I have a Pearl 8130 on Alltel and my MMS has never worked (options never even existed in the menu). I did what you said, rebooted the device, the options now exist but when I compose and try send a new MMS it fails every time. I still haven't tried receiving one, but I was unable to get them before as well. It's quite annoying, such a simple thing that very simple phones could do before, I can't do on my sophisticated Blackberry. I guess it isn't too much of a wait now until I get a Storm in my hands on Verizon and it should work, though, they are the same company soon, so who knows?

and now its working... i have a slight problem with my MMS before that's why id rather use my BB.

It is an oops. I work for alltel and it's not supposed to be an option just yet. and btw, verizon and alltel are not the same company...yet

I read around where people didn't have MMS on their Blackberry. I don't know if I just didn't notice or have always had it. At present it is working for me, can send and receive my picture jokes just fine. I have upgraded the OS to 4.5, and I am awaiting the official release now.

I just tried it and mine didn't work. :(

As nice as this would be if they would just update the OS, but I did notice the MMS showd up but mine still doesnt work at this point it just red X's it

I upgraded to the Beta OS4.5 a while back and when I heard it was good to go on Tuesday night I did as the instructions stated and have been able to send and recieve MMS flawessly ever since. It will not work on OS4.3 from what I'm aware of you had to have had OS 4.5 installed. They have also stop the service book from being sent I believe but at least it's right around the corner for those of you who might have lucked out.

I have the MMS option, randomly appeared the other night. However, if I try to send anything I just get a big red X :( it's a horrible tease!

ive got a pearl 8130 and this is not working for me..anyone else with this issue to??? it seems to not be working with my bros either..and hes got the same phone

I work for Alltel. I would not use the MMS unless you have OS 4.5. Otherwise, it could crash your phone due to the small amount of memory. After you put 4.5 on it, MMS should work fine.

Okay guys, I work for Alltel, and I understand everyone's frustration, I myself have been using a Pearl for months and wanted MMS messaging just as much as the next guy. We as wireless consultants have been told since the beginning of this year that we were getting the MMS update for the Pearls, and everytime we were told a launch date, that date would come and go with no results. We passed on the information to customers as it was made available to us. There was no telling the customer what they wanted to hear just to get them out of the store. If I lie to a customer to appease them temporarily, all that means is that I just damaged a business relationship with that customer that could've possibly made me some commission at some point in the future. Not to mention that the customer is just going to keep coming in the store again and again. If anyone has been given the wrong information on when this was supposed to be available, it is only because that's what we've been told the whole time.
Now, as of this past Monday MMS IS for sure available for the Alltel Pearl. You have to go to software.alltel.com (no WWW. in front), pick your PC's operating system, choose "phone", and then "Blackberry 8130 Pearl" from the drop-downs. Then hit "download". It will take you to a screen with two options for software downloads, you want to pick the second option (OS 4.5), and then enter your phone number at the bottom of the page, then hit "next". It will come up with the software uploader and will prompt you to enter your device PIN and password. If you haven't already connected your Pearl to your PC using the USB cable, do this now. It will automatically populate your PIN, and most people don't have to enter a password if you've never set one, so just continue from there, It will ask if you'd like e-mail updates, pick either yes or no, it will then give you a screen where you can customize the applications that are included with your new 4.5 OS ( I just left mine the way it was and chose to have all the recommended stuff downloaded), once you click "finish" from there, it will start uploading your software to your phone. The whole process seems to take between 30 - 45 mins. I didn't have to back up my contacts and things beforehand, but it might not hurt to do that before you attempt this, just in case. My MMS has been working perfectly since doing this. Hope this helps everyone!!!!

If you upgrade to the newest OS, your phone will work...That was my case when i upgraded to 4.5 back in October