Sprint and MMS: It's coming!

[SomeGuyMMS]

Originally Posted by Gee

Is there an actualink to where this can be downloaded?

Honestly I don't want to sound like a D..K but you really have to read the article and this thread. The answer is there.

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by SomeGuyMMS

Honestly I don't want to sound like a D..K but you really have to read the article and this thread. The answer is there.

lol, I get the impression these days that many people don't like "reading", especially for comprehension.

You should see the latest crop of college kids and their reading/writing ability...eey...we're not going to do well globally.

@VW--thx!

[SporkLover]

So nice to know the customer still has some sway over corporate weenies.

Its nice when the dog can wag the tail, instead of the tail wagging the dog.

That being said, I still can't wait for the next release of sMMS.

[bakntyme]

Originally Posted by SomeGuyMMS

Basically Sprint and only Sprint blocked PDA users from using MMS oh their phones. Now after a bunch of emails and conplaints Sprint says that they are going to offer MMS again for PDA users.

If you do a search you'll fine plenty of info on the subject.

Actually, Sprint has not said that they are working on MMS for WM phones. They are working on PictureMail, which is not quite the same thing. For example, PictureMail does not deliver the picture to the WM device, but delivers a text message containing a link to the picture posted on a web site. It would probably be less expensive and less maintenance in the long run, as well as more satisfying to the users, if Sprint were to abandon the proprietary PictureMail product and just license MMS; but at least having PictureMail for WM devices is a start.

There may be a continuing demand for the sMMS application if it can mimic MMS