Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

new iphone info but still no mms....

dudeofblokes

dudeofblokes

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 3, 2007
238
15
carrickfergus, northern ireland, united kingdom
the new features due to arrive on the iphone are sounding good, but seeing as a legit source for mms hasnt been announced i tink its safe to assume we will not be getting mms support from apple, which is a pity i know there are some ways around it and some are hit and miss and usually require a jailbreak iphone, it would have been nice to see it officially supported.
 
MMS is not necessarry. Just have those people sending you media to MMS it to your e-mail, and you e-mail to their MMS e-mail address.

The SDK will hopefull allow someone to do this, just so this madness can end.

TEG
 
yeah i guess but.....

im on o2 in the uk and they claim that its apple who wont support it after all o2 would make more money with it, i know we can get pics but not everyone has there phone set up for email here due to costs so its a bit hard we cant send pics as easy
 
dudeofblokes said:
im on o2 in the uk and they claim that its apple who wont support it after all o2 would make more money with it, i know we can get pics but not everyone has there phone set up for email here due to costs so its a bit hard we cant send pics as easy
Click to expand...

They don't have to have their phone set up for email. Instead of putting your phone number in the MMS application, they would just put your email address.
 
TEG said:
MMS is not necessarry. Just have those people sending you media to MMS it to your e-mail, and you e-mail to their MMS e-mail address.

The SDK will hopefull allow someone to do this, just so this madness can end.

TEG
Click to expand...

and the problem is, what am i gonna do, message all my contacts and say, hey if u ever want to send me a pic send it to here, they want the easiest way to send it to me and i want the easiest way to get it. it should have to be a roundabout way
 
i agree....

waterskier2007 said:
and the problem is, what am i gonna do, message all my contacts and say, hey if u ever want to send me a pic send it to here, they want the easiest way to send it to me and i want the easiest way to get it. it should have to be a roundabout way
Click to expand...

i love my iphone tho i dont start using it to my current contract ends out at start of next month, but mms is a let down as i use it alot, not fair to put others out
 
TEG said:
MMS is not necessarry. Just have those people sending you media to MMS it to your e-mail, and you e-mail to their MMS e-mail address.

The SDK will hopefull allow someone to do this, just so this madness can end.

TEG
Click to expand...

Considering how many of them might not even have email on their phones, much less know how to set it up or much with anything, and my having to go through sixty some contacts, calling/texting them and asking who their provider is, finiding out which providers won't block them, etc....not a viable solution.

Especially considering that sending pics via email to my friend's iphone, and her to my iphone, has only a 75% success rate...
 
Im wondering if they MMS feature has to do with being able to store full quality pics on the ipHone. Sending one of those to another phone would be difficult unless you downscaled them on the fly. But the iPhone would have to do that and be more processor taxing. Just a thought.
 
domness said:
What costs? :confused:
Click to expand...

Data charges, like tmobile charges for data use, ATT adds that $20 a month for data package... Believe it or not, most people still have a basic phone and when they send me a photo and ask if I got it. I have to say, no my iphone cant accept MMS messages, sorry. Try connecting your phone to your computer then email me the photo. There response is always, what that thing can't even get mms photos? Its a basic feature, just give us the damn option atleast!
 
but.....

peeaanuut said:
Im wondering if they MMS feature has to do with being able to store full quality pics on the ipHone. Sending one of those to another phone would be difficult unless you downscaled them on the fly. But the iPhone would have to do that and be more processor taxing. Just a thought.
Click to expand...

the likes of nokias eg the n95 5 meg phone and every sony ericsson automatically resize the pic for mms so it wouldnt be hard to do.
 
brinycbri said:
i dont know one person who uses MMS more than once a month..
Click to expand...

i dont use it much but thats only because i dont have the ability to. if i could, i would a lot more. and just because you dont know anyone doesnt mean that people dont do it. maybe you need to get some different friends, ;)
 
lmao....

waterskier2007 said:
i dont use it much but thats only because i dont have the ability to. if i could, i would a lot more. and just because you dont know anyone doesnt mean that people dont do it. maybe you need to get some different friends, ;)
Click to expand...

i was just about to say something like that.... in the words of meatloaf you took the words right out of my mouth lol

all im trying to say is that after all the announcements today with firmware 2.0 and the sdk kit if apple havent listened by now i dont think its gonna come, not by them anyway
 
dudeofblokes said:
the new features due to arrive on the iphone are sounding good, but seeing as a legit source for mms hasnt been announced i tink its safe to assume we will not be getting mms support from apple, which is a pity i know there are some ways around it and some are hit and miss and usually require a jailbreak iphone, it would have been nice to see it officially supported.
Click to expand...

Is there a list of features for 2.0 available? I only heard him identify a couple of things that would be included in that release, but not necessarily everything. In my opinion, it's way too soon to be speculating about what they will and will not include.

Lisa
 
dudeofblokes said:
wat about replying to them tho, with no email how can i send a pic to them?
Click to expand...

If they send you an MMS, you will have the email address to reply to. They would receive it as an MMS. It would count as an MMS message to their carrier (not an email) for billing purchases. I know this works with almost all US carriers, but I'm not sure about o2. It's worth trying.
 
im just going by the info from macrumors gave....

geekmommy4 said:
Is there a list of features for 2.0 available? I only heard him identify a couple of things that would be included in that release, but not necessarily everything. In my opinion, it's way too soon to be speculating about what they will and will not include.

Lisa
Click to expand...

and the fact that mms wasnt mentioned seeing as the amount of info on this site and all over the net is huge it would have been a vocal point surely.
 
dudeofblokes said:
and the fact that mms wasnt mentioned seeing as the amount of info on this site and all over the net is huge it would have been a vocal point surely.
Click to expand...

They only discussed enterprise-related features of the 2.0 release at today's event. I'm sure there will be plenty of consumer features.

My guess is that Apple won't release an MMS app, but someone will start developing one today - to be ready in June.
 
hard-case said:
Considering how many of them might not even have email on their phones, much less know how to set it up or much with anything, and my having to go through sixty some contacts, calling/texting them and asking who their provider is, finiding out which providers won't block them, etc....not a viable solution.

Especially considering that sending pics via email to my friend's iphone, and her to my iphone, has only a 75% success rate...
Click to expand...

In MMS and SMS, you can change the To: field to an e-mail address and it works. Once you send an e-mail to their carrier's MMS email reception system, when they reply via MMS, it will send it to your email.

TEG
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back