As you can imagine, it was all cheers, whistles and hurrahs from the audience when Apple executives listed the features on the new iPhone 3GS during Monday’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. However, the accolades quickly turned to derisive laughter — and even boos — at nearly every mention of Apple’s sole U.S. carrier partner, AT&T. That’s largely because AT&T will not offer immediate support for multimedia messaging and tethering when the new iPhone OS 3.0 software becomes available June 17.
