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      iPhone MMS Getting Sporadic Activation

      September 13, 2009 /

      iPhone MMS rollout.Reports are showing up all over the web today that iPhone MMS has been activated seemingly at random for many users. September 25th is supposed to be the official launch date, but users from locations as saturated as Manhattan and as far-flung as Iowa have reported MMS support on a variety of carrier and OS configurations.

      This isn’t exactly a surprise. One of AT&T’s major concerns with MMS activation for a phone that has become the most popular camera on Flickr is network load. A slow and steady roll-out is basically a silent beta test – a way for users to get an experience they’ve been waiting for earlier than expected and give AT&T the network feedback they need. If this hadn’t been such a long time coming, I’d be inclined to say the carrier did something right.

      Apple, iPhone, News

      iPhone MMS Is Live September 25th

      September 3, 2009 /

      iPhone MMS is on the way.The long wait is almost over, and it looks like AT&T won’t be making good on their promise to iPhone customers regarding the rollout of MMS support. Originally it was supposed to launch in late summer. Well guess what – September 25th is three days into fall. There have already been a number of lawsuits regarding the service delay.

      It sucks to be getting excited about this so late in the game, but still, I’m excited. I’m not a big MMS user, but strangely enough my dad is, so I can finally get those on my phone. It’s also nice that the service will work just like an SMS – no additional fees apply.

      There’s still no word on tethering, though. “This function could exponentially increase traffic on the network, and we need to ensure that some of our current upgrades are in place before we can deliver the expanded functionality with the excellent performance that customers expect,” an AT&T spokesperson told Gizmodo. It’s statements like this one that truly infuriate me. I know AT&T is just trying to protect its corporate image, but it needs to acknowledge the fact that its service sucks for a whole lot of people, not spout off about delivering that great service customers expect. Of course we expect it. You, AT&T, rarely deliver.

      At any rate, have some fun on the 25th. You’ll be able to get access to the service via a software update for the phone. I’m sure MMS will take all of 12 minutes to bring AT&T’s network to its knees.

      Apple, Apps, iPhone, News

      AT&T And AppleGetting Sued Over MMS

      August 29, 2009 /

      MMS service for the iPhone.An irate iPhone customer has decided to take legal action concerning the lack of MMS support for the iPhone on AT&T. The case, which is being brought by an Ohioan, Deborah Carr, claims that both AT&T and Apple used tricky marketing to mislead customers into believing they would have MMS support in June.

      The brief is actually pretty funny. It claims that millions of customers purchased the iPhone 3G and 3GS after the “false and deceptive representations and concealments of Apple and AT&T” led consumers to believe they would have MMS support. Yeah, I don’t know about you guys, but that’s exactly why I bought my iPhone. The brief also refers to the alleged day in June when iPhone MMS would become available as “wonderful.”

      Now I’m not on AT&T‘s side here. Quite the opposite. The MMS delay is completely absurd, but so is this brief. Referring to the ability to send picture messages via MMS as “wonderful” is sad, and it smacks of a clinically diagnosable level of obsession with cellular service. Will it be nice when I can send a picture message from my phone? Sure. Will it be life-changing? No.

      Why Mrs. Carr and the lawyer who went in on this couldn’t have more appropriately worded the brief is beyond me. The words “excessive delay,” and “denied service without adequate cause” just have such a nice ring to them.

      Apple, Apps, iPhone, News

      Is AT&T iPhone SMS Finally Nigh?

      August 11, 2009 /

      MMS running on AT&T.And if so, how nigh? Apparently one of the CNet iPhones managed to pick up AT&T Carrier 5.0, which enables MMS controls in your SMS interface. There’s still no way to send the pictures, but it’s definitely interesting to see the controls reappear.

      You may remember the control’s first appearance on the OS 3.0 developer build. All retail builds have had the controls disabled. When running OS 3.0.1 with Carrier 5.0, though, the controls reappear, making everyone wonder how soon MMS is coming. AT&T only has until September to make good on their “end of summer” promise for MMS capabilities. It’s also worth mentioning that 3.0.1 broke the hacked tethering we’d been enjoying. Could it be we’ll see both features sometime soon? I certainly hope so. I’m tired of seeing “I sent you a multimedia message” on AT&T’s flagship phone, especially since their message viewing sites rarely work as intended.

      Apps, iPhone, Mobile

      iPhone SMS Vulnerability Patched With OS 3.0.1

      July 31, 2009 /

      Connect to iTunes.We made several cautionary posts about the iPhone’s SMS vulnerability over the past month, and it’s finally getting a fix. iPhone OS 3.0.1 is out today at a whopping 280MB.

      Apple was apparently highly pleased with themselves for the fix:

      We appreciate the information provided to us about SMS vulnerabilities which affect several mobile phone platforms. This morning, less than 24 hours after a demonstration of this exploit, we’ve issued a free software update that eliminates the vulnerability from the iPhone. Contrary to what’s been reported, no one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gain access to personal information using this exploit.

      Nice to hear that no one has actually used the exploit to devious ends, but “less than 24 hours after a demonstration of this exploit” is Bushian in its absurdity. The two dates, the update release and the demonstration, are pretty clearly unrelated. It’s not like Apple just threw this thing together over the last 24 hours. If they had, I probably wouldn’t bother installing it. They’ve known about the problem for at least a month. I know that because I’ve known about the problem for a month.

      Here’s to completely arbitrary horn-tooting!

      Apple, iPhone, Music

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