to give a damn what kind of phone I have, and I sure don't contact everybody I know to tell them; most people expect that if they send me a picture, I'll get it, as any other phone would. now if I suddenly took ownership of a Lamborghini, I'd consider letting all of them know, but this is just a cell phone.. :rolleyes:

[NoExpectations]

I bet 99% of you complainers will use MMS once or twice on the 25th, get bored with this feature, and move on.

[Unspoken Demise]

Yes but does your contract say that you will have MMS by late summer? I haven't read mine that carefully, but I seriously doubt it. What AT&T says in an ad or a keynote presentation does not become part of your contract.

If anything, this is false advertising, not a breach of contract. And even if you could prove a claim for false advertising, you're faced with the problem of proving damages. What do you think you can prove for losses based on receiving the ability to send MMS 3 days late? Because I'm thinking approximately $0.
Hmm. Very good points. I side with you now.
Att would use the contract defense that "hey, its not in the contract nany nany booboo"
And legally, there are no proof of damages. Maybe emotional, but you'd be really stretching it.

[NoExpectations]

What ever happened to the rumors of Apple starting their own service? :(

Yes....Apple will have the thinnest cell phone towers out there!

[cellocello]

What ever happened to the rumors of Apple starting their own service? :(

Weren't those rumours about Google? And that they were going to do free nation wide WiFi type of service. And that the "google phone" was going to be a VoIP device?

Ah man ... those were some juicy rumours. I miss those days.

[optophobia]

I think this is a great idea. Lets all break AT&T's network AT&T D-Day (http://bit.ly/HoWPD)

[kayno]

Anyone who thinks we should get refunds cause we've been paying for functionality that we didnt have for the last two and a half years say I!

[puuukeey]

We've been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches

TRANSLATION: We've just upgraded our system to maintain the same level of suck given the increased traffic of MMS

[leomac08]

"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AIG!"- steven colbert (the colbert report, comedy central!)


"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AT&T!!! in Dallas, TX!"

-leomac08:D

[sishaw]

If they are your friends, shouldn't they know that the iPhone doesn't get MMS? :rolleyes:

They not as into Macs, or technical minutiae, as people on this forum, and it would be rather antisocial to tell them not to send me pictures because my phone doesn't have MMS, when in fact there is a workaround.

Also, the post I was responding to asked why anyone cared, and I gave one valid reason. No need to *roll your eyes*, which is rather impolite.

[imwoblin]

I take back every bad thing I have ever said about AT&T and their unreliable service... *wink* ;) just kidding!

[manu chao]

[though today's news has put all such rumors to bed.
Is that a new variant of 'put to rest'?

[NoExpectations]

Anyone who thinks we should get refunds cause we've been paying for functionality that we didnt have for the last two and a half years say I!

Hey, if your contract says "MMS", go for it.

[Unspoken Demise]

Is that a new variant of 'put to rest'?

No, MacRumors actually ********* the rumor. Right into submission.

[ChrisN]

Hey! That's not late summer!:mad: I wonder if when we will see tethering? Winter of 09?

[cellocello]

I wonder if when we will see tethering? Winter of 09?

PFFFFFFFFFFFF

You'll be lucky to get it during 2010. ;)

[leomac08]

PFFFFFFFFFFFF

You'll be lucky to get it during 2010. ;)

0r 2011!;)

[vvebsta]

oh good Lord..who the heck cares anymore!

[TheSpaz]

Love how they have an original iPhone shown in the top part of the press release.

[marvel2]

It's too late AT&T. As soon as the iPhone switches carries, so will I.

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
What are you on an island or something?
Sure I'll drop it in a liquor bottle with a message on it stating your bill :D
Psychokinesis? :D

[gforce216]

it's great that it's coming out after summer and that the lady in the photo is using an iPhone that won't even support MMS. haha great job AT&T. at least we're getting it!

[starflyer]

AT&T lies! They said by end of summer. Summer ends Sept 22. Apple really needs to end their exclusive agreement with these idiots!

They didn't say what YEAR. :D

[CaryMacGuy]

"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AIG!"- steven colbert (the colbert report, comedy central!)


"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AT&T!!! in Dallas, TX!"

-leomac08:D

I am only 4 hours South of there...count me in!

