Pinch Me, MMS Coming to the iPhone

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/09/att-iphone-mms.html' target='_blank'>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tec...iphone-mms.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Hear that? It's the sound of iPhones ringing around the country to the tone of "Hallelujah!"</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1252029828.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>Announced yesterday&nbsp;afternoon, AT&amp;T says they will roll out MMS on September 25th this year, but only for 3G and 3GS iPhones. They also noted in their <a href="http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574" target="_blank">press release</a> that&nbsp;<em>"wireless use on our network has grown an average of 350 percent year-over-year for the past two years, and is projected to continue at a rapid pace in 2009 and beyond. The volume of smartphone data traffic the AT&amp;T network is handling is unmatched in the wireless industry." </em>Hmm, according to this <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/09/03/iphone-slowing-att-network/" target="_blank">story</a> they aren't handling the traffic so well. Personally, I don't have any problems with AT&amp;T in my area but perhaps we are just lucky? How about you?&nbsp;</p>

[doogald]

If they are having so many capacity problems, and then are going to add MMS, perhaps this will be a case of "be careful of what you wish for"?

[ctmagnus]

The GSM signal is questionable at best around here. It takes me a minimum of four tries to send an MMS, every time. I predict that anyone that has spotty coverage with their provider, regardless of provider, will have headaches from trying to use MMS.