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2009-11-13 , 02:29
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Originally Posted by drew View Post
I rarely use MMS (cant remember last time), however I believe that it should be included. MMS is available on nearly every phone but email is not. Everyone gave Apple so much flack for it, but now that its happening with the N900, its "ok" to not have it.

Basic phone features should always be included.
It was not included because then Nokia would have need to implement full WAP 2.1 specification, and because namespaces are not available in the Linux kernel Nokia uses on N900. So it'd have cost a considerable amount of time and money to implement MMS. The question then becomes, would you have wanted to wait longer for N900? I would not... YMMV...

Originally Posted by abu9al7 View Post
Q: Isn't there any third party app or expansion to add MMS to N900 yet ?
We've looked into the alternatives to namespacing, and one person has successfully found an alternative. On networking layer this solution works in a simulated environment. This means one can make a second APN to the MMS gateway.

What is missing is:
  • Patching Nokia PPPd, or using LD_PRELOAD
  • Using available tools to decode MIME from SMS and grab MMS.
  • Present in nice UI for the general public.
  • Testing in real environments.

See the other MMS thread for more background information and technical details.
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