AT&T MMS working on 3.1 beta 3, 3.1 release on September 25th?

NOTE This is a clean install, no hacks, on a family text plan. We are located in Miami, Fl so they might be turning it on for difference service areas at different times.

UPDATE Still working several hours later, looks like MMS is good to go!

I got excited back on July 15th when my MMS started working, but was disappointed only 15 mins later when I realized it was just a temporary crossing of the lines (when I sent messages out, it had a different number than my own) while AT&T was testing. Well folks, it’s the real deal this time…MMS is working on 3.1! …and it shows my correct phone number now

This brings me to my second point which I brought up in my 3.1 release date guess post:

What about AT&T and MMS you ask? As of beta 3 MMS functionality is still included, but not functioning thanks to AT&T. I don’t think Apple would want to hold up the release of 3.1 for AT&T, but they might since they are the biggest iPhone carrier in the world in terms of the number of iPhones. Apple could always remove the MMS support like they did with the 3.0 beta prior to the release, but something tells me they will want to release 3.1 with MMS support.

I continued this rant with:

Another angle you may have overlooked is AT&T being  ready now and just waiting for Apple to release 3.1 to the public before flipping the switch. AT&T did flip on my 3.1 MMS for about 15 minutes a month ago so I know they are testing it and it’s working. This could explain the vague, late summer release date because Apple probably didn’t have a solid date for 3.1.

So continuing on this line of speculation I think the release date for 3.1 will be September 25!

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AT&T announces MMS activation day via special update, September 25

The wait is finally coming to an end! AT&T announced today that MMS will be available September 25:

We know many of our iPhone customers are eager for an update on our rollout schedule for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). We’ve been working for the past several months to prepare our systems and network to ensure the best possible experience with MMS when it launches – and that launch date is: September 25 for iPhone 3G and 3GS customers. MMS will be enabled through a software update on that day.

Also, it looks like either 3.1 won’t be out until Setpember 25 or Apple will remove MMS from the current 3.1 beta before release and update via carrier file on the 25th.

UPDATE We have a winner for our MMS poll

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