I am working on an application software which requires SMS or MMS texting communication, It is strange that it is hard to find a good text message service provider in USA,  I found some providers recommended on Internet, but they are not based in USA, Nexmo has office in Palo Alto, CA, so I gave it a try, they are ok for simple pure text messages, but inbound message with binary format just does not work, the technical support said it is network carrier limitation, I sent a picture from my Sprint HTC Android cell phone in Fremont, CA to the virtual phone number (from Nexmo) in USA, I got nothing in the inbound message, I sent it to my friend’s cheap cell phone LG Tracfone, he got it, and even replied with the picture to my cell phone. I have to try a different SMS or MMS provider, I have contacted Routo Messaging http://www.routomessaging.com/ , this company is also in UK, it is strange none of the tech supports Nexmo or Routo knows if their service or gateway supports inbound messages with binary data! I am lucky that one of the Routo support guys will forward my question to their developers, so I simplified my question as I can, the question is “can I use API to extract a picture from the message sent by a cell phone”, here is a good description on MMS, it is easier to understand the description if you have done some web application software,