in the good ol' days phones didn't have 3g, colour screens (never mind touch screens) or phones with installable applications and (further back) used analog signaling and (further back) were wired into walls..

That doesn't detract from the need to implement this feature.

MMS has significant usage. Nokia have probably dropped the ball a bit with ommiting this feature.. (compare it to video 3g calls and I think it is safe to say MMS is required) Most importantly operators charge loads of cash for MMS messages.. so failing to support it will "cost them money" on this device..

Anywho.. poking around the Message stuff, I'd like to implement MMS as a service, not an application. I was looking at converting MMS messages into HTML and storing them as openable objects in the message database.. render them with the browser perhaps.. dunno.. but I appeciate your "additional app is crap" but the front end is actually only half the struggle..

Besides, it is a hackable platform.. I'm looking forward to having a go even if I know Nokia will only release a firmware update next year or some such that makes it all a bit pointless!