Thread: Firmware to be released Q1 of '10. MMS to be supported.
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-01-02 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by bsving View Post
You are partly right. The use of SMS vs MMS is also in the ballpark 99 to 1, but the number of users of SMS vs MMS is more 1 to 1, allmost everybody use MMS, but not very often. Still it is one of those things you have to have on a phone.
I work as a consultant on a project which gives me a certain insight on SMS/MMS traffic at a GSM operator, and while my experience might not be relevant in other countries, at this particular provider, I can only say MMS volume (and number of users) is near-insignificant to the number of SMS messages (AND users).

MMS cannot be compared with e-mail. MMS links directly to your phone, no user names, no log ins, no nothing. There is simply nothing more practical than MMS when sending small videos and pictures, and grandparents loves it.
Yeah, the N900 is a typical granny-phone

The best part of the rant was

Nokia certainly had the time, especially considering its delayed shipment of the model.
If you're one month late, it means you have an extra month to do other stuff. This, in turn, will mean you will now be TWO months late, but that will mean you that two MORE months to do extra stuff... This guy must have done the dev plan for Duke Nukem Forever !
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