Tech author and 3G strategist Tomi Ahonen says that media brands should focus on MMS instead of creating apps, as most of the world still isn’t using smartphones. They should use SMS and MMS to reach those without smartphones, especially because MMS has 2.4 billion active users today. MMS platform seems to be ignored and should be taken more seriously. More »

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Does this mean that the average American teenager is becoming more literate? LOL! FTW! Among 12-17 year old children, 75% own cell phones (up from 45% in 2004), and 88% of them text regularly. More »

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iPhone MMS update finally came through, but is anyone else having problems with theirs? I can take the picture but when I try to send it, it says Error and when I hit try again, it doesn’t go through.

Let me know if anyone else is having these problems. (screen shots after the break). More »

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Today is a big day for the iPhone and AT&T. For those of you that have been waiting 3 long years to have the ability to do something that’s been a staple in most basic phones, the iPhone will finally get it today. Today is the day MMS finally comes to the iPhone.

While I’m not a big fan of MMS (never really cared about sending a picture through text), many people will find it useful and have been clamoring about it for some time. AT&T is finally planning to get it to all iPhone users sometime today (I’ve yet to see an update on my iPhone, so I’ll be waiting). More »

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It seems like AT&T is feeling generous towards a few folks about giving them MMS on their iPhones. MobileCrunch is reporting that a few people have contacted them saying that MMS option on their iPhones have been enabled and they were able to send out messages. These are iPhones that are not jailbroken or have been tampered with in any way. More »

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After many angry and frustrated customers, lawsuits, and problems, AT&T has finally announced that MMS will be arriving to the iPhone 3G and 3GS through a software update on September 25th. AT&T has confirmed all iPhone 3G and 3GS customers will be able to use MMS alongside text messaging plans. Lets just hope it’s not flawed like their delayed texts and spotty calls.

Although iPhone customers were very unhappy with the late arrival of MMS, they will gladly embrace this long awaited feature and be happy until, of course AT&T delays something else. AT&T is currently working side by side with Apple to bring MMS to the customers while battling the war of smartphone data usage. We’ll just have to wait and see if AT&T can continue to handle the increasing data usage from iPhone customers. More »

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