Apple class-action lawsuit, case file #23423: A Minnesota iPhone owner joined a class-action lawsuit to punish Apple and AT&T for failing to provide MMS by “late summer” as promised. Evidence: MMS came out post-Labor-Day (September 7), which is officially autumn in the US. The horror! More »
This angry black man put out a video last fall threatening my life, and I have to tell you, it kind of scared me. He even has a Web site called “I want to smack Steve Jobs in the face. [Fake Steve Jobs]
After yesterday’s post on the iPhone 3.0 group SMS bug, we’ve received a few reports from Optus customers that the bug has been fixed. All you have to do is sync your iPhone with iTunes, press the update button and download the updated carrier settings file. Bam – group SMS is back. Anyone on Voda or Telstra wanna let us know if this works for them?
Considering the iPhone had email, MMS wasn’t really at the top of my “must-have feature” list for the 3.0 software update, but when it was announced anyway, I shrugged my shoulders with indifference. Only now that indifference has become annoyance with the discovery that the iPhone now refuses to send group SMS messages, instead forcing you to send them as group MMS. More »
According to BGR, the reason AT&T isn’t going to be ready with MMS at launch is not because of any new pricing plan—it’s because of Opt-Out MMS codes.
We saw the US team offer up a guide on how to get MMS working on your iPhone with the 3.0 beta software a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn’t all that useful to us Australians. Fortunately, the guys over at Whirlpool have all the necessary carrier files for the Australian networks in one handy Wiki page. More »
The first beta of iPhone 3.0 wasn’t fit for everyday use, but for me, beta 2 is solid enough. And there’s even more reason to go for it: You can use MMS! It’s easy.
