Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: iPhone, 3G, mms, picture, messaging | Themes: Smartphones, 3GSM
Swedish communications provider TeliaSonera could soon be taking the task of introducing Multimedia Messaging Service functionality to the iPhone.
As media friendly as the iPhone is, it is unable to send or receive MMS, a task even the most basic of cell phones on the market today have no problem with.
Currently, iPhone users wishing to snap a picture and send it off to their friends can only do so via email – which requires using data. More adventurous iPhone users can bring MMS features through an application called SwirlyMMS which requires a jailbroken device.
Telia, and likely many of its iPhone wielding customers, appear to have no intention to sit around and wait for Apple to introduce MMS in a future firmware version – should it ever come. Instead, the Swedish mobile provider is intends to develop an app that will handle the sending of multimedia messages.
Bengt Olsson of TeliaSonera told MacWorld (English translation) that the telecoms company will provide MMS functionality for the iPhone within two months.
However, even if Telia develops such an App, it will have to go through Apple’s certification and approval process before appearing in the App Store. To date, no such app has found its way onto the App Store, perhaps signifying that Apple has no intention of allowing MMS on the iPhone from a third-party.
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"Currently, iPhone users wishing to snap a picture and send it off to their friends can only do so via email – which requires using data."
Just that !?! ... how about u r in phonebook of people having any phone minus iPhone. He will send an MMS u never recieved he never asked whther u recieved. and when u knew u wished all if i could could give a truck full filthy word "data" in trade for that MMS.
I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say, but as an iPhone user myself, I can tell you that when people try to send me an MMS, I never see any part of it and the sender never knows that the message never got through.
It's as if the MMS just went through a black hole.
Sounds great! Anyone who knows if this is the supplier?
http://blog.mobispine.com/2008/11/ [...] phone.html
Or this
http://blog.swirlyspace.com/#home
It's as if the MMS just went through a black hole.
I dont have Swirly working on my iPhone, but I do get MMS messages. I just dont get them in the traditional manor. When someone sends an MMS, I get a sms message with a link to... I cant remember off the top of my head, i think its showmemessage.com or something to that effect. The sms also includes a totally random username and password to retrieve the message and because you cant copy and paste on the iPhone, you either have to write it down by hand to log in using Safari, or what i usually do, is just view it on my PC. Its not as convenient as regular MMS, but better than nothing.
Hopefully the storm may change Apple's plans a bit, MMS may see the light of day.
For the life of me I can't figure out why it doesn't have MMS....
Well give me ms and then give me flash support and my iphone will be perfect!