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Originally Posted by pieter_jh View Post
I have owned communicators since the 9000 and s60s since the 6600, and have very seldom wanted to send a fax. And never known a fellow associate even mention the fax capabilities of their communications.
I'd have thought being able to *receive* faxes on a Communicator would be more valuable than sending. Sending of electronic documents from a Communicator via fax doesn't make any sense these days - email has that pretty much covered. However I've been in many a situation where I've had real, hard copy paper documents that I've needed to send somewhere for approval/authorisation and it's been much easier for me to fax the docs than it has been to track down a scanner attached to someone elses workstation and have them scanned and forwarded via email. While I'm sure departmental scanners are becoming more prevalent (indeed our faxes are very slowly being replaced by networked photocopier machines) they're still a common sight in many UK offices and no doubt elsewhere in the world too.

For an exec on the move, the ability to *receive* faxes could still be a big advantage. No doubt a third-party app will fill this void, but why force the user to go the third party route when Nokia already had it covered in the past?