MMS/ Picture Messaging

Since the iPhone can use email to receive picture messages, MMS is not really necessary.

Only you can decide to keep using the iPhone or switch to another phone. Without the SIM, the iPhone will function as an iPod/Wifi device. You will not be able to apply any software updates though.

yes but without copy/paste function, it is such a hassle to receive pictures from others. viewmymessage.com is a waste of time imo

Sure viewmymessage.com is tedious to use, but MMS isn't a huge selling point for the iPhone. Email is basically the same thing. With the SDK on it's way out of beta, and thousands upon thousands of developers working away, there might be a third party app that may add this feature. I would not get your hopes up for it though.

It may or may not come in the 2.0.1, 2.2, etc, but no one really knows.

I don't think MMS is very high on Apple's priority list anyway.

I am disappointed at this as well. It is NOT the same thing as email when you send it to your friends and family that have phones that DON"T use or have email on thier phones. I am bummed but will deal with it as everything else totally outweighs this feature for sure.

They don't need to have access to email on their phones.

As the person to address the MMS to an email address for an email account that you access with the iPhone's Mail client. They will enter your email address in the To: field for the MMS instead of your cell phone number with area code.

The MMS will be received by you as an email with the photo attached to the message, which you can also access with the email client used on your computer for accessing the email account or via webmail access for the account using a browser.

This will give you the sender's cell phone MMS email address.

Add this email address to the contact's information in your iPhone's address book.

Attach a photo to an email message and address the email to this email address.

The email will be received by the recipient as an MMS.

Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
AT&T (Formerly Cingular) = xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com

Send away!

Just my 2-cents! Besides pictures, the iPhone does not support multimedia files, i.e.: audio or video clips, animations, Flash, Real Media, Windows Media, etc except Quicktime, and not in Safari either. This is probably why Apple sees no need for Multimedia Messaging on the iPhone. As previously mentioned, you can send pictures with email. It's a hassle, but it can be done. If you want MMS, you need to purchase a phone that supports Multimedia.

I agree, having to email pictures is bull! it makes so much more time doing that, second not everyone can receive them. yes you can send it to their cellphone number@what ever company they have but it doesnt always work. none of my pictures get to my friends phones who have tmobile. third of all, half the people forget that they have to send pictures to your email address instead of your cell number. its a pain, and like really, this phone can surf the net and download pictures but cant receive picture messages?? thats total bull. if i knew that before i got the phone, i wouldnt have gotten it. also there are soo many other problems with it

Are you in the U.S. and if so, when did you purchase your iPhone?

If a first generation iPhone that was purchased new, you had 14 days after the purchase date to return the iPhone for payment credit.

If an iPhone 3G, you can return the iPhone for payment credit within 30 days after the purchase date and cancel the associated contract with AT&T within the same period of time.

You may not have known this before you purchased the iPhone, but certainly you became aware of this within the first 14 days or 30 days.

Thanks for these email extensions. After my post, I realized anyone's cell phone can me made and email address.

I can deal with this work around as I love too many of the other features the IPhone offers. Now, if the batter would just las longer things would truly be perfect 🙂

siccz wrote:
Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
AT&T (Formerly Cingular) = xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com

Send away!

AT&T is: xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
For the rest of them I don't know.

All you people that feel you need MMS - you need to ask yourself this quesiton -
ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY AT&T $10 OR MORE PER MONTH FOR THIS SERVICE?

Because you know they will not offer up this service as part of your existing data plan - no way, no how - just another way for them to make money.

Use your email and be happy -works perfetly fine for me.

emailing is not easier as some of us have problems with emailing as it doesnt like my email address, MMS is much easier but as its an american product they wont put MMS on the iphone because of the amount of money americans are charged for txts etc

funnily enough its not just americans who want MMS us brits want it as we are barely charged anymore for MMS so i would LOVE and as its a mobile it should have it on it

So if your happy with it, how do you send pictures to your friends phone or have someone send you a picture from their phone?