Mobispine, the developer of iPhone app, RSS News Reader has announced that they have developed an iPhone app which will bring the much awaited MMS feature to the iPhone.
Mobispine is offering a white-labeling solution to carriers where they will brand their true MMS application for each carrier and distribute it via the App Store so that they can deliver the MMS feature to their iPhone customers.
The iPhone developer says:
"We're confident that operators will find the service easy to use and profitable with an opportunity to expand messaging usage, improve subscriber retention and increase revenue. The service will also increase customer loyalty and recognition as the brand is displayed on the user's phone."
Mobispine will develop a custom iPhone app that is branded for each operator and distributed via the iPhone's App Store.
We had reported yesterday that the spokesperson of TeliaSonera Sweden had confirmed that they will be releasing an iPhone app which will bring Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) capabilities to the iPhone in the next two months.
The MMS feature has been surprisingly missing from iPhone's rich feature list since its launch. We have seen unofficial iPhone apps like SwirlyMMS that are available for the jailbroken iPhone or hack like this one that have brought MMS feature to the iPhone.
Another way to send picture messages is using iPhone app Flutter which is available on the App Store that allows users to send picture messages for free.
We are yet to see the demo of the iPhone app but the screenshots (above) give a glimpse of the apps user interface. Mobispine's white-labeling solution sounds quite interesting and could strike the right chord with iPhone carriers.
We will also need to wait and see if these carrier specific custom iPhone apps get approved by Apple.
Update (Nov 20, 2008):
As John Gruber of Daring Fireball points out, this is the MMS app TeliaSonera will be offering its users.
Tell us what do you think about Mobispine's MMS solution for the iPhone in the comments.
[via Mashable]
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Will this be released for ATT?
Hey Josh,
Mobispine hasn't provided any details on the carriers who might be interested in their MMS app, lets hope AT&T signs up.
We will keep you posted if we get any more details.
cheers!
Hey iPhoneHacks, I just wanted to say thank you for the posts this month. They have improved greatly.
Cheers,
Jared
Now that the novelty of the iphone has begun to wear off, the lack of native MMS funtionality is starting to wear on me. I can't imagine having to put up with it for over a year or more.
My LG voyager, snap, send to, select recipients, OK and off it goes.
At first I didn't realize how much I used MMS, but now I do.
I once thought Apple as all about innovation not persecution.
If I can walk into verizon tomorrow and check out the storm, I may be jumping ship.
Don't get me wrong the iphone is a great device. But I think of it this way, imagine a BMW 5 series coming with an 8track and no CD player but with an adapter and a few work arounds you can play cds.
Would Apple really approve this? If they have any plans of introducing MMS in new firmware (HOW COULD THEY NOT!?), I doubt they would approve of such an app.
2 Quick questions (one completely off topic):
1) Does anyone know how to get swirly mms working for ATT? I've searched various forums and cannot find a method that works.
2) apologies for being completely off topic, but does anyone know of a good web site for downloading cracked apps? I've been googling around for awhile, and all I've been able to find are huge torrents with way more apps than I want (that take forever to download). There have to be some good web sites for downloading single cracked apps.
Thanks,
Josh
I have to agree with you Jared. The lack of BASIC features is wearing very thin on me. Granted most of which can be achieved by jailbreaking and having to PAY for something that most phones have free. One thing that really annoys me is the lack of decent voice-guided GPS, and no that half-assed attempt by google just doesn't cut it.
I too may be jumping ship once the alternatives get better.
I am also in the wagon that is pissed at apple for not doing better by the people who actually care about having a phone that does things basic phones did 5 years ago. I sure hope the storm is sweet, cause at this point i see no reason to show loyalty to apple. What are they doing for us? Cool phone, but it isnt winning the race anymore…
Josh,
go to se7ensins.com and research there i just typed in someone elses settings and it worked
-cacrawford