For those who have the Apple iPhone, its probably quickly becoming your number one used electronic gadget, and why not?  With such awesome features as internet access, music storage and the simplistic interface design, this product is literally using the place of three major personal electronic devices.  Nevertheless, no matter what you use your iPhone for, it's still a cell phone, and with your cell phone there are quite a few things that you expect it to do.  One of the major reasons why so many individuals flocked towards the iPhone is because it promised to make text messaging extremely simple and convenient.  And after using the iPhone for any length of time, it is effortless to understand that text messaging with this cell phone is extremely simple and fast.

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On the other hand, if you're used to being able to communicate to your friends and business partners through text and multimedia messages, or MMS, you may find yourself being extremely disappointed with the iPhone.  The purpose for this is due to the fact throughout all of the major improvements and superior elements of the iPhone, it still lacks one simple feature.  This feature is the opportunity to send out MMS text messages, such as video and picture messaging.  When many users initially discovered the lack of this feature, there was an outcry since so many individuals rely on this means of communication to continue their contacts up-to-date on their current activities.

Even though the iPhone is an astounding piece of electronic equipment, not having the capabilities for sending MMS text messages is often a major turn-off for so many possibilities customers and existing ones as well.  On the other hand, what if you were to get out that there was a way to get around this road block, and still send out photos of that funny looking dog to all your friends?  Even though you can't transmit a MMS text message, there is often a way to still send out pictures to your friend's cell phones, without the means of text messaging.  Most cell phones that have been recently made within recent years now come with e-mail capabilities, whether the users know this or not.  It is by the means of e-mail that you're now able to transmit MMS messages to all of your friends.

It's extremely effortless to make this happen with your iPhone, and requires very little time on your part.  What you will do is "e-mail" the photos to your recipient; on the other hand, the particular person you're "e-mailing" does not need to have e-mail support on their phone in order to receive your message.  The only requirement is your recipient must be able to receive MMS messages.  What you will do is locate the photo you wish to send on your iPhone and tap the send out photo link, which is located on the bottom left hand side of your iPhone.

To send out the MMS message, you will involve the recipient's phone number along with their carrier's e-mail prefix.  An example of this might be 3145556847@tmomail.net for a T-mobile telephone number.  This does require that you discover who your recipient's carrier is, on the other hand, all you need to do is ask your friend who their cell phone carrier is.  After you have done this, you will be able to transmit the MMS message to them, and they will receive it similar to a MMS text message.

Below are the Email Prefixes for the major cell phone carriers:  Verizon, vzpix.com; AT&T/Cingular, mms.att.com; T-Mobile, tmomail.net; Sprint/Nextel, messaging.sprintpcs.com; Virgin Mobile, vmobl.net; Amp'd Mobile, vzwpix.com; Alltel, message.alltel.com

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