How to Send a Picture in a Text Message with your iPhone

I just sent a picture embedded in a text message with my iPhone to my son's phone! here's how I did it.

Ever wanted to send a cool picture you’ve snapped with your iPhone as a text message? Well, too bad, MMS is currently not supported with the iPhone.

Hold on though–there is a workaround. It involves emailing the picture with your iPhone to your target’s phone number. Here’s how.

Believe it or not, every cell phone number has an email address. To get that address, check the list of email addresses below for various wireless companies. Or, have a friend send you an MMS to your email address. Access the email message on your iPhone and check out the “From:” field. That is your friend’s cell phone’s email address. Emailing a picture to that address will show up as an MMS on their phone. You can add that address to your contacts. Voila, you can now send MMS messages, AND IMBED A PICTURE IN YOUR TEXT MESSAGE to your friend’s phone.

1. Take the picture with your iPhone
2. Go to your photo's app on your iphone

3. Select your photo

4. "Email Photo"

5. Email to the phone#+the webaddress below for mms text messaging.

Just make sure your friend’s phone can receive MMS messages (ie, you can’t email the MMS to an iPhone).

I have had a mix of successes and failures using this method. Please ad your details to the comments below so we know which addresses work and don’t work.

These addresses are for US-based carriers. The Xs are the 10 digit phone number:

Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
AT&T = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
Cingular (AT&T) = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycingular.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com or xxxxxxxxxx@pm.sprint.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com