The Apple Iphone And Mms Messages

For those who have the Apple iPhone, it is probably quickly becoming your number one used electronic device, and why not? With such amazing features as internet access, music storage and the simplistic interface design, this product is literally taking the place of three major personal electronic devices. However, no matter what you use your iPhone for, it is still a cell phone, and with your cell phone there are several things that you expect it to do. One of the major reasons why so many people flocked towards the iPhone is because it promised to make text messaging extremely simple and convenient. And after using the iPhone for any length of time, it is easy to understand that text messaging with this cell phone is extremely easy and quick.

One thing about the iPhone that may come as a disappointment to you in the lack of the ability to send MMS messages. This is a feature that is commonplace on most modern cell phones and you would expect to find it on a sophisticated device like the iPhone. When people first discovered that this feature was absent there was an outcry because many people use MMS to keep their contacts up to date with what they are up to.

Even though the iPhone is an amazing piece of electronic equipment, not having the capabilities for sending MMS text messages is a major turn-off for so many potential customers and current ones as well. However, what if you were to find out that there was a way to get around this road block, and still send pictures of that funny looking dog to all your friends? Even though you can't send a MMS text message, there is a way to still send pictures to your friend's cell phones, without the means of text messaging. Most cell phones that have been made within recent years now come with e-mail capabilities, whether the users know this or not. It is by the means of e-mail that you are now able to send MMS messages to all of your friends.

This is actually very simple to achieve with the iPhone. All you need to do is pick the photo that you would like to send and tap on the send photo link which you will find in the bottom left hand side of your iPhone. This will actually send the photo via e-mail but this doesn't mean that your friend has to have e-mail set up on their cell phone. Your e-mail will be delivered to them in the form of a MMS message.

To send the MMS message, you will include the recipient's phone number along with their carrier's e-mail prefix. An example of this would be 3145556847@tmomail.net for a T-mobile telephone number. This does require that you know who your recipient's carrier is, however, all you have to do is ask your friend who their cell phone carrier is. After you have done this, you will be able to send the MMS message to them, and they will receive it like a MMS text message.

To help you here are the e-mail address formats for some of the major cell phone carriers: Amp'd Mobile - @vzwpix.com, Alltel - @message.alltel.com, AT&T/Cingular - @mms.att.com, Sprint/Nextel - @messaging.sprintpcs.com, T-Mobile - @tmomail.net, Verizon - @vzpix.com and Virgin Mobile - @vmobl.net.