tv along with landlines are also old techs but they are still very useful. mms allows me to send and receive pics in close to real time of actual events with a minimum amount of effort. Usually 1 to 2 button presses. also it allows the receiver to instantly access the picture (or short audio blurb) by pressing one button on thier handset. PLUS .. aside from cell phone enthusiasts, there are lots of people (that i know of) who do not have accounts with Flickr, Vox, Ovi, etc... besides even if they did it would take a considerable amount of due process to access those accounts from most hand sets and even more to register for new accounts. Once they do finally access it, they now have to download it to thier cell phones. That's too much when the tech to do it more easily has been around for so long it's considered old technology. Even if they are not mobile enthusiasts or avid bloggers or into file sharing via online sites like t-zones and myspace or facebook I am pretty sure they are into receiving photos even if it is via (old technology) MMS. Also even though lots of phones support email and instant messaging and things like that it isn't always practical and can be some times painful to retrieve those photo files that way. My mother has a cell phone she is over 50 and doesn't even know what a face book is. But I promise you she knows exactly what a picture is and how to press open when she hears the alert tone on her small low end cell phone indicating a new MMS has been received. I agree that MMS should be phased out but only because a more far Superior tech has been created. eg: the ability to send MMS faster and with larger files but not simply to do away with it all together because for some of us its our only way to send Pic's and for some its the only practical way to receive.the pic's. The Pic's I take with my nokia n95 show up brilliantly on even those lil crappy phones (maybe not as nice as on mine but still..) i send MMS often to lots of different people and now that i have the n900 i am considering returning it before my 14day return period is up simply because i cant share pics in a reasonable fashion with my family and friends