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Apple Sued Over MMS: But Who Really Uses It?

Written on November 19, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 27 people have commented

According to a report this week on The Mac Observer, Apple and AT&T have been presented with a class action lawsuit by a customer who accuses them of misleading the public by advertising the MMS capabilities of the iPhone 3GS despite not making those capabilities available in the U.S. when it launched.
(Yawn.) I’ll let you [...]

AT&T iPhone MMS Launches Today

Written on September 25, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 28 people have commented

According to the Twittersphere, AT&T has begun flipping the switch on MMS across the U.S. today. Sources say that AT&T will be sending out text messages, beginning at 10 A.M. EST today, to notify customers when MMS service is available for their use.
Customers and industry watchers alike are waiting anxiously to see how AT&T’s network [...]

AT&T Already Activating iPhone MMS for Some

Written on September 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

iPhone users in the U.S. are eagerly anticipating AT&T’s Sept. 25 MMS activation date, but for some at least, the wait is already over. Many are already seeing the switch thrown that enables MMS on their devices, according to a thread over at HowardForums, a mobile phone message board.
AT&T is taking a staggered approach to [...]

AT&T Specifies iPhone MMS Go-Live Date

Written on September 03, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 8 people have commented

AT&T customers can finally get their multimedia messaging on come the end of September, according to a company spokesman speaking to TUAW’s Mel Martin today. The official go-live date is Sept. 25, which falls only a tad short of the company’s original late summer prediction for the service.
Spokesman Brad Mays ascribes the lateness of MMS’ [...]

What AT&T Has to Fear From Google Voice

Written on August 20, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 30 people have commented

Lately, Google Voice is perhaps one of the most widely discussed products in the Apple blogosphere besides Apple’s own native devices. With its rejection from the App Store and people pointing fingers at Apple, AT&T, Steve Jobs and just about everyone and everything else in between, new evidence put forth by Andy Kessler and The [...]

iPhone OS Beta 5 Now Available, Kills Carrier File Switching

Written on May 07, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 6 people have commented

This week, Apple deviated from their usual biweekly update schedule and released yet another installment of the iPhone OS 3.0 beta. As of last week, the beta has been accompanied by an iTunes 8.2 pre-release build, and an updated version of that accompanies the beta firmware and the SDK. Aside from the single-week interval, the [...]

Where the White Labels Are: The Imaginary Beast of iPhone Carrier Value-Add

Written on February 24, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 1 person has commented

In the recent past, I’ve covered a couple of the different white-label solutions from third-party developers for carriers that offer the iPhone. These offerings are generally meant to correct some oversight on Apple’s part, or answer a perceived desire for some feature on the part of iPhone owners that Apple seems unwilling to offer itself.
For [...]

Media Messaging in the UK With iPhoneMMS

Written on January 07, 2009 by David Appleyard and 3 people have commented

The iPhone’s lack of any MMS capabilities was said to be on account of the versatile and full featured email support. If it’s so simple to send photos via email, why pay extra to send them via MMS?
While that is a valid argument to a certain extent, the two services remain predominantly different; e-mail is [...]

MMS for iPhone? It’s Already Here, Says Mobispine

Written on November 19, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 58 people have commented

Multimedia messaging (MMS) is within reach for iPhone users, or at least that’s what Mobispine AB is saying via press release today.
The Stockholm-based mobile services company currently provides white lable RSS reader and Desktop SMS and MMS solutions to companies looking to get their own branded mobile service. Today they announced that they are now [...]