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Shawn Smith reported a problem in Ambrosia Software on October 03, 2008 21:31:

Most ringtones I add via iToner are way too quiet

I like this product a lot, but many of the songs I add to my iPhone as ringtones end up being much too quiet - much quieter as ringtones than they are as songs. I wish there was a way to specify the volume for each song/ringtone I add through iToner.

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A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

They don't have separate Picture Messaging plans anymore. They just have messaging plans that include both SMS and MMS. That's part of the problem. They have to set a "special case" on iPhone accounts for their system to understand that this phone has a messaging plan, but is not capable of MMS. – DrewMc, on September 18, 2008 16:32

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

If you're a customer, call them up and ask if you can add a picture messaging plan to your iPhone, and what would happen if your iPhone account sent MMS. I'd love to know their response. – Thomas, on September 18, 2008 16:30

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Do you have any evidence that apple said no to this? On Swirly's FAQ, they say:

"Q: Is SwirlyMMS available on iPhone 3G through App Store?
A: No, it is not. At least not yet... We have submitted a couple of feature requests to Apple via Bug Reporter, which addresses technical obstacles that currently prohibits us from an App Store release. Time will tell if our voices were heard."

I see no reason why AT&T would block an MMS app. – DrewMc, on September 18, 2008 16:28

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

If sobi used a reply instead of a comment I would have clicked "This answers the question". It's correct. Same reason as well that qik and flixwagon ended up recompiling their apps for jailbroken phones: apple said no. – Thomas, on September 18, 2008 00:00

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Probably for the same reason there's no tethering app - I'm guessing a third-party MMS app is not allowed by AT&T's data plan – sobi, on September 17, 2008 23:58

DrewMc replied on September 17, 2008 23:52 to the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Hi Thomas: I actually tried SwirlyMMS on my original iPhone a couple of months ago--never got it to work correctly. Maybe it has been improved.

Why, I wonder, is there no MMS app on the App Store?

Thomas replied on September 17, 2008 17:39 to the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Drew, I am happy to prove you incorrect.



You might, however, be one of the few who are actually genuinely afraid that hacking their iPhone might cause them real problems. These issues are largely imaginary after over a year of development and testing being done. I never really understand why this is, especially with so many features being added (like video recording with audio via Cycorder and Video Recorder 3G, live video streaming with Qik and Flixwagon, advanced camera controls with Snapture, and more) when you do jailbreak. I hope you can overcome this and pwn today! :)

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Actually, I wouldn't say it's not received in a useful form, I'd say the burden is on the carrier here for not just including the picture as an e-mail attachment as they should. – Thomas, on September 17, 2008 17:32

A comment on the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

I too love not having to pay extra to send pictures! Plus, most (if not all) cell companies provide e-mail MMS support, so I can e-mail number@vtext.com (for example) to send a picture to a verizon cell phone. – Thomas, on September 17, 2008 17:31

Amy Muller replied on September 17, 2008 16:39 to the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Good blog post, Drew! I sure hope Apple & AT&T listen! I'm still a Blackberry user but have plans to switch to the iPhone in December when I can qualify for the discounted price. But there are a few issues that make me hesitant to make the switch. Not supporting MMS is one of them. And I've already found it to be annoying when I want to quickly send Thor a photo. My workaround is to post it to Flickr via my phone and then text him the page link. But then, of course, it's there for everyone to see. Like the photo of a floor lamp I was looking at at Target and wanted his opinion on. :)

You might want to post about this in the AT&T section on GS too -- here's the link right to the "Wireless" product page: http://getsatisfaction.com/att/produc...

DrewMc replied on September 17, 2008 01:02 to the question "Am I the only one disappointed by lack of MMS on the iPhone?" in Apple:

Amazing to think it has been over a year since I posted this question, and the iPhone still doesn't support MMS.

I just wrote a blog post about some ideas on how to improve this:
http://blog.mcmanus-family.com/2008/0...

kollimenos replied on September 05, 2008 18:42 to the problem "SMS text messages are not sending" in Apple:

Do you know the relevant number in greece? How can i get it?

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redsquirrel replied on August 20, 2008 13:02 to the question "Will Grand Central support text messaging?" in Grand Central:

I would pay money for this feature.

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SecondGuesser replied on August 16, 2008 01:07 to the question "Will Grand Central support text messaging?" in Grand Central:

I wouldn't mind if it translated an inbound SMS into an email and an outbound email to an SMS. That would be a valid workaround in the interim. Eventually GTalk will be the SMS interface on Android phones, I believe.

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