Comments on: Why is AT&T delaying rollout of iPhone tethering, MMS?

AT&T won't offer data tethering and MMS services when Apple launches its upgraded operating system for the iPhone, but the U.S. carrier says it will add it this summer.

[Fjcassalle]

has anyone heard anything on AT&Ts date when they will be supporting MMS ?? I keep hearing "the end of the summer" or "late summer". It is now Aug. and theres no changers. ***!

[Tiffjan1]

I literally read ever single comment on this post and I got to tell you that I'm very disappointed by all the nagging about AT&T. I actually work for AT&T on the mobility side and happen to know quite a bit about the network. To break it down, every cell phone carrier is allotted a certain amount of frequencies from the government(CDMA,gsm,tdma). Essentially the amount of frequencies available through each carrier can get congested, meaning too many people on the network, hence dropped calls and slow speeds on the Internet. The only reason AT&T has not rolled out mms and tethering for the iphoen, which was mentioned in a previous post, is because the company is trying to figure out a way to offer such services on the most used cell phone in the US while keeping the network uncongested with so much usage...this another reason why data cards have a cap on them. It's not because the company doesn't care about it's
customers, it's to make good on its promise of more bars in more places.

So for all you people complaining about the service not being offered need to understand the underlying reasons!

[p_lewis1016]

I've worked with quite a few AT&T smart phones, and even though I prefer a real keypad over a virtual one, The iPhone is my favorite. Easily capable of mixing work and play, all in one device. I've always been A PC person, but I absolutely hate windows mobile, and though the iPhone OS is more show than anything, i still find it easier to work with. The iPhone is probably the only piece of Apple equipment I'll ever own, unless they're computer prices become 1/10th of what they are now.

As far as all of this MMS and tethering stuff goes, I would have loved to have it on time, but I can wait a little bit, it's not something I need right now. I really think that the Tethering should be part of the unlimited data plan. You could end up doing as much downloading and browsing on your iPhone as you could your laptop, so whats the big deal? I could understand if you tried to use it like a real internet client like I do, downloading and uploading gigs at a time, but otherwise it shouldn't be a problem, or at least not any more of a problem than the iPhone could already cause with apps, music, and video downloading, plus web browsing and youtube.

[adam1230]

If you want MMS now then jailbreak your iPhone and get SwirlyMMS... Its a one time $12 fee for the MMS (been available for some time now). But since I just finally broke down and jailbroke my iPhone 3G last week (best decision I ever made) I have not purchased the MMS yet. And since Apple will finally launch it in the US (Canada and Europe already have it) in the next few weeks I will wait on them for it (probably better quality anyway). However, I have been tethering at 3G speeds since the first day I jailbroke my iPhone for free. Jailbreaking is the way to go with these phones and if you know what you are doing there are no bugs (the dev team did a great job unlocking the true potential of this phone). Free turn by turn GPS (charging $100 for Tom Tom is rediculous, all other providers have it for free) , video recording for 3G, torrents, springboard customization, flash plug in, safari downloads, bluetooth access, and much much more.

[hr-kutz]

I don't get it ....It cost me $13.00 a month to use Tehering from Verizon with my blackberry ...AND AT&T WANTS $65 A MONTH ????.............NO WAY RAY !!!!......

[yotirs]

Sending Photos to Cellphones
Now, if you had an ordinary cellphone, you?d be able to do something that?s
quick and useful?send a photo as a text message. It winds up on the screen
of the other guy?s cellphone.
That?s a delicious feature, almost handier than sending a photo by email. After
all, your friends and relatives don?t sit in front of their computers all day and all
night (unless they?re serious geeks).
Alas, the iPhone is one of the very few phones that can?t send or receive MMS
messages (multimedia messaging service), the technology required for this
trick. Officially speaking, you can send photos only as email attachments. And
very few cellphones can receive email, let alone with attachments.
Most photo-sharing sites, like Flickr.com and Snapfish.com, let you send photos
from a cameraphone directly to the Web by email. For example, Flickr will give you
a private email address for this purpose (visit www.flickr.com/account/uploadbyemail)
to find out what it is.
Keep in mind that this system isn?t as good as syncing your camera shots back to
your Mac or PC, because emailed photos get scaled down to 640 x 480 pixels?a
very low resolution compared with the 1600 x 1200 originals.
Photos and Camera 99
Ah, but this is why you bought an iPhone book?for cool workarounds like
this one.
It turns out that there is a way to send email, with photo attachments, to
almost any cellphone. You just have to know the secret address to use?which
is determined by the cellphone carrier your recipient uses.
In each of the following examples, suppose that [phone] is the other
guy?s cellphone number. Here?s how to address your outgoing photo email to
make sure he gets it.
Alltel. [e-mail]
AT&T. [e-mail]
Sprint. [e-mail]
T-Mobile. [e-mail]
US Cellular. [e-mail]
Verizon Wireless. [e-mail]
Virgin Mobile. [e-mail]
So how will you ever remember these? You won?t. Just record the proper
address as a secondary email address in the Contacts program for each person
who might enjoy your photos.

[Unity0Is0Power]

Att, verizon.....?!?! You all need to watch why we fight and the corporation. Wake up!!! Big companies and their stock owners don't care about you, to them you are nothing more than income. Only if our country was still ran like the founding fathers wanted. R.I.P America R.I.P