Receiving MMS messages on the iPhone

Question

It is really very cumbersome to be directed to an internet site to retreive MMS messages sent to my iPhone. Is Apple working a fix for this that will allow the phone to receive MMS messages. While they are working on that, I hope, why not add a video recording capability MPEG to the phone as well.

Answer 1

Hi, I have some advice. I myself greatly missed MMS when I bought my iPhone, (but I knew beforehand, I just bought it anyway because the pro's outweighed the cons...) but I found a workaround. Cellphones all use an email-type delivery for SMS and MMS messages. So based on this knowledge, you can send an email to a cell phone and they will receive it as if it were a text. You have to use a special email address though. Supposing their number was [phone] this would be the email addresses for 5 of the main carriers in the US:
AT&T: [email protected]
Sprint: [email protected]
T-Mobile: [email protected]
Verizon: [email protected]
Virgin Mobile: [email protected]
The trick here is remembering what all these are when you need them, so here's a solution to that problem as well. Add a second email address (corrosponding with the list above based on their service provider) to the contacts that you use this feature with. Then whenever you want to send a picture, just send it like an email but use the special address for their cell phone and they will recieve it! Unlimited usage! And I'm not positive about all companies, but I know T-Mobile customers can sent an MMS to your email address and you will receive it as an email!
I hope this helped! Get back to me if you have any questions or problems.