[theBigD23]

I find it funny that she's using an original iPhone that's not supported.

[CaryMacGuy]

"We thank you for your business and look forward to keeping you updated on our initiatives"

I don't think that "initiatives" is the right word

[sishaw]

I think this is a great idea. Lets all break AT&T's network AT&T D-Day (http://bit.ly/HoWPD)

Let's not. Some of us may actually want to make calls. I can understand the impulse, though.

[Heinekev]

This worries me. I'm leary of updating my phone to 3.1 for fear of it disabling Tethering, which is essential to me. So do I suck it up and deal with no MMS? It kills me that it requires a software update. Why can every other carrier allow MMS on 3.0, and AT&T's band of foam hat wearing retards requires a software update? Likely a strongarm to disable those who turned on tethering.

Damnit I hate AT&T so much. I wish they'd lose the exclusivity already

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
Ugh. Not only do I not want MMS, I'm actually dreading this because I fear what it will do to AT&T's already pathetic 3G speeds (getting under 400 kbps in downtown Boston). I know they get a ton of crap for not having MMS, but network speed is about 100x more important.
Agreed. And coverage. And reliability.

Not to say that I'm not happy for MMS ( $5 / 200 messages plan is more than enough for me ) but there are other issues I want AT&T to invest in improving / fixing.

[homerjfry]

"MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day." --Does this imply that the OS 3.1 Update will be available on Sept.25? Maybe. We will probably learn about this during Apple's Media Event. MMS is "Media."

"AT&T points to the need for the company to build out its network infrastructure to handle the demands of heavy MMS messaging volumes"
Enjoy your fast internet connection while it lasts. It will soon grind down to dial-up speed. :eek:
Apple should be introducing a word of caution to iPhone users: "it's up to you. don't send 50 billion MMS every day, or your network is going to be super slow. be responsible."

MY BROWSING SPEED IN SAFARI IS NOW GOING TO GRIND TO A SNAILS PACE BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE SENDING THOUSANDS OF MMS PHOTOS OF THEIR CATS ALL DAY LONG !!!! :mad:

That's no cat...

[Rodimus Prime]

Yes but does your contract say that you will have MMS by late summer? I haven't read mine that carefully, but I seriously doubt it. What AT&T says in an ad or a keynote presentation does not become part of your contract.

If anything, this is false advertising, not a breach of contract. And even if you could prove a claim for false advertising, you're faced with the problem of proving damages. What do you think you can prove for losses based on receiving the ability to send MMS 3 days late? Because I'm thinking approximately $0.


Add to that you have to prove the fact that when AT&T first said that they knew that the deadline would of gotten pushed a few days. Both which can not be proven. It is very easy to for AT&T to find 3 days worth of delays.

This worries me. I'm leary of updating my phone to 3.1 for fear of it disabling Tethering, which is essential to me. So do I suck it up and deal with no MMS? It kills me that it requires a software update. Why can every other carrier allow MMS on 3.0, and AT&T's band of foam hat wearing retards requires a software update? Likely a strongarm to disable those who turned on tethering.

Damnit I hate AT&T so much. I wish they'd lose the exclusivity already

Well considering you are already breaking your contract by using tethering on your iPhone..... If tethering is so essential for you PAY FOR IT.

[javaGuru]

I am running the latest iPhone OS 3.1 beta. I have absolutely never jailbroken my iPhone but when I power cycled my iPhone I received an image that my Niece tried to send me a few days ago. So, I then successfully tried to send a photo to her via MMS.

[azboricua]

About time, I felt like a jackass walking around with a $400 cell phone in my hand that cant do mms. lol!

[leomac08]

"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AIG!"- steven colbert (the colbert report, comedy central!)


"lets grab our pitch forks and march to the headquarters of AT&T!!! in Dallas, TX!"

-leomac08

I am only 4 hours South of there...count me in!

well i am only about 24 hours away! but still lets do it!:D

[alent1234]

This worries me. I'm leary of updating my phone to 3.1 for fear of it disabling Tethering, which is essential to me. So do I suck it up and deal with no MMS? It kills me that it requires a software update. Why can every other carrier allow MMS on 3.0, and AT&T's band of foam hat wearing retards requires a software update? Likely a strongarm to disable those who turned on tethering.

