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May 14, 2004, 06:49 PM
 
Is there any way to send MMS messages from OS X to a mobile phone?
     
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May 14, 2004, 07:57 PM
 
Address Book and a Bluetooth capable phone.
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May 14, 2004, 08:51 PM
 
Well this doesn't really help.

Address book can just dial your mobile phone.

I want to send MMS messages (ie photos) to someone else's mobile phone via the mac. Email isn't an option because the person I want to send stuff to doesn't have email on the phone.

Right now I have to sync bluetooth, move the files to mobile phone and mms from the phone. kindof a drag.
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May 14, 2004, 09:44 PM
 
email? I know someone who often emails messages/pics from his phone and reads them on his computer... and vice versa.

But of course it isn't MMS. I thought I saw an app that could do MMS from OS X, can't remember offhand, but it isn't free.
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May 15, 2004, 01:07 AM
 
Originally posted by OptimusG4:
Address Book and a Bluetooth capable phone.
Address Book can send SMS, not MMS.
     
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May 15, 2004, 02:34 AM
 
Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
Address Book can send SMS, not MMS.
Ah yes, sorry for the confusion :/
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May 15, 2004, 05:16 AM
 
I would think web based solutions are what you're stuck with.

My service provider allows SMS, and I think MMS messages to be sent free from their website, but messages are watermarked i.e. they say they've come from the web site.
     
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May 15, 2004, 09:20 AM
 
I don't have MMS or SMS (or even a cell phone), but I love helping out MacNN-ers

Look in to these:

http://www.zidango.com (looks like a pay sight)

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13291
(seems interesting... it's $9, and doesn't feel very Mac like, but it looks solid.)

That's all I could find.
     
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May 15, 2004, 10:21 PM
 
There's also PhoneAgent but again you need a phone.
     
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May 16, 2004, 12:52 AM
 
Yeah.. these are all cool but none of these do what I want... ie use an app or the web (no phone) to send images to a particular MMS enabled phone.

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PhoneAgent is very cool btw. A great little program. Works flawlessly on my Ericsson T616. It is now my program of choice for editing address book info (better than address book itself).

I use this to enter info. Sync with the phone. Then sync with address book.

The only issue so far is that the image field doesn't get carried over properly.

Otherwise it's a great way to get sounds/images in and out of the phone.
     
   
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