Google today announced a significant update to Android Auto, its in-car app for managing entertainment, navigation, and communications. Google tackled music discovery in this update. Android Auto now features an improved layout with larger album art to make identifying tunes easier. Google Assistant can lend a helping hand, too; the voice search experience has been fine-tuned. […]
A Delaware jury said Motorola violated a patent held by Intellectual Ventures. The patent pertains to how multimedia messages function on mobile devices. The jury cleared Motorola of violating a second patent related to wireless bandwidth. Damages will be decided later. The two companies faced off in court last year over these same patents, but […]
Mar 26 2015 | Posted in
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Google said Verizon Wireless customers can now send and receive MMS messages through their Google Voice number. According to Google, MMS is supported by all major carriers in the U.S. and Canada. Further, Google has added native MMS support to Google Voice. This means users who add their Google Voice number to Hangouts can actually attach […]
Google has enabled MMS within Google Voice on more than 100 networks in North America, including AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile in the U.S. Google Voice was previously limited to sending and receiving only SMS messages. For the moment, Verizon has not enabled MMS via Google Voice, and Google didn’t say whether or not it intends […]
Samsung recently updated its ChatOn messaging application for Android devices and gave it the ability to send SMS/MMS messages as well as instant messages. ChatOn is a cross-platform messaging app that uses data networks to send messages back and forth rather than SMS. This new feature allows users to set ChatOn as their text/picture messaging […]
Google Voice users can now receive MMS messages from T-Mobile phone numbers. Incoming MMS messages will be pushed to Google Voice users’ Gmail accounts, which will then generate a regular text message to the Google Voice number to notify the user about the multimedia content. Google Voice users cannot send MMS messages, however, nor can […]
Twitter has upgraded the direct messaging capabilities for its texting service. Now, in addition to tweets, users whose service providers support MMS can attach and share videos. To send, all a user needs to do is enter the text of a tweet as normal, attach a photo to the message, and send it to the […]
The AT&T MMS update is now for your iPhone. Let the rush begin to enable your iPhone to have a feature that has been around for ages, even on “Non-Smart Phones.” So sign into iTunes with your iPhone plugged in, check for updates if it hasn’t automatically notify you, and you’re on your way […]
AT&T this afternoon gave a firm date for when it would add MMS support to iPhones on its network. The carrier will switch on the feature as of September 25th through a software upgrade for iPhone 3G and 3GS owners. Adding the feature will let those running iPhone 3.0 or later firmware send photos and […]
Sep 3 2009 | Posted in
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Cricket Communications and Samsung Mobile today announced the availability of the new Samsung Messager II, which comes fully loaded with a slider QWERTY keyboard, email, 3G technology, a 2.0MP camera, camcorder, MP3 player and Cricket’s enhanced user experience, MyHomeScreen. The addition of the Samsung Messager II brings Cricket’s device lineup to a total […]
Aug 26 2009 | Posted in
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