One of the features Lifehacker US singled out straight away as appealing in the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 release (apart from the finally-here copy and paste option) was the ability to send and receive MMS messages. Photo frenzy ahoy! However, there’s a disturbing note at the foot of Apple’s official press release:
MMS may not be available in all areas.
iPhone 3.0 won’t be on general release until mid-year, which means there’s plenty of time for a local telco to get on the MMS bandwagon if they can see a potential revenue source. On the other hand, there’s a precedent for it not happening: visual voicemail, one of the most hyped features of the original iPhone, never made it down under. If I was a betting man, I’d be inclined to back the “no MMS for Aussies” horse.
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