Marauder

And for the record, no, I have no affiliation with Austin or with X-Plane, but have been a Flight Simmer for well over a decade, used both MSFS and X-Plane and while I have enjoyed MSFS, I felt the need to point out that not only is X-Plane doing quite well, it's superior in terms of simulation (has been used to successfully design and test REAL experimental aircraft, the way it's simulation is done, a few parameters can be tweaked to simulate the gravity, atmospheric density, etc. for potential atmospheric flight on Mars, etc.). Thus, true "hardcore" simmers are more interested in X-Plane anyway.

There was no "gap" left. We still have X-Plane, which is still developer, supports Mac, Windows, Linux, and even the iPhone. Is much more of a true flight simulator (actually simulates the physics of flight) as opposed to MSFS' flight MODEL simulator. X-Plane is even FAA certified (same software, but with very specific configurations and licensing) for training and logable simulator time. Many within the true "hardcore" flight simulation community consider MSFS to be more of a mass-market toy with X-Plane the serious simulator.

If they really want to make an impact, they should join Austin Meyer and work to further improve X-Plane and integrate some of the things that made Microsoft Flight Simulator the more popular product (official support from Boeing, Cessna, etc.; Better graphics rendering; large collection of high quality commercial add-ons; etc.).

http://www.x-plane.com/

You need to make sure that "MMS Messaging" is enabled in Settings -> Messages in order to expose the UI elements for MMS.

Actually, the Carrier Update is the final step of the roll out and is what actually enables MMS on the phone after the network/account side of things were updated. :-)