AT&T finally activated Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) for Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS phones late last week.
Like several iPhone users nationwide, I waited patiently to receive the following message from AT&T (pictured below) informing me of the update.
Depending on who you ask, the activation went smoothly. AT&T seems pleased. Are you?
The update went seamlessly for me but several early users reported transmission delays on AT&T's facebook fanpage.
There were even discussions on the Apple support forums complaining about the MMS 'Message Send Failure.'
The lack of MMS
capabilities has often been targeted as a major weakness of the iPhone
- especially since the BlackBerry and even most
entry-level handsets have had this capability for years.
For its part, Apple included an update for this feature in its earlier 3.0 iPhone software update released this summer. AT&T, on the other hand, said it wasn't ready to roll out the feature for fear that it's network would not be able to handle the strain.
Some might say the complaints rolling in are validating AT&T's earlier concerns.
