JuiceCaster Tries to Fill iPhone MMS Gap with Flutter
First off, we have to say that we’re pretty impressed that Apple even let this application through to the App Store. Whatever the case may be, rejoice iPhone owners as you can finally [sort of] have some MMS love on your handsets without the need to jailbreak. Flutter doesn’t really provide “MMS” as video and audio messages are not supported and the app isn’t yet capable of receiving messages. Instead, it allows users to send image messages to any phonebook contact and even geotag the photos if they so choose. Users may choose an existing photo within the iPhone’s camera roll or snap a new pic right from within the app. Geolocation data can then be added and the picture will be whisked away to any recipient in the user’s phonebook. So there you have it folks, at least it’s a start. Oh and by the way, Flutter is completely free. Woo! Maybe some day Apple will get around to adding this amazingly sophisticated functionality itself so developers can stop messing around with these makeshift band aids and stick to the good stuff. Until then, Flutter is already available from the app store so head on over and give it a go.
Tags: app store, Apple, application, Apps, Freeware, iPhone, MMS
Apple has been very tight lipped about MMS. They acknowledged that “Copy/Paste” wasn’t a high priority but say nil about “MMS”.
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Dear Lord. This is getting pretty silly at this point. You would think that one of the most versatile platforms on the mobile market could handle receiving a #&%$* photo through the MMS service. This is just ridiculous. I LOVE my iPhone, but some of this stuff just boggles the mind.
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This is the main reason why the iphone sucks. For a feature that even my flip phone had 4 years ago, if you have to have developers create a workaround for you then you know your phone sucks. Even copy and paste is nil. come on people, let’s be serious. Aside from the fact that everyone is calling touch screen phones iphone clones when they stole the idea from the LG Prada and Palm/WinMo phones have had the feature since forever, the iphone really is just all looks and navigation, but no function.
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The iPhone doesn’t suck. Actually, it’s a remarkable piece of technology with some features that are WAY ahead of the competition. The person that decided not to add MMS and copy/paste sucks.
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Reminds of the Tmobile sidekick where it didn’t support mms for the longest time. The sidekicks supports mms now with video after 4 gen of sidekicks. Its just kindof disappointed that a new phone like the Iphone can’t mms. I really hope it doesn’t take apple 4 gens of iphones to be release before they will offer mms support out of the box.
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“Hey, Paul! I just got a multimedia message on my iPhone!”
“Really, what is it?”
“Not sure… just a sec…
Let’s see… click the little right arrow to open a web page to viewmymessage.com. Shut down Safari, open back up my text message. Username is x371tuivw. x371tuivw, x371tuivw, x371tuivw, x371tuivw… I can remember it… x371tuivw, x371tuivw, x371tuivw, shut down SMS… x371tuivw, x371tuivw… open Safari… click username box… type x371u… u…. DAMN! Shut down Safari… open SMS… x371tuivw… I knew that… ivw… ivw… ivw… shut down SMS… open Safari… type in ivw…. got it… now password. Shut down Safari… open SMS… deal8cow… deal8cow… deal8cow… Who comes up with these silly things? deal8cow… shut down SMS… open Safari… deal8cow… deal8cow… click on password… type in deal8cow. Cool… Wait for it… waaaaait for it. You would think it would be faster, but MAN viewmymessage is a slow freakin’ site! Wait for it… wait for it… HERE IT IS! WOW! It’s my new niece! She is sooooo cute! Look at that little face! Aw man, check this out.”
“Wow, she really IS a cute kid. Can you forward that to me?”
“Sure! What’s your email address?”
“What do you mean, just send it to me… you have my number.”
“Well, viewmymessage doesn’t have contacts… no, wait… I can do this…
Let’s see… minimize Safari… open contacts… Ok… Paul… Paul… Paul… HERE IT IS! Ok, 8285556787. So you’re on Verizon, right? So that’s 8285556787@vtext.com. Cool. Minimize contacts… open Safari… forward message… 828555… what was it? Oh yeah… 6787… shift… @… shift… vtext.com. GOT IT! Comin’ at’cha, buddy!.”
wait for it…
“Dude… that’s a text message, not the pic. I wanted the pic.”
“Oh yeah, it’s vzwpix, not vtext for photos… sorry. Forgot.
Back… forward… 828555…. 6… 6… oh yeah… 6787… shift… @… shift… vzwpix.com. Ok… NOW you should have it!”
DING
“Aw, she is REALLY cute! Look at that face!”
“What, you already have it?”
“Yeah, right here. I’m going to send it to my mom and sister. They’ll love her. Let’s see. Forward. Add contact… mom… sis… send. They’ll love it.”
“Damn.”
DING
“Oh, look! Sis and mom were together! Sis sent a photo of mom looking at the photo of your niece! She’s crying. That is SO like mom… want me to forward it to you?”
“No. I don’t have that kind of time.”
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SwirlyMMS is all you need… Best app for the iPhone.
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Thanks Bill for spamming the comments. State you case and move on loser.
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@Bill Grove: That was great! I need that for all the phanboys that say, “Oh you don’t need MMS!”
