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Video, however, is not supported, and users of the first generation iPhone will be unable to use the MMS software, due to a difference in the hardware, according to Apple.
The iPhone 3.0 software will be free to iPhone users when released. iPod touch users will have to pay $9.95 for the upgrade. Apple is releasing a developers beta today.
[Update: As we mentioned during our iPhone 3.0 event live blog, it’s likely that iPhone 3G users looking to take advantage of MMS will have to pay extra to do so. Apple’s iPhone 3.0 web page contains the following disclaimer with their MMS announcement:
The bold on that is our emphasis. It’ll be interesting to see what AT&T charges for this, considering there’s already an extra fee for basic SMS at the standards iPhone rate level.]
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