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As documented elsewhere on this very site, the solution AT&T provides to iPhone users who receive MMS messages is a kludge of epic proportions.
However, an enterprising programmer has whipped up a way to make it a little less crappy, although not necessarily less convenient. The good news is, no more flash based authentication with limited support for saving or viewing your files. The bad news is that you still need to type in the codes AT&T sends you.
getyourmms is the site, and probably the best feature it has …
As promised way back when, AT&T has finally fulfilled their agreement to provide iPhone users with free WiFi access via their hotspots.
Sadly, as with the MMS ‘feature’ provided to their users, AT&T has made the process so complicated and recursively stupid as to be unusable.
Want to get online with AT&T WiFi? Here’s how:
* Activate Wi-Fi from the settings icon on your iPhone
* Select “attwifi” from the list of available networks
* Enter your 10-digit mobile number and check the box to agree to the Acceptable …
One of the most popular articles on BabyGotMac is a rant about how bad ATT/ViewMyMessage sucks.
However, since that article was written, there have been some changes – some enterprising young developers have found a way to make the limited functionality of the combined iPhone/ATT service actually work like any other phone (except, you know, better).
For instance, there id SwirlyMMS:
Which lets you send and receive (currently) only images – the video aspect of the iPhones personality is just coming to fruition, so be patient.
And of course there are now numerous applications …
Dear AT&T/Apple,
For the love of all that’s holy – please fix this crappy, amateur hour, seemingly hard to screw-up service!
For those of you not in the know, the iPhone doesn’t natively support MMS messages, meaning that if someone sends a photo or sound file to your phone number it doesn’t come in like a normal text message or email.
Try MMS Buddy!
Aside from the fact that it’s a sorely missed feature that is available on the most poorly constructed and thought out handsets (hey Moto…’sup?), it is made even more insulting …
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