@Test5477: “State you case and move on loser.” you case? Is that like YouTube? YouPorn?
Move on loser? How do you move on loser, is that a way of moving? Maybe you mean looser? Foot Loose? The Electric Slide?
How about grammar 101 dipshit. Maybe you mean, “Thanks Bill, for spamming the comments. State your case and move on, loser.” or “Thank Bill for spamming the comments.” I don’t know, it is difficult to understand 3rd graders.
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Hah! Quite all right. There are those folks that aren’t happy with ANYTHING and snap at everyone. Thanks for the defense, though, MadMike! That was just my venting my frustration about the iPhone’s lack of MMS. Oh, and sorry for the response, test5477, if that is your REAL name…
Didn’t mean to spam yet another message.
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Come on now MMS has to be the lamest feature on any Device, why?? cause it’s crappy on any device, Heck people don’t even use that crap on real desktop Pcs why bother with implementing it to a mobile phone on slow ass cell networks. Thank god Apple doesn’t listen to all these dumb ideas, now if the iphone had a front camera and Apple could implement ichat with the same or nearly the same quality as it does on the mac, that’s a different story, but why bother with a crappy MMS feature that’s already dead when you can work on making something better
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funny stuff Bill
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hahaha bill that shit was hilarious
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Most of us over the age of 13 don’t really care about MMS. Especially since you can send pictures via email. Who has a cell phone but no email account? Sending MMS is silly since the picture quality is degraded even further and you have to pay for it. Send them free via email and quit paying for silly services like MMS. Sure your old filp phone can send MMS but it’s such a cheesy function who cares. I’ll bet your old flip phone can’t play DVD movies.
I agree with C&P. It should be there. I have no understanding why it wouldn’t be unless they just can’t figure out how to do it easily. I’m sure it will come. It’s just a small sacrifice to make for what you gain.
What I don’t understand is why you bought the iPhone in the first place if MMS and C&P were so important to you. And if you don’t own an iPhone, you are just a bitchy troll who shouldn’t waste time posting negs about a device that you don’t own.
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@Bill Grove: My case in point. Your post sounds like a typical 13year old’s conversation. “Dude”…
Dude, sell your iPhone dude and like go buy a Sidekick dude and you can MMS your buds all day… Dude…
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First of all, there are a lot of 30 somethings that use, “Dude.”
Second, MMS is more of a social convenience. Granted, the quality sucks and you are somewhat correct in you assumption that most people who have a cell phone also have an e-mail address. BUT, most people don’t have E-mail on their cellphone. Others only can read their email on their cellphone. There in, lies the problem.
Some times, you just want to send a funny picture around. Case in point, your on a call and you stumble on a funny situation. Say a fire alarm at the college dorm and girls are in bath towels. That’s when you take a picture and send it through MMS. I don’t need a high quality picture and I CERTAINLY don’t want it on my PC where my wife can see it. I look at it, I laugh, I delete it, I go about my day.
Besides, what is so derogatory about being 13? or 15? or 20? Is it cool to be a stiff now? “Ohh, I’m on the straight and narrow, so I am somehow better than you!” I am old and I can act like a complete immature jackass, and I LIKE IT. I get a kick out of it, my family and friends get a kick out of it. If you don’t, guess what? I don’t care! I built a potato cannon in my basement out of PVC a grill igniter and some starter fluid. Why? Because I saw it on YouTube and I like stuff that goes boom. If that makes me seem 13 to you, oh insignificant anonymous person on a random website comment system, then so be it….. DUDE!
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This app is JUNK. The recipiant still has to access a website to view the pic message. Thus, this is not picture mess. at all. Apple needs to put forth more effort on the comsumers wants and less on those 2.0.1 bug fixes. I mean really….what does it really take to get a little MMS action on the iPhone???
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Duuuuude… potato cannon? Sweeeeeet.
Bill
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oh come on…it’s a free app. sure the user has to click on a link to view the message but it’s a single click (no registration or username/password required).
it’s light years ahead of Bill’s hilarious post.
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@Bill Funny stuff. That is exactly how it is. MMS is something I rarely use but would like to have every now and again
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haha funny stuff.
a gree with bill
i dont need the feature, but it wouldn’t hurt to have it
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I agree it would be great if we had Copy & Paste, but if Apple wanted it available it’d be here. I read some place where they believe its a security issue. Sending pic’s via txt msg’s would be great also, but unless you hack the iphone thats out. Just the corporate bigshots getting richer and richer, and the consumer paying more and getting less. AT&T is NOT the best network by far and there 3G is horrible, absolutely horrible
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the iphone is great for music vid ease of use and flashy looks it sucks for pretty much anything else safari is a great browser but skyfire is way better.. the iphone is missing over a dozen basic features there is no excuse all my adult family and friends use mms to send baby pics and etc so saying its useless is dumb and at two megapixels that almost makes the cam useless its not good enough to leave your digital camera so u use it mainly fa pic mail but u cant even use it fa that… lol stop being in denial.
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Bill…that was hilarious.
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Funny stuff Bill. Swirly doesnt work for those that are on At&t. Apple, freakin add MMS already!
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