MMS fix for original iPhone(timrosenblatt.com)
timrosenblatt.com
MMS fix for original iPhone
http://timrosenblatt.com/att_mms_fix/
Here's a fix to make MMS receiving better for the original iPhone.
3 comments
MMS seems like last decades technology to me.
Surely most iPhone users are emailing pics?
It's nice to have backward compatibility, but I don't think lack of MMS was really that big a deal.
It's nice to have backward compatibility, but I don't think lack of MMS was really that big a deal.
It's a huge deal for people with friends and family who aren't as tech-savvy and use MMS without even thinking, but go cross-eyed when you try to suggest emailing it from your phone.
Nice work, Tim!
Nice work, Tim!
It's a big deal when someone sends you an MMS from their phone and you have to deal with AT&T's awful retrieval site.
iPhone to iPhone is fine, because you both are using email, but when friends and family have unlimited MMS, but limited data/no email set up on their phone, it becomes a huge pain in the ass
iPhone to iPhone is fine, because you both are using email, but when friends and family have unlimited MMS, but limited data/no email set up on their phone, it becomes a huge pain in the ass
When I first heard about text messages, I thought the technology would (at best) be used for a brief time and then die once people had email from their phones. I was wrong. It turns out there's a huge market for short, in-the-moment messages. And MMS is just text messages with more flexible bits allowed. Yes, iPhone users will continue to email pics, but they'll also MMS pics like crazy--two entirely different use cases, it turns out.
This is kind of like saying text-messaging is being killed by emailing. The issue isn't just backwards compatibility, but cross-platform compatibility.
Emailing a picture vs. using MMS only works if the receiver a) has mobile access to email and b) has said email "pushed" to their phone (or is checking constantly).
Emailing a picture vs. using MMS only works if the receiver a) has mobile access to email and b) has said email "pushed" to their phone (or is checking constantly).
No, text-messaging is actually being killed by twitter and tweet-deck on iPhone. ;-)
O rly?
Monthly text messages sent:
2000 - 14.4 million
2005 - 9.8 billion
2008 - 110.4 billion
Data: http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/service/index.cfm/AID/1032...
2010 proj. - 192 billion
Data: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=12176
I don't think text messages are going to be "killed" by anything in the very near future.
Monthly text messages sent:
2000 - 14.4 million
2005 - 9.8 billion
2008 - 110.4 billion
Data: http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/service/index.cfm/AID/1032...
2010 proj. - 192 billion
Data: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=12176
I don't think text messages are going to be "killed" by anything in the very near future.
I don't think text messages are going to be "killed" by anything in the very near future.
Except by constantly-increasing prices. (Some people pay 25 cents to receive a spam message. You can buy an entire newspaper for that amount of money!)
Except by constantly-increasing prices. (Some people pay 25 cents to receive a spam message. You can buy an entire newspaper for that amount of money!)
Real mobile instant messaging with full presence notification would do it.
I think you missed the point.
Most people don't own an iPhone.
Most people who have iPhones don't exclusively talk to other people with iPhones.
And most people don't buy a data plan just to send or view an e-mailed picture message from their iPhone-owning buddies.
Most people don't own an iPhone.
Most people who have iPhones don't exclusively talk to other people with iPhones.
And most people don't buy a data plan just to send or view an e-mailed picture message from their iPhone-owning buddies.
I can't wait to try it. But whenever I followed the instructions in those text messages they never worked. I hope this does. Also do I get charged for those?
I think AT&T charges for MMS text messages the same as any other message.
Hard not to feel a little schadenfreude over how Apple products don't always "just work"
From what I can tell, this is ATT's fault.
Hah! Yeah, I made this for myself to make things a little simpler, and then other people started loving it too. Figured I'd share.
Also, please offer feedback. Can it get any simpler? :D
I could see all of my friends with original iPhones paying for this on the app store... make it a native app with some polish and a one tap 'save to photo library' feature and charge $1.99
Maybe move ad from being right next the submit button?
I understand why you did it but if they get a lot of mis-clicks, you may anger the AdSense gods.
I understand why you did it but if they get a lot of mis-clicks, you may anger the AdSense gods.