viewmymessage sucks - Page 2

ns3425 · 09-08-2007, 12:45 PM

yea but i have 200 text so it uses that and doesnt cahrge me money.

Kipper · 09-08-2007, 12:58 PM

As long as u are not pass your 200 max limit.

economyst · 09-08-2007, 01:04 PM

I'm in complete agreement. I tell everyone to e-mail me pics instead but not everyone's got e-mail options on their phone.

viewmymessage is absolutely horrible. It's as if they tried to make it hard on users to send/receive pics/video to and from other carriers...hopefully Apple & ATT add this to their list

coinstar99 · 09-08-2007, 06:11 PM

It just boggles my mind why they would do this? I was actually thinking the other night, it even wouldn't be that bad to handle if say you could got to a website on your phone and select a picture that you have taken and send it via this website, and then if someone sends you a pic, you get a notification and you have to then go to the site to see, but its all done through one easy to use site, um yea..... remember SprintPCS had this before they actually introduced real txt/mms?

Ok, so lets recap, stupid crappy handsets can do pic messaging, easy and straight forward. A third string carrier from back in the day actually had a better system for MMS, and even they have changed. So why can't Apple, a inovative software/hardware company come up with anything? Why can't the nations second/first/second/first wireless carrier make an easy to use web app for MMS to at least make us happy?

This is just all my humble opinion..... Thanks for reading!

danielfillmore · 09-08-2007, 06:18 PM

i'm sorry, i'm lost in this thread. maybe because i havent had a picture sent to me via text message yet? is this what you guys are talking about? what happens?

coinstar99 · 09-08-2007, 11:30 PM

Basically when someone sends a pic you get a txt sayingfo to this website and use this impossible to remember user name to see you pic. Its a pain, for such and advanced phone

eufo · 09-08-2007, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by danielfillmore

i'm sorry, i'm lost in this thread. maybe because i havent had a picture sent to me via text message yet? is this what you guys are talking about? what happens?

Yes. You get a text saying:

"I sent you a multimedia message. You can view my message via the internet at viewmymessage.com (not a clickable link) using Msg ID (string of letters and numbers that's impossible to remember) Password (string of letters and numbers that's slightly easier to remember)."

There is nothing to click, so you're left to open Safari and then type in the name of the website. Then you need to go back to the text and try to remember parts of the Msg ID and Password until you finally get it right (since we have no copy and paste). It's a royal pain in the ass. Plus, sometimes it doesn't work the first time, so you need to go back and forth again typing in the complete Msg ID and Password. One time I had to do it 4 times before it took. BLECH!

danielfillmore · 09-09-2007, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by eufo

Yes. You get a text saying:

"I sent you a multimedia message. You can view my message via the internet at viewmymessage.com (not a clickable link) using Msg ID (string of letters and numbers that's impossible to remember) Password (string of letters and numbers that's slightly easier to remember)."

There is nothing to click, so you're left to open Safari and then type in the name of the website. Then you need to go back to the text and try to remember parts of the Msg ID and Password until you finally get it right (since we have no copy and paste). It's a royal pain in the ass. Plus, sometimes it doesn't work the first time, so you need to go back and forth again typing in the complete Msg ID and Password. One time I had to do it 4 times before it took. BLECH!

wow, that sounds completely annoying. inferior to any other messaging out there. it sucks that such an advanced device wouldn't have an easier solution for picture messaging. so receiving pics via email seems to be the way to go for now?

eufo · 09-09-2007, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by danielfillmore

wow, that sounds completely annoying. inferior to any other messaging out there. it sucks that such an advanced device wouldn't have an easier solution for picture messaging. so receiving pics via email seems to be the way to go for now?

Yeah, Apple really dropped the ball on this one. Email is a much better route if you can convince people to do it.

coinstar99 · 09-09-2007, 04:36 AM

I will agree that email is a much better route for the tech savvy or people that understand. The issue is with people who have their regular phone, and don't want to change or think there is something wrong with you that you just spent all this money on this fancy phone, that there "free" phone can do. Its actually kind of annoying! I actually think that its a slap in the face on Apple's part to their customers not to include something so simple.