[TIP]-Do this with your iphone

[adamross55]

Isnt it just a pain how the iphone doesnt have MMS? thats one of my biggest complaints. But, there is a small work around. its not perfect, but it works. Every wireless provider assigns their subscribers an email address based on their phone number. If you send an email to that address, it’ll get delivered as a text message—if you attach a photo to that message—say, using the iPhone’s built-in photo emailing—it’ll get delivered as a picture message. The trick is just knowing the address of the contact you want to send the message too.
Here are the addresses:

Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
AT&T = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Cingular (AT&T) = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycingular.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com

For receiving messages, the same principle works in reverse. Your iPhone, after all, has a great email client built-in. And just like the wireless provider has email addresses for every phone, most phones can send text and picture messages to email addresses. So instead of having your friend send that snapshot to your phone, have them send it to any email account that you have set up on your iPhone.

It’s hardly an ideal solution, and I hope that Apple adds in real MMS support in one of its software upgrades, but for the moment, it may tide you over.

I personally didnt find this solution but i think its pretty good. Heres where i found it : iPhone Central: Sending and receiving MMS on your iPhone, with a little help from your friends