Dear Lifehacker, I’m looking into alternatives to sending MMS pictures. As a Virgin Mobile customer, the ability to send an MMS to an Irish phone is not supported. I know some countries are supported, but unfortunately not Ireland, where most of my family reside. More »
Mobile phone plans are often sold on their total cap value and their general call rate, but the charges for texts, MMS messages and voicemail access can quickly mount up. Planhacker compares what’s on offer from the major providers. More »
MMS support was one of the most anticipated features of iPhone 3.0, but it turns out it has a nasty side-effect: group SMS sending has effectively been dumped. More »
If you can’t wait until iPhone 3.0 gets its official release, Whirlpool’s collected the files you need to make MMS work on an Australian iPhone. More »
One of the features Lifehacker US singled out straight away as appealing in the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 release (apart from the finally-here copy and paste option) was the ability to send and receive MMS messages. Photo frenzy ahoy! However, there’s a disturbing note at the foot of Apple’s official press release:
MMS may not be available in all areas.
iPhone 3.0 won’t be on general release until mid-year, which means there’s plenty of time for a local telco to get on the MMS bandwagon if they can see a potential revenue source. On the other hand, there’s a precedent for it not happening: visual voicemail, one of the most hyped features of the original iPhone, never made it down under. If I was a betting man, I’d be inclined to back the “no MMS for Aussies” horse. More »
If someone sends you an MMS in order to share a photo and your phone can’t handle the MMS format (either because it’s too old or because it’s an iPhone), then most carriers will make the image available via the Internet, sending you a text message with access instructions. However, a recent systems upgrade at Optus means that in the future, Optus customers won’t have that legacy option: the MMS will simply disappear into the ether. The annoying part? The sender will still get charged for trying to send any pictures, even if they’re not received. A workaround if you know the recipient’s phone is email-enabled is to send the shot as an attachment, but the whole issue underscores the importance of not just blithely sending out a picture from your phone. More »
