Thread: Firmware to be released Q1 of '10. MMS to be supported.
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2010-01-02 , 23:04
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Originally Posted by 2disbetter View Post
jcompagner, you hit the nail on the head.

MMS is old tech. It is yet another scheme to squeeze more money out for something that should be free, and Nokia has made it free through the use of actual email over data.

People who find it useful will exist, but as mentioned most of these are from the states. Heck I'm from the states as well, and I never used MMS. Was a waste, and was too specific on whether or not the recipient's phone could use it.

SMS is also a dead tech. IM over data is flat rated, and not an extra cost as is the current paradigm in most mobile contracts.

Seriously, while I can understand it being important to some, I see as a waste on this phone.

Here is my analogy. It's like having a Porsche and driving in 1st gear only. Your phone can do so much more, why crawl when you can run?

2d
Comparing MMS and e-mail on a phone, is like comparing ordinary phone-talk and Skype on that same phone. When we have data with wifi or 3g (on ay phone for that matter), we don't need the phone capabilities either, but not including them is simply plain stupid. Nokia has made MMS on their phones for decades, it's not like they don't know what to do. Anyone believing that e-mail is better than MMS, may be correct, but they have missed the point alltogether.

Besides, not including it will force it to be made by someone else, and leaving core phone functionality to anyone, is insane regarding quality assurance and commercial aspects. There simply is no good reason for doing this, except maybe to prove a point or something.