Damnit I hate AT&T so much. I wish they'd lose the exclusivity already

3.1 is probably coming out next week. the 25th we'll probably see a new APN file pushed out. people who enabled MMS without jailbreaking simple edited the APN file on their phone

[KPEN7]

in other words " we have delayed this as long as possible to save some money"

[donlphi]

Now I can party like it's 1999! Who cares about sending pictures by email, now AT&T can charge me to do it!

We are assuming a price hike for mms or do we assume it's just a part of messaging, like other phones?

I haven't seen a post regarding pricing.

[EgbertAttrick]

AT&T, you are such a failure. Couldn't even push it 3-4 days sooner to avoid MORE negative PR?

And might you be a week late from there yet?

[reckless2k2]

How can they try to "stay ahead" if they are already behind?

We want you to know that we're working relentlessly to innovate and invest in our network to anticipate this growth in usage and to stay ahead of the anticipated growth in data demand, new devices and applications for years to come.

MMS - no
Tethering - no
Slingbox - no but Blackerry or WM devices can on their network
Data - have you been to NYC or San Fran lately? yeah..they update..whatever

They seem pretty far behind to me. Hahahaha. I just hope the revenue will go to infrastructure rather than line pockets of corporate execs. OH...I sound like an evil anti-capitalist. hahaha

[alent1234]

I bet 99% of you complainers will use MMS once or twice on the 25th, get bored with this feature, and move on.

since my wife ignores all of my texts, emails and phone calls today, i'm not really looking forward to MMS

[trbeat]

I'm just glad we've got a date...

Well bring flowers and no kissing on the first date

[Randman]

About effing time. Really.

[tobyw7]

I don't quite understand why everyone is getting quite so upset about:

a) It being the end of Summer or not.

b) MMS being late

c) Wanting to use MMS so much?

d) Finding something to complain about - get a life. You already have an excellent phone, a provider that's pretty decent in all honesty (And as anyone who works with IT etc will know that nothing always goes to plan, things get delayed and take longer than planned)

If you want to send pictures so desperately use E-Mail!

Anyone else want to have a good moan?

[nagromme]

I've seen no mention in this thread of one VERY useful thing that MMS can do: send your current GPS location to another phone. (I'm not sure how many phones can receive it in a useful way, but iPhones apparently can map it so you can find each other.)

That means no more, "I'm by the fountain with the big trees. Yes. Yes. No, wait, an arch? I don't see an arch. Yes, it's raining here, too. I'm trying! Be quiet a minute. The trees are really tall, taller than the rest. What do you mean 'arch?' I said i'm trying, if you would just listen! Look, it's not my fault you can't have kids! Great, well I don't like your mother either! There, I just threw the car keys in the fountain, happy now? This is the worst anniversary ever! Maybe I won't even TELL you when I get my test results! Good bye! Forever!"

:)

[Ed91]

I can see it now..

[tobyw7]

That means no more, "I'm by the fountain with the big trees. Yes. Yes. No, wait, an arch? I don't see an arch. Yes, it's raining here, too. I'm trying! Be quiet a minute. The trees are really tall, taller than the rest. What do you mean 'arch?' I said i'm trying, if you would just listen! Look, it's not my fault you can't have kids! Great, well I don't like your mother either! There, I just threw the car keys in the fountain, happy now? This is the worst anniversary ever! Maybe I won't even TELL you when I get my test results! Good bye! Forever!"

Lol - I guess if MMS helps with these kinds of problems then it can be a good idea - hadn't thought of that either :)

[redman042]

Well, for once my prediction was right. I've been saying for months that AT&T will buy as much time as possible to get their 850 mHz overlay rolled out, and judging from the user reports on howardforums.com, they were making progress in the big cities (NY, LA, and SF) but still had a ways to go. That is still true, but at least lately they have made some big steps forward.

Some individuals jumped on me for this prediction, saying I had no basis, but it just made sense. It was plainly obvious that the big cities didn't yet have enough capacity for the current load, let alone MMS, so why would AT&T flip the switch until that was fixed? That would just screw people more. I'd rather have mediocre service without MMS than have MMS but no data service. What would even be the point?

