Worse yet, will it cost you extra? Its looking like both might be answered with a yes. Maybe not though, depending on how you read the email, does it mean you have to purchase an extra messaging plan or is it referring to the data/messaging plan that already comes with the iPhone service plans?
A gentleman by the name of Jordan apparently received a txt message from AT&T informing him that his messaging package now included text, picture, and instant messages for the same price of $19.99 per month. It also added that no action was required, but that’s got to be wrong since that IM software isn’t going to get on the iPhone on its own.
This whole text message looks kind of fishy though, first the phone number is pretty weird, then the format of the whole text message is messed up. The first line goes from all caps with “AT&T FREE” to just the first character capitalized before it even reaches the colon signifying the end of the heading. Then there is a question mark at the end of “Good News” like as if more features without having to pay more money is ever going to be a bad thing? Anyways, like I said, its kind of fishy.
iPhone to include IM and picture messaging soon? [via BoingBoing]
i received the EXACT same message this morning…im thinking that maybe in the next update, it will include iChat and picture messaging capabilities
Well, not to pick nits, but the IM software probably WILL essentially “get there on its own” as in when an update installs (iChat?). Unless hacking, users don’t “install” apps on the iPhone.
Agree it looks a bit odd, but I would sure like this to be true as I miss MMS and am dying to see iChat on the phone!
More than likely, just a general non phone specific SMS. There are reports of other phones getting the same SMS– it is apparently directed at Go Phone accounts (pay as you go), letting those users know that their data package will now allow MMS type of data, no extra charge, if their phone can handle it.
As of now, iPhone is not ready for that. My vote is that it is a general message that has nothing to do with the iphone.
Europeans use MMS a lot. iPhone needs MMS.
I haven’t gotten that text or email yet. they original guy who got it, did he have the iPhone package or another text package. I have read other have gotten the media net packages to work on the iPhone so I’m not sure. :)
From what I gathered, IMS and iChat will be on the iPhone when Leopard is released and not before then. I think there will be a lot of fresh features you’ll see with the introduction of Leopard. Leopard for iPhone and Leopard for Desktop.
I use Mundu for my im currently on my iPhone- works great
Apollo 1.0 rock. Runs native on the the iPhone.
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