iPhone users - turn off "Sent from my iPhone"?

[suranyi]

Everytime I send a message from my phone, it adds, “Sent via Blackberry from T-Mobile”.

Based on what’s been said above, it’s possible that there is some menu option somewhere that removes this, but I’m too lazy to look for it.

[Colophon]

@friedo

I once worked with a guy who began his voicemail greeting, “I can’t answer my Apple iPhone right now…”

Did it continue: “…because I’m too busy gazing at myself in the mirror making twin ‘cocked pistol’ gestures with my hands”?

[ColdPhoenix]

@Merijeek

Yep. And for those of us who work from home but spend a lot of time on the road it’s a way of showing the boss “That 6AM email I sent you was written from the road, not my nice cozy home PC”.

-Joe

Or “That 6AM email was sent from under my duvet. I’ll probably get up around midday if I feel like it”

[The_Great_Philosopher]

@mhendo

So, it’s essentially a default signature. Makes sense, i guess.

I just searched through my email, and found a few cases where people’s email messages also said things like:

“Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry”

and

“Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T”

so it’s not just Apple or iPhone users that are to blame. Personally, i would think that, after you’ve forked over hundreds of dollars for a device, and committed yourself to a two-year, $2,000 contract, the last thing you’d want to do is act as a free advertising conduit for hardware and/or wireless companies. Especially since it’s mainly your friends and work colleagues that you would be spamming.

The Blackberry signature is actually much harder to get rid of - you can’t change it from the handset. I have to log on to a website set up by my mobile provider (it insists on giving me a weird username and password as well so I usually forget them, and to find out what the username is you have to call the provider), then go into a certain page on the website to change the “Sent from my BlackBerry” signature.

I changed it to “sent from my mobile” - I’m a bit worried I still sound like a dick for having that as a signature, but at the same time it can be useful to let people know you’re not at home (that I’m at work or travelling for instance).

[Skara_Brae]

@Merijeek

Yep. And for those of us who work from home but spend a lot of time on the road it’s a way of showing the boss “That 6AM email I sent you was written from the road, not my nice cozy home PC”.

-Joe

We were told to include this signature on our Blackberries by my boss since it also kind of says “Please excuse any typos or mispellings, as I am typing with my thumbs.”

[iamthewalrus_3]

My non-iPhone touch screen phone signature says “Sent from my wannabe iPhone.”

Back when iPhones first came out, I tried to convince a friend who had one to change his signature to “Sent from my iPhone. That’s right; I have an iPhone. Aren’t I special.” but he wouldn’t do it.

[Keeve]

@mhendo

Personally, i would think that, after you’ve forked over hundreds of dollars for a device, and committed yourself to a two-year, $2,000 contract, the last thing you’d want to do is act as a free advertising conduit for hardware and/or wireless companies.

Ditto. I also think that after paying many times that amount for my car, I shouldn’t have to allow the dealer to put his nameplate on it.