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Send real postcards from your iPhone

Budi Putra — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:22:09 +0000

While you’re on holiday, have you ever been wanted to send your friend or family a picture or postcard from your iPhone? I mean, a real, physical postcard or printed photo.

An on-demand printing company, Amazing Mail, which has integrated two iPhone apps, Postino (free) and PicCard (99 cents) into its service, will print your cards on high-quality paper, and send them worldwide.

Both offer the ability to print and send physical copies of photographs taken on your iPhone, priced at between 99 cents and $1.99, depending on where you’re shipping to…

Postino is a good example of how the service can work. You snap a picture with the iPhone camera, select a frame, draw an accompanying message or signature, and enter the address details of the recipient. The app can also send cards via email, if you’d prefer not to pay for the physical service.

[via the Apple Blog]

Telia also trying to bring MMS to the iPhone

Shawn Brown — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:31:49 +0000

For over a year now the iPhone has torn apart because it lacks the basic MMS functionality that has become an industry standard. There have been a few applications that have worked for some but not others such as Swirly MMS. All of these applications however require you to first jailbreak your iPhone.

Telia is going to offer MMS to Scandinavian iPhone users on their network. A lot of US iPhone owners are going to become extremely envious of those who finally are able to send picture messages without a problem. Telia subscribers will be able to download the homegrown iPhone application in just a few months.

There is still little information that tells just how Telia expects to achieve MMS functionality on the iPhone, but we predict that eventually it will find a way over to the US. With previous MMS “hacks” it is required to add the MMS feature to your AT&T plan in order for it to work. Last time we checked this did not cost any extra per month.

[Via MacWorld]

iPhone Picture Messaging–Well, Sort of

Brenda Stokes — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:12:59 +0000

One thing that’s long been missing from the iPhone is MMS or Multimedia Messaging Service. While the SMS on the iPhone is fantastic, you still can’t send photos through it, which leaves you to send pictures by means of e-mail, which is not exactly convenient.

But Palringo is now offering its “rich messaging service” to iPhone users everywhere. It works by connecting with your existing AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, Windows Live, or Gadu Gadu account. Once you’ve input your account information, you can send both picture and text messages to your friends over your data connection. This way, you don’t rack up extra expenses on SMS.

The only real drawback here is that the images, when sent, don’t pop up on your friend’s phone like a typical instant message. Instead, your friend will be sent a link where they can view the image. I guess it’s a quicker way to send pictures to people but it seems like once you factor in upload and download time, it’ll be about the same as e-mailing them the pic.

[via MacWorld]