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AT&T Says iPhone To Get Picture Messaging Sept. 25

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Sep 3, 2009 3:53 pm US/Eastern

AT&T Says iPhone To Get Picture Messaging Sept. 25

CUPERTINO, Calif. (CBS) ― AT&T says the latest iPhone models will finally get the ability to send picture and video messages to other phones on Sept. 25.

Apple Inc.'s popular phone has lacked the ability to send messages using MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service, since the first model launched in 2007.

More: iPhone 3GS Official Web Site

The original model still won't be able to send MMS. Its users will have to
keep sending pictures in e-mail. The new feature applies to the 3G model, launched last year, and the 3GS, launched this year.

A software update this summer prepared the latest phones for MMS, but AT&T, the sole iPhone carrier in the U.S., held off on enabling the feature to make sure its network could handle the traffic.

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