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Apple, AT&T sued for lack of MMS capability

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16 pointsAndrewWarner10 comments

It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem (since it does work with other carriers elsewhere), but a carrier clearly advertising something they don't support is just ludicrous.

> It's rare I see a class action suit with merit, and this is one of them. If it was just Apple advertising it, it wouldn't be as big a problem

So only partial: the suit against AT&T makes sense (especially if they're advertising it…), again Apple not so much.

Apple needs to move away from exclusivity. Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter.

Just guessing, but I'm sure they can't wait to get away from AT&T themselves.

When they first introduced the iPhone, they didn't have the leverage the do now.

> Networks would be falling over themselves to cater for iPhone users if there was a choice in the matter.

Verizon and Sprint are in CDMA, not GSM… in the US, that leaves T-Mobile I think, which could run iPhones (unless a separate CDMA hardware is created).

"The class action suit alleges the Louisana suit will consist of at least 10,000 individuals" Enjoy your $.10 settlement and watch AT&T continue as they were.

Beats bending over for it. How do I get my $.10 ?

It's not about the money. It's about protecting consumers.

I'm pretty sure this is about more than the money.

I think that maybe this could have some traction and get AT&T more in line. Though I don't know since the suit seems to be based on some fallacies. AT&T does support MMS for phones that are not the iPhone. Credible speculation seems to be that AT&T flexed their muscles with Apple (and anyone who saw the WWDC 2009 keynote can attest annoyingly so to Apple) to delay MMS on the iPhone until they upgraded their towers more to handle the load. My friends and I would send each other MMS messages from our Sony Ericsson & Nokia phones years ago. I was on T-Mobile and they were on AT&T.

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