[chr1s60]

This will be delayed. Around the middle of the month AT&T will come out with some BS about how they want the best experience possible for their users so they want the server ready for the billions of MMS that will be sent every minute of the day by iPhone users only. 3+ months of work for something every other carrier on the planet was ready for 3 months ago. If AT&T wants the best experience for us, they should get their S*** together and catch up with the rest of the world.

[jav6454]

I believe someone already get a 2G to do MMS w/o 3rd part sofware. Threads on here somewhere.

Follow my signature. There is a guide for you there. 2G users can also benefit from MMS.

[twoodcc]

well it's about time. now let's see if their network can actually handle it though

[nagromme]

This will be delayed. Around the middle of the month AT&T will come out with some BS about how they want the best experience possible for their users so they want the server ready for the billions of MMS that will be sent every minute of the day by iPhone users only. 3+ months of work for something every other carrier on the planet was ready for 3 months ago. If AT&T wants the best experience for us, they should get their S*** together and catch up with the rest of the world.

To be fair, move all those iPhone users to any OTHER single US network, and it too would begin to fail--especially the data network, but maybe MMS too, if iPhone users find the features easier and thus send more MMS messages than other people. Plus it's just a lot of people, period.

I despise AT&T, to be sure, but "every other" carrier wouldn't have been trouble-free either. Something would be bound to go wrong (in the US anyway :o ).

[jav6454]

Anyone else like how AT&T used a First GEN iphone in their picture to announce the MMS update on "3g and 3gs"


HAHA.. so funny

:apple:

Why not the 2G iphone?!

2G iPhone are MMS capable. Just go to the iPhone link in my signature and scroll down to the respective post. You can see the MMS hack to enable it for 2G iPhone.

[kupua]

"AT&T said the delay was to ensure that its network could handle the extra traffic it expects." Bull S+*T, just the fact that new users that came on board from the 3GS is or impacted the "system" more than MMS will ever impact. But then again, can't be any worse than what we have now...

And "ensure an excellent experience from Day One," Call quality sucks on AT&T. Anybody remember those bogus commercials about fewest dropped calls... Hmmmm, ever wonder why we don't see those any more? hahahaha

:rolleyes:

[NokX]

good to see my iphone will be able to complete tasks my cellphone could do in 1998. no more viewmymessage.com links! woo hoo!

/yeah yeah...i know i can go around giving every single contact my email address and i can get their mobile email address...but why when i can just text it to them? and it's a pain to give everyone your email and an extra pain to figure out their phone's mobile email.

[kwalker5]

"AT&T said the delay was to ensure that its network could handle the extra traffic it expects." Bull S+*T, just the fact that new users that came on board from the 3GS is or impacted the "system" more than MMS will ever impact. But then again, can't be any worse than what we have now...

And "ensure an excellent experience from Day One," Call quality sucks on AT&T. Anybody remember those bogus commercials about fewest dropped calls... Hmmmm, ever wonder why we don't see those any more? hahahaha

:rolleyes:
I will believe it when I see it happen. You cant take anything AT&T says as being legit. They need to fix the problems of calls dropping. I am having 4-5 calls a day dropped. Its getting old. We pay to much for these plans to have that crappy of service.

[mcdj]

Thank god. People will finally be able to send/receive their precious stupid videos and pics, which they have done fine without for the past 2+ years, and further clog up the already overcrowded 3G network. I swear, if one single person who clamored for MMS comes here after it's up and running and cries about their 3G being slower since MMS, I am gonna scream into a pillow.

[somberlaine]

I am wondering if yesterday's times story has anything to do with this announcement.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/companies/03att.html?ref=technology

[notromeel]

So does this mean Apple can discontinue it's contract with AT&T now that they lied to millions of Apple's customers? I switched from Verizon to get an iPhone.. and boy do I miss their network. I drop a call once a week? I can't remember EVER dropping call with Verizon.

[sishaw]

Thank god. People will finally be able to send/receive their precious stupid videos and pics, which they have done fine without for the past 2+ years, and further clog up the already overcrowded 3G network. I swear, if one single person who clamored for MMS comes here after it's up and running and cries about their 3G being slower since MMS, I am gonna scream into a pillow.

I'll say it now: 3G speeds will be slower after MMS deploys, and it will suck. Want a hankie?

[michael31986]

i see speeds being a bit slow for a few weeks, because people will be all into it, but then after that it will be back to a medium.

[Rot'nApple]

Telcos system being overtaxed is why there is a need for a standard issue of service, hopefully 4G for everybody would do the trick and Apple opening up the iPhone to other carriers and it's popularity regarding the owner of actually USING the service they are paying for will hopefully dissipate as the demand spreads evenly over at the other carriers. Unless, everyone is piggybacking on everyone elses infrastructure and makes my whole post mute?! :eek:

[mrrory]

So nothing for the 2G? Awesome. Suck it AT&T.

[ravenvii]

So nothing for the 2G? Awesome. Suck it AT&T.

This isn't news; we've known this since at least March. Apple decided not to support MMS on the 2G with OS 3.0, not AT&T.

[subie09lega]

Ok, got one for you - I'll never use MMS, but the massive increase in traffic it will cause will further cripple my 3G speeds, which have already fallen to below 400 kbps in downtown Boston.

Ditto here. :(

[Drag'nGT]

They need to finish 3G in my area on that day too. I'm tired of hearing "september" right now. I'm living in a bigger city next time.

[klittle32]

uuuh, because it's too fuggin slow.

I send emails and photos via email all the time with my 1st gen iPhone over the edge network without a problem. Sure it's slow, but it is works reliably.

So why, exactly, can't MMS happen over the EDGE network? Something tells me AT&T just wants me to upgrade to the latest model of the iPhone and get me to sign a more expensive contract.

[MoonDogg]

This isn't news; we've known this since at least March. Apple decided not to support MMS on the 2G with OS 3.0, not AT&T.

Oh realy.. I did not know that... and AT&T did not tell me that... 3G is not even in my area cause they suck so much..... how about wifi... does it work on wifi? Cause if not.. It will be useless to me... completely... I am gonna raise some hell with AT&T and the end of the month... I can't wait for there contract with apple to end... then they will be force to treat iphone customers better or they will leave...

[optophobia]

I don't quite understand why everyone is getting quite so upset about:

a) It being the end of Summer or not.

b) MMS being late

c) Wanting to use MMS so much?

d) Finding something to complain about - get a life. You already have an excellent phone, a provider that's pretty decent in all honesty (And as anyone who works with IT etc will know that nothing always goes to plan, things get delayed and take longer than planned)

If you want to send pictures so desperately use E-Mail!

Anyone else want to have a good moan?

Look mate, you are over in the UK, and mobile phone provides are a lot better there than US crap. You have MMS already, so for you to come and post on this thread is worse than people who are actually complaining about not having a service that most other iPhone service providers already have.

As for IT problems YES I agree they never go to plan, but that is no excuse.

[vilim12]

Its active for those who have the 3.1 beta 3. I got a picture message randomly today lol, sending and receiving works

[JacobC1983]

finally the iphone will almost be on par with features to every other smartphone on the market.

[kenkenken]

tether?
or can i at least still enable it without att's permission with the update?

[ob81]

Long overdue. It should be great to finally be able to do something that I have been doing for years on much more crap phones. Thanks AT&T and apple.

[tonyshucraft]

Number fail...

Sorry, couldnt resist ;)
Heh, they could be running on Indian time........

[JForestZ34]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but I'll believe it when I see it. It will be delayed for some reason. AT&T will come up with some excuse for it to be even more late.

[jholzner]

Oh realy.. I did not know that... and AT&T did not tell me that... 3G is not even in my area cause they suck so much..... how about wifi... does it work on wifi? Cause if not.. It will be useless to me... completely... I am gonna raise some hell with AT&T and the end of the month... I can't wait for there contract with apple to end... then they will be force to treat iphone customers better or they will leave...

It's not supported on the 2G iPhone. However, it should still work on the 3G and 3Gs iPhones even they are on Edge.

[jholzner]

Long overdue. It should be great to finally be able to do something that I have been doing for years on much more crap phones. Thanks AT&T and apple.

Well, I guess you are lucky that you were able to do so many other things on the iPhone that you couldn't do on the crap phones to keep you busy until MMS showed.

[JacobC1983]

I hate how when I use my iphone I feel like I need my mom's permission

"Please Apple and AT&T? May I send a picture message to my friend? It won't have any bad things in it! I promise!"

"May I download an app that is rated PG-13, please?"

ugh.. finally

[RTee]

i feel for you guys in the states having AT&T as the only official option and having to wait so long for something we take for granted in AU.

[scottness]

since my wife ignores all of my texts, emails and phone calls today, i'm not really looking forward to MMS

My wife does the same thing...:) And I don't care about MMS either.

[Xenomorph]

I email photos all the time and they look great. MMS is just low quality images. Why does everyone have their panties in a bunch over this ancient functionality that is out of date by 4 years?

I've had lots of cell phones over the years. My first was back in the 1990s (it is darn big).

I've never had a phone that could do MMS. None of mine did, and none of my parents' phones did.

Last month, I got a new phone for my wife. It was her first phone that did MMS. And now, my iPhone will be able to do MMS.

So not everyone feels MMS is old. It's all new to me and my wife. My parents' phones still can't do MMS. Maybe some day.

Sending MMS seems pretty convenient. Snap a picture, send it to a friend's phone. Done.
Email? Snap a picture, open my email, send, and then send a Text to a friend telling them to check their email? Are you kidding?

[MoonDogg]

It's not supported on the 2G iPhone. However, it should still work on the 3G and 3Gs iPhones even they are on Edge.

yeah I misunderstood that... haha.. i just talked to att they told me it will work on edge... with a 3G phone... sweet... :P

[skinnylegs]

Eh.....let's have some fun with this. MMS will be available on the 25th? How about everyone send an MMS precisely at 9 AM on the 26th PST. Should be interesting to see the 3G network slow down to 28.8 modem speeds. :D

[Slim02]

AT&T lies! They said by end of summer. Summer ends Sept 22. Apple really needs to end their exclusive agreement with these idiots!

No they said late Summer not the end of summer... But yea they did lie tho because it coming out in the FALL... To make it clear for others the last week of summer is called the end of summer not late summer..

[optophobia]

......
Email? Snap a picture, open my email, send, and then send a Text to a friend telling them to check their email? Are you kidding?

That is why you get your friend to buy an iphone too.
Then you can just use the Messi.im app. You can send text, picture and location map for free to another iphone and it uses Push notifications too.

[vilim12]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but I'll believe it when I see it. It will be delayed for some reason. AT&T will come up with some excuse for it to be even more late.

I just told you it works dude, im on the 3.1 beta 3 and it didnt work like 2 weeks ago but now it does. ATT has turned MMS on and are just waiting for the release of FW 3.1 for iphone

Im on a 3G, with no custom carrier settings

[Zwhaler]

BAH! Thats in fall! Off with their heads!
only joking...

[slippery-pete]

At&t=bunch of clowns

[optophobia]

No they said late Summer not the end of summer... But yea they did lie tho because it coming out in the FALL... To make it clear for others the last week of summer is called the end of summer not late summer..

They actually said " 晩夏 "

[Locoboof]

It's about fu**ing time

[JacobC1983]

ya'll are crazy if you think this is JUST AT&Ts fault..

flame war.. BEGIN

[Peace]

ya'll are crazy if you think this is JUST AT&Ts fault..

flame war.. BEGIN

Who else's fault would it be ? MMS works on iPhones if AT&T networks allow it.

[JacobC1983]

it isn't implemented in a non jailbroken iphone's OS.. where is the option on my iphone to send an MMS? if it was just the network, when trying to send an MMS on the iphone a error would pop up saying the network is down of some kind, such as on any other phone that allows MMS

[JacobC1983]

yep.. show me

[Mr. Giver '94]

Bout ********** Time!

[CheesePuff]

it already works on dozens of carriers outside the US, including Canada, since day one of 3.0 being released. have to love educated people...

[JacobC1983]

then show me on my US iphone where the option is to do it

[CheesePuff]

umm, its the same operating system, it just depends on the carrier.

[JacobC1983]

so AT&T is going to implement the OS changes to allow me to insert a pic into a message?

[billmister]

the 25th.. That's good but i'm not going to nut-hug ATT. Here in jersey i get dropped calls all the time. My contract ends in November for my 5 phones on my family plan. Once it ends, i'm NOT renewing. Instead i'm waiting to see what happens.

ATT has everyone wrapped around their finger because they are the ONLY company that can have iPhone legally. Charge what they want, and do what they want with MMS, tethering, customer service, etc...

Once, and IF apple goes with other carriers, the will lead to PRICE DROP, and options. ATT will then DROP PRICES, OFFER STARS to customers because most will leave their phone service.

I'm actually thinking about going to blackberry with Verizon due to att. If it wasn't for the iPhone i would have been LONG gone. ATT promised late summer, they literally made it fall. They are irresponsible company. I can't wait for something to happen.

If it doesn't, i'll just get another phone with Verizon next year. Dropped calls are ridiculous. And it's strange how it's always on a IMPORTANT call, and not when i'm just talking about nothing.

BTW, i'm just steaming because i hear it on a daily bases. Many people HATING att but stuck to it just because of the iphone.

[djellison]

2-3 freaking months!?
Actually - about 5 years. MMS has been available for YEARS AND YEARS everywhere else.

[CylonGlitch]

so AT&T is going to implement the OS changes to allow me to insert a pic into a message?

All you need is to put a minor change into the carrier file on the phone, no change to the OS at all, and it will be enabled. Along with tethering. Takes all of 30 seconds to change the file and then you will have the ability to do this yourself. Google is your friend.

[ddebart2]

i wonder if this is when 3.1 will be released or if it will just be an update to the carrier settings

[ddebart2]

haha the woman in the picture is using first gen iphone so she won't even be able to use mms
I can see it now..

[vilim12]

Heres proof
and this is especially to you "PEACE"

[CylonGlitch]

i wonder if this is when 3.1 will be released or if it will just be an update to the carrier settings

I'm hoping both. And then another update to the carrier settings a few hours later to enable tethering for those who want it. :D

[iGod 2.0]

A little later than I anticipated, but they did manage to say that they will activate MMS by the end of summer and start of fall is officially around there so they did activate it by late summer...LATE summer. :D

[bretm]

I don't understand all this update network BS. It's the same network that allows me to upload an unlimited number of videos and photos via email. Same data. Same network.

And, other than flash, it allows me to upload and download unlimited amounts via a eeb browser. All over 3g network or edge network.

If they need such big upgrades, why do all these services work just fine?

[Bubba Satori]

"AT&T points to the need for the company to build out its network infrastructure to handle the demands of heavy MMS messaging volumes"
Enjoy your fast internet connection while it lasts. It will soon grind down to dial-up speed. :eek:
Apple should be introducing a word of caution to iPhone users: "it's up to you. don't send 50 billion MMS every day, or your network is going to be super slow. be responsible."

MY BROWSING SPEED IN SAFARI IS NOW GOING TO GRIND TO A SNAILS PACE BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE SENDING THOUSANDS OF MMS PHOTOS OF THEIR CATS ALL DAY LONG !!!! :mad:

Yep.

[JacobC1983]

yea that does suck.. AT&T is going to be slow as hell during this transition

[emlarsen]

So you mean to tell me that after all this time they're dicking over the first gen users on MMS. Why can't they get it? It runs the same OS as the 3G and 3GS?

[mappyman]

MMS, a feature which 90% of you Americans wont use as it cheaper to send pics via email (here they charge 4 SMS credits for 1 picture).

Ive only sent 5 pics since it came enabled in 3.0.

[Peace]

Heres proof
and this is especially to you "PEACE"

Why does that show WiFi instead of 3G ?

And I might add the "MMS" you sent me was a text message pointing to a cingular website to view the pic. And I definitely have a provisioned,legal version of the 3.1 software.

Furthermore I tried to send you an MMS and it had the red exclamation mark.

[vilim12]

Why does that show WiFi instead of 3G ?

Didnt know it made a difference, ill have her try to send the pic with 3g instead of wifi.

I sent a picture to you, no idea why it came up as an text message with the link.
If its doesnt work while its on 3G then im sorry for stirring up confusion.

When I sent mine it went through, no red exclamation mark

[vilim12]

MMS, a feature which 90% of you Americans wont use as it cheaper to send pics via email (here they charge 4 SMS credits for 1 picture).

Ive only sent 5 pics since it came enabled in 3.0.

We dont run on credits, im pretty sure its gonna/is included in our plans

[sirenized]

Ok, got one for you - I'll never use MMS, but the massive increase in traffic it will cause will further cripple my 3G speeds, which have already fallen to below 400 kbps in downtown Boston.

i'm in DT Boston and i have no problems whatsoever