mulf you can do what you want.. thats the beauty of it all..

emails can act like sms.

but for most of us- we have a few email accounts- we have work accounts we have personal accounts.

so to answer your question you could ahve a seperate personal account if you so wished..

email is growing on the mobile market, mms is dieing- yes you want it- and yes you should have it.

point is you cant have it on this phone at the mo.

if you want to send a pic there are other ways. many many other ways