Iphone MMS Update

Iphone MMS Update

iPhone MMS Update: Details of AT&T release As most of you will be aware, the highly anticipated MMS update from AT&T is expected to go live today at somepoint this morning for all iPhone users. While we have confirmed that some of you have already received the update, many are still waiting for the update to appear. As we reported to you yesterday, AT&T confirmed that the update is ‘expected’ to go live towards the ‘late morning’ to iPhone customers on the Pacific time zone. Well thats not too long away now, so you should start checking out iTunes to see if the update has become available.

It’s quite a strange situation, as we know there are a lot of you who have already unlocked the MMS features with no problems, but for others, this process is proving to be quite difficult. As we await the update to go live, let us know if you have already been prompted to install in your area, or if you are still waiting for notification. Get step by step instructions for downloading the new MMS update at TheiPhoneBlog. AT&T Users can check the status of the update through AT&T's Facebook page, or by following the Twitter feed below. AT&T reports on its Facebook page that MMS should be enabled by "late morning, Pacific time" on Friday, September 25, 2009.

Mitrice Richardson

Mitrice Richardson

This morning I heard the story of Mitrice Richardson of California. She is a 24 year old black woman who was arrested last week at a Malibu restaurant when she did not have enough money to pay her bill. The police searched her car and found a small amount of marijuana. The car was impounded and she was taken to the police station. She was released at about 1a.m. and she reportedly had no money on her. That was September 17th she has not been seen since.

"In an interview, her father, Michael Richardson, questioned the Sheriff's Department's decision to release her without knowing for certain whether she was intoxicated or had arranged for transportation. "They allowed her to walk out of that facility and down that road in the pitch black night," he said. "That's not right. Now, I just want to find my child." Her parents along with their lawyer appeared on the Today Show. I commend the Today Show for bringing attention to this case. I can not help but think of the amount of media that the Annie Le case received. She was the Yale medical student who was seen entering a lab at the university and not seen leaving it. The police reportedly worked on this story by their own account 24/7 and they found a suspect.

This girl was allowed to walk out into the night unescorted. They had her car so they knew she had no means of transportation. Her lawyer suggested if her name had been Lohan or Spears she would have received a ride home. Lauer asked her mother whether Letrice was "street savvy." Her mother said no she was not; she actually had lived a sheltered life full of positive things. I am going to give Lauer the benefit of the doubt. The term street savvy indicates knowledge of the street. It is someone who knows all the angles and has the ability to make something out of nothing. Middle class and upper middle class black children are really no more street smart than their white counterparts.

Sean Salisbury

Sean Salisbury

NFL analyst Sean Salisbury, who clearly has had it up to here (with here being as high as your hand can reach, plus a few more miles) sent Deadspin a series of rambling e-mails indicating he would be suing the site and others (including ESPN) for ruining his reputation. (We would include the particulars of the why and the what, but would that just make us another defendant?). He also says he will be writing a tell-all book about his time at ESPN.

In truth, we're not all that surprised that something like this has happened. Sports figures/personalities still haven't adjusted to having their off-field antics so heavily scrutinzed or publicized. If one site was going to bear the brunt of a backlash, it would be Deadspin -- which has, in our opinion, leaned more heavily on tabloid-type stories in recent months while still trying to be a gossip site, offbeat sports site and real journalism site. Deadspin has always carried itself with a certain brazen attitude -- necessary when trying to carve out a niche, but less necessary now.

Salisbury is the perfect case study. He was known to be brash in his playing days, he turned that into a post-playing career with ESPN, lost that gig, lost a radio gig, and now seemingly has less to lose than most. His meltdown yesterday -- and yes, it was a meltdown, regardless of what he might think it was -- was stunning in its scope but not in its mere existence. Perhaps it will best be remembered as a sign of the times. As Stu noted -- in 140 characters or less! -- one of the wonders of the modern age is watching a career self-immolate in real time. Geez Louise.