It’s truly amazing that the best-selling smartphone on American soil doesn’t have the ability to send picture and video messages using MMS messages. Sure, iPhone users can email each other all day, but couldn’t send pictures to anyone else.
Now, after the third generation of the iPhone came out earlier this year, AT&T’s network is finally ready to carry MMS messages from iPhone 3G and 3GS users on September 25. However, that problem became much more complex with the video capabilities built into the iPhone 3GS.
AT&T’s network has suffered massive growing pains in areas with high concentrations of iPhone users. Conferences like SXSW in Austin have seen their data service grind to a halt due to the heavy demand.
This is likely the reason for the delay in MMS and is almost certainly responsible for AT&T dragging its feet on tethering for iPhone users. The carrier plans to charge an added fee for the service, which allows you to connect your phone to a laptop for Internet access.
Why else would AT&T turn down the additional revenue from tethering?
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