Comments on: AT&T iPhone MMS http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/09/att-iphone-mms/ Bringing Nonsense to the Masses since 2003! Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:32:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Twitted by jmsearcy http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/09/att-iphone-mms/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Twitted by jmsearcy Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:28:05 +0000 http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=359#comment-30 [...] This post was Twitted by jmsearcy [...] [...] This post was Twitted by jmsearcy [...]

]]> By: Phenix http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/09/att-iphone-mms/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Phenix Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:54:26 +0000 http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=359#comment-29 I know a lot of folks share your feelings Andy, but I'm not one of them! Most users are already "nickeled-and-dimed" to death with fees on their cellular bills, the thought of adding yet another is excruciating. Those with family plans (who are likely to already have an unlimited messaging plan) can take advantage of MMS though. I too in the past have also ignored the MMS capabilities of my previous cellulars. Where I see it coming into play, is the older generations who are being persuaded by their younger loved ones to get cell phones. From my personal life, my Mother and Father don't have smart phones, and can't check their e-mail on the go. A quick MMS of the new toy I bought, or a funny pic of the cat, sent straight to their phones is reason enough to indulge! I think the main reason people of our generation aren't extremely enthralled with MMS is because it was a brand new "lack luster" feature when we started using phones, not to mention there weren't many phones that could support it at that time either. Sadly I think you're partially right. As phones advance more and more, e-mail will soon be a standard feature, and everyone will have a data plan! The MMS technology may have matured right about the time it's becoming extinct! -Phenix I know a lot of folks share your feelings Andy, but I’m not one of them! Most users are already “nickeled-and-dimed” to death with fees on their cellular bills, the thought of adding yet another is excruciating. Those with family plans (who are likely to already have an unlimited messaging plan) can take advantage of MMS though. I too in the past have also ignored the MMS capabilities of my previous cellulars. Where I see it coming into play, is the older generations who are being persuaded by their younger loved ones to get cell phones. From my personal life, my Mother and Father don’t have smart phones, and can’t check their e-mail on the go. A quick MMS of the new toy I bought, or a funny pic of the cat, sent straight to their phones is reason enough to indulge! I think the main reason people of our generation aren’t extremely enthralled with MMS is because it was a brand new “lack luster” feature when we started using phones, not to mention there weren’t many phones that could support it at that time either. Sadly I think you’re partially right. As phones advance more and more, e-mail will soon be a standard feature, and everyone will have a data plan! The MMS technology may have matured right about the time it’s becoming extinct!

-Phenix

]]> By: Andy Fore http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/09/att-iphone-mms/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Andy Fore Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:25:39 +0000 http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=359#comment-28 While a lot of people are awaiting the arrival of MMS, I am really not so sure that it matters for the iPhone anymore. With the ability to send a picture via e-mail, I find it unlikely that I will regularly use MMS except just to say that I can. I may be an aberration, but I had phones in the past that could do MMS and I never used it. I have also received very few MMS messages in all the years that I have had cellular service. Users of the 3.1 Beta had MMS capability, and while there were a number of methods for activating it, I never went to the trouble of doing so. In all honesty, ATT could never give me MMS and I wouldn't care as long as they upgrade their network so that it is as rock-solid as it used to be when I had Cingular. I would much rather have robust 3G service everywhere and the ability to make calls within my office. Andy While a lot of people are awaiting the arrival of MMS, I am really not so sure that it matters for the iPhone anymore. With the ability to send a picture via e-mail, I find it unlikely that I will regularly use MMS except just to say that I can.

I may be an aberration, but I had phones in the past that could do MMS and I never used it. I have also received very few MMS messages in all the years that I have had cellular service.

Users of the 3.1 Beta had MMS capability, and while there were a number of methods for activating it, I never went to the trouble of doing so.

In all honesty, ATT could never give me MMS and I wouldn’t care as long as they upgrade their network so that it is as rock-solid as it used to be when I had Cingular. I would much rather have robust 3G service everywhere and the ability to make calls within my office.

Andy

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