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MMS *FINALLY* Available for iPhone 3G & 3Gs users on AT&T

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AT&T promised us MMS by the end of summer. Well, they clearly missed that date because it’s already fall!

BUT.. they did get it released to us, TODAY.

Some people have been reporting very slow downloads of the Carrier Updates (the iPhone itself has supported the feature since iPhone 3.1, just not for us in America stuck with AT&T). But once the update downloads and installs, you will need to reboot your iPhone to get the feature working.

What does it look like when you have iPhone MMS? Well, a new camera icon appears on your MMS page.

iPHone MMS is finally here! Attach a photo from the library, or take one on the spot.
iPHone MMS is finally here! Attach a photo from the library, or take one on the spot.

Click the icon, and you have the option of taking a photo or using one from your iPhone photo library. Attach to the message, type your text and viloa… welcome to 2006! It’s been so long it’s almost novel again.

Now if only AT&T would quit screwing us the really great feature they plan to block forever, ‘Tethering’. Might as well just jailbreak the phone.

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iPhone 3.0 + AT&T == FAIL!

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I was very excited to download and update my iPhone to the latest and greatest version 3.0. It has a lot of great new features in the updated, including cut & paste, network tethering (use your iPhone for mobile 3G internet), and something that is a real pain right now, MMS (Multimedia Message Service — an extension of SMS, which aka ‘texting’).

This would have been all well and good,  IF   AT&T had gotten off their asses and updated their network in time to support them!    What is most unacceptable, is that EVERY other network provider in the world, supporting iPhone equipment, supports these features!

Here is a quote from AT&T:

“We will be offering a tethering plan and MMS for the iPhone,” Mark Siegel, AT&T’s spokesman, said by phone. “But we haven’t announced a date.”

ref: CNET – Why is AT&T delaying rollout of iPhone tethering, MMS?

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“We plan to offer a tethering plan, but don’t have an announcement to make at this time,” the spokesman said. “We absolutely will offer MMS on iPhone 3G S and iPhone 3G with 3.0 upgrades in late summer once we complete some system upgrades that will ensure our customers have the best experience with MMS. These upgrades are unrelated to our 3G network.”

ref: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/att-iphone3/

They have quite an excuse fest ramped up.  I don’t buy it.  AT&T has simply, again, shown it’s lack of vision and it’s  “Were the Monoploy – tough **** attitude”.  If only I had a choice for iPhone provider networks, I’d be gone yesterday.

Hey AT&T;   You are lucky you are the only game in town.. for now!