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AT&T to Launch iPhone MMS on September 25th!
September 3, 2009 by Brooke
Categories: AT&T, iPhone news
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Finally, AT&T has released an actual date on when we will see MMS for the iPhone. AT&T plans to roll out MMS for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers on September 25th! The update will be enabled through a software update on September 25th! YAY for September 25th!
Though, you will notice that the Press Release says nothing about tethering… grrrrr. View full press release below.
Press Release:
We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). We’ve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches – and that launch date is: September 25 for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers. MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day.
We know that iPhone users will embrace MMS. The unique capabilities and high usage of the iPhone’s multimedia capabilities required us to work on our network MMS architecture to carry the expected record volumes of MMS traffic and ensure an excellent experience from Day One. We appreciate your patience as we work toward that end.
We’re riding the leading edge of smartphone growth that’s resulted in an explosion of traffic over the AT&T network. Wireless use on our network has grown an average of 350 percent year-over-year for the past two years, and is projected to continue at a rapid pace in 2009 and beyond. The volume of smartphone data traffic the AT&T network is handling is unmatched in the wireless industry. We want you to know that we’re working relentlessly to innovate and invest in our network to anticipate this growth in usage and to stay ahead of the anticipated growth in data demand, new devices and applications for years to come.
We thank you for your business and look forward to keeping you updated on our initiatives.
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Not soon enough Fail I will believe it when I see it.
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Wonderful! But when do we get full Bluetooth facility?
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Geez…almost a full week late of the last day of Summer. What happened to the “coming late summer” promise?
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I didn’t realize “late summer” meant “early autumn”
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So the 3.1 update is Sept 25, 2009
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Well good thing for AT&T is that when Apple leaves them they won’t have to worry about all that traffic on their network!!
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Awesome! I can’t wait for this! No more viewmymessage.com. Thank you AT&T and apple.
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lol by september 25 they mean september 25………of 2010
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hey just sync your phone to your comp
and you get the carrier update
no need to wait till the 25th
too bad im in mexico
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mastuul on September 3rd, 2009 5:57 pm:
What do you mean?
PETER on September 3rd, 2009 8:11 pm:
yea just sync your iphone to itunes and it should tell you there is a softwear update
Stan on September 4th, 2009 9:45 am:
this does not work man!!!
i smell another lawsuit for misleading customers about END OF SUMMER promise. i mean JEEEEZ could they cut it any closer??? AT&T SUCKS!!!!!!
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yea just sync your iphone to itunes and it should tell you there is a softwear update
check my twitter.com/ptrgrca
i have a telcel becuase i am currently in mex
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Its hard to believe the worlds most advanced fone only took 2+ yrs to get MMS and still yet to get full bluetooth support when a $60 fone has had both foreva, crazy!!
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