[...] Enlace: Flutter | Vía: GigaOm [...]

[...] A través del blog de Om Malik nos enteramos de una nueva aplicación llamada Flutter, que permite hacer algo para lo que el iPhone si está preparado pero no permite hacer: enviar mensajes multimedia MMS a amigos y contactos. Flutter, una aplicación de la red social móvil JuiceCaster, permite sacar una foto y enviarla junto a un mensaje a cualquier número móvil que se tenga en la lista de contactos del iPhone. El que lo recibe ve las fotos, y el mensaje, unos segundos después. También se puede, opcionalmente, enviar la ubicación geográfica, para que el destinatario pueda ver desde Google Maps donde se encuentra quien lo envía. [...]

[...] A través del blog de Om Malik nos enteramos de una nueva aplicación llamada Flutter, que permite hacer algo para lo que el iPhone si está preparado pero no permite hacer: enviar mensajes multimedia MMS a amigos y contactos. Flutter, una aplicación de la red social móvil JuiceCaster, permite sacar una foto y enviarla junto a un mensaje a cualquier número móvil que se tenga en la lista de contactos del iPhone. El que lo recibe ve las fotos, y el mensaje, unos segundos después. También se puede, opcionalmente, enviar la ubicación geográfica, para que el destinatario pueda ver desde Google Maps donde se encuentra quien lo envía. [...]

[...] Via | GigaOM [...]

like MMS ?

“Flutter sends recipients a text message with a link to view your message on their web-enabled phone.”

Not really, the recipient doesn’t get an MMS on its phone.

Looks like Folks @ gigaom are getting infected by ARF (Apple reality Distortion Field) and hyping irrelevant stuff

Isn’t this nearly the same as emailing a photo to (number@vtext.com with existing photo gallery functionality?

(Or whatever other domain a provider gives their phone numbers… link) )

And it still doesn’t let me receive right?

“Looks like Folks @ gigaom are getting infected by ARF (Apple reality Distortion Field) …”

Ooooo….that didn’t really work very well! Perhaps APE (ApPle reality distortion fiEld) or maybe LEAD (appLe rEAlity Distortion field), or even PETITE (aPple rEaliTy dIstorTion fiEld).

Give those a shot, my angst-ridden friend!

Booo. Overhyped and doesn’t deliver.
I just deleted this app after being severely disappointed. C’mon Liz. Don’t get me excited like that only to let me down!

And this is different than taking a photo with the iPhone and emailing it to someone using the built in mail feature in photo gallery how?

Isn’t MMS more about sending photos to someone’s phone number?

Now with iPhone you can take a pic with Flutter and send it to a cell phone… way to go! I tried it… I like it.

Holly - problem being, the recipient does not receive the pic on their phone. They receive a link… just like when someone sends you a pic to your iPhone. You are directed to a link to view the pic… which isn’t even a hyperlink. You have to manually type in the web address and manually type in the MMS code. So backwards. UGH

Iphone rocks! The GUI is incredible and intuitive!

(link) -> Since Feb-March 2008. iPhone photos to Twitter, Blog (one click photo blogging) and many other destinations.

Direct upload to your facebook photo album using photos @ messagedance.com and this will not be published on public timeline. Only goes to Facebook album. Take a photo and email it to above email as simple as that.

If it was received as an MMS by phones that receive MMS, it might mean something.

As it is, it sends an SMS just like the SMS messages the iPhone receives when someone tries to send an MMS to the iPhone.

If there is an extra step to view, it doesn’t get viewed, on my phone. I doubt it would be better on another phone.

By the way, I think it is a mistaken notion, not that that notion is supported here at all, a mistaken notion that MMS missing from the iPhone is a iPhone technical problem. Every phone I have had that does MMS, requires a Telco hosted email address to act as storage and conduit for those MMS messages. I do not know, but I suspect, supporting the MMS protocol across different carriers entails more back side bartering that the telcos might prefer getting away from (in the way that bandwidth costs become free by swapping the bandwidth) This is a wild ass guess as to what happens, but it does not get much discussion.

That is, MMS is very much like mail in some ways, with mailmen that read your mail, but want to stop bring the mail to your door because it is too far to walk. Send a picture via the web, or email, and you avoid the middleman, who might want to price gouge you for the privelege of a stamp.

how long before MMS is dead? i text via SMS & e-mail & if i want to send a pic i use e-mail. i don’t get it…

mms is never going to be dead! In fact for a lot of people it’s a dealbreaker. It’s so convient to send picture mail when you do not know who has email or not. You just type in the number and send. Apple has lost a lot of potential consumers without this feature.

Why settle for an MMS alternative when you can use the real thing on your iPhone? SwirlyMMS 1.2 is now available for iPhone firmware 2.x. It’s not free, and you need to jailbreak your iPhone, but it works.

(link)

It’s so funny, in every post I see about the iPhone and MMS, there is always one person who is BLIND and things MMS is not needed because they don’t get it or refuse to. Personally, I don’t carry a regular camera on me, so having one on my phone is great. Snap a picture and send it to who I want. Like just a few weeks ago, i was in the bet store, buying food for my dog. There was this beautiful bird there. So, I snapped a picture of it on my TILT and sent it to my g/f. She got it 2 seconds later. This is just one small example of a LIST that is large and growing. I was on the fence about buying an iPhone, but I don’t think I am going to now. Here are the other missing, but almost standard on every other phone on the marked:

BLUE TOOTH Stereo
BLUE TOOTH file transfire
BLUE TOOTH Syncing
BLUT TOOTH Pairing w/ other non-headset devices
Video Capture
MMS (already stated)
Battery Life SUCKS

These are a few, some, DEAL breakers for me. Who knows, rumors have it that APPLE is working on the next phone already G4, maybe they will add some or all of these features to it….who knows.

MMS is a standard and supported by virtually every phone on the market except the iPhone. This Flutter app does NOT do MMS, despite their innuendo about it. Apple and AT&T need to work together to support MMS properly on the iPhone. iPhone customers currently have a terrible user experience when dealing with MMS. I make the case for MMS on the iPhone here: (link)

Swirly Space is a small team of developers in Sweden. They have developed this app, SwirlyMMS which works perfectly at least on my Iphone. They charge 8 USD for it, which at least to me seems like a real bargain…

Check it out at (link)

Flutter is basically useless when sending messages to people without Web access on their phones (like most of the people I know). They would have to drive home, get on their computer, and type in the link to view the pic. Yeah right! SwirlyMMS requires that you convince AT&T to give you an MMS package for your iPhone. I’ve talked to them many, many times about this (begging/pleading), and they have so far REFUSED to do this. They insist that they will NOT activate an MMS plan for anyone with an iPhone — for any price. Here is a QUOTE from one of the many replies that I got from AT&T on this subject:

“Your current message package is indeed the iPhone unlimited message package for $20 per month on each line. It is available specifically for iPhones as it will allow you to send and receive text messages while still receiving the “viewmymessage” notification when you do receive a multimedia message. These message packages will not allow multimedia messaging even if you use your SIM in a different device. Individual message packages which allow multimedia messages are not able to be added to iPhone lines with the exception of the unlimited message for families package for $30 per month. If you add the unlimited message for families package, you will no longer receive the “viewmymessage” notification when you receive a multimedia message. The multimedia message will also not be delivered to your iPhone as we do not support multimedia messaging on the iPhone. We appreciate your understanding.”

So I guess iPhone users are out of luck for MMS (except the few who have apparently convinced AT&T to give them an MMS package). I’m looking for some kind of third-party solution now.

Fetchmms.com