MMS message from iphone - address problem (where's the colon?)
December 17, 2008 9:39 PM Subscribe
I'm trying to send a photo by MMS to a friend's mobile from my iphone. i've determined that this should be possible by emailing the photo to an address in the form of +61[mobile number]@virginvibe.com.au:8002; so far so good, but...
the problem - the iphone keyboard in email mode doesn't appear to have a ":" button. I've tried holding down all the buttons i can think of that might have it as an extended character but haven't been able to find it. as 'cut and pasting' from the notebook is not yet possible, does anyone have any ideas how to get the above address into an email address field?
the problem - the iphone keyboard in email mode doesn't appear to have a ":" button. I've tried holding down all the buttons i can think of that might have it as an extended character but haven't been able to find it. as 'cut and pasting' from the notebook is not yet possible, does anyone have any ideas how to get the above address into an email address field?
I've found Virgin's helpdesk staff to be surprisingly good and knowledgeable, or at least have a good set of customer service scripts and very current info. Tried ringing them?
Alternately, and I've only played with an iPhone once, but isn't the : with all the other extended chars & punctuation under "123" -> "#+="?
posted by Pinback at 10:15 PM on December 17, 2008
Alternately, and I've only played with an iPhone once, but isn't the : with all the other extended chars & punctuation under "123" -> "#+="?
posted by Pinback at 10:15 PM on December 17, 2008
You can try the landscape keyboards for the iPhone. I am not sure if they have any additional characters, but because they first compose the message in the application before posting it into mail, might be worth a shot.
posted by palionex at 10:26 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by palionex at 10:26 PM on December 17, 2008
As I type this, in portrait & landscape mode, the colon was just under the 3.
posted by Pronoiac at 10:34 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by Pronoiac at 10:34 PM on December 17, 2008
Even easier than gomichild's good idea: just mail yourself a dummy message from your desktop mail client on which you cc: that address, then when you get the message on your iPhone touch that address and select "Create New Contact" or "Add to Existing Contact".
posted by nicwolff at 10:37 PM on December 17, 2008
posted by nicwolff at 10:37 PM on December 17, 2008
Where did you get that address? The ":8002" looks like a port number for a host (virginvibe.com.au) and doesn't belong in an email address.
Try emailing the photo to the address without the ":8002" part and see if it works.
posted by thebabelfish at 10:56 PM on December 17, 2008
Try emailing the photo to the address without the ":8002" part and see if it works.
posted by thebabelfish at 10:56 PM on December 17, 2008
Response by poster: gomichild> seems like a reasonable workaround; thanks, i'll give it a try
Pinback and Pronoiac> the ":" is under the 3 in most applications, including email, but only in the subject and message fields; once you go to an address field, the keyboard changes to an alternative layout.
palionex> unfortunately, anything posted into the email applications goes in the message field (at least on the apps i have) and i can type a ":" here anyway.
thebabelfish: this address came up on a couple of sites (e.g. here) while googling for a way to send a photo from iphone (which doesn't support MMS to my friend's phone (which does, but not email) - apparently its an email to MMS gateway server.
thanks for the responses!
posted by beige at 11:25 PM on December 17, 2008
Pinback and Pronoiac> the ":" is under the 3 in most applications, including email, but only in the subject and message fields; once you go to an address field, the keyboard changes to an alternative layout.
palionex> unfortunately, anything posted into the email applications goes in the message field (at least on the apps i have) and i can type a ":" here anyway.
thebabelfish: this address came up on a couple of sites (e.g. here) while googling for a way to send a photo from iphone (which doesn't support MMS to my friend's phone (which does, but not email) - apparently its an email to MMS gateway server.
thanks for the responses!
posted by beige at 11:25 PM on December 17, 2008
As an iphone user myself, I am continually frustrated to see a lack of MMS in each update. I'm convinced that is is an apple issue, as other ATT smartphones (which use the same network) have MMS. Gripes aside, the best solution for your problem is to donwload an app at the App Store called Quip. When I got it, it was free, but that was a month ago, sometimes they charge if people are using their app.
Quip has a built in picture browser, or you can take a picture within the Quip app. Then you choose someone from your contact list and it will send the picture. What the person gets is a link to the picture inside of a tex message that most phones can open. It's not exactly MMS per se, but it does get the trick done. This app only works one way... you can send picture texts, but you can't receive them.
posted by FireStyle at 4:01 AM on December 18, 2008
Quip has a built in picture browser, or you can take a picture within the Quip app. Then you choose someone from your contact list and it will send the picture. What the person gets is a link to the picture inside of a tex message that most phones can open. It's not exactly MMS per se, but it does get the trick done. This app only works one way... you can send picture texts, but you can't receive them.
posted by FireStyle at 4:01 AM on December 18, 2008
The reason the ":" is not showing up in the email address field is that the ":" is not a valid character for email. Ever.
The link you have show the MMS server's address with port number. If the iPhone had MMS this would be the server name you'd put in at setup. What you need is the Email-MMS gateway email address which is typically number@carrier.com. On all of the lists of email-MMS gateways I checked on Google, there's nothing listed for Virgin in Australia. As if they don't offer the gateway.
Try this: have your friend send your iPhone an MMS. But the friend should enter your iPhone's email address in the to field rather than your number. It is possible it will show your friend's email-sms gateway's as the return address in your email.
posted by birdherder at 6:10 AM on December 18, 2008
The link you have show the MMS server's address with port number. If the iPhone had MMS this would be the server name you'd put in at setup. What you need is the Email-MMS gateway email address which is typically number@carrier.com. On all of the lists of email-MMS gateways I checked on Google, there's nothing listed for Virgin in Australia. As if they don't offer the gateway.
Try this: have your friend send your iPhone an MMS. But the friend should enter your iPhone's email address in the to field rather than your number. It is possible it will show your friend's email-sms gateway's as the return address in your email.
posted by birdherder at 6:10 AM on December 18, 2008
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posted by gomichild at 9:51 PM on December 17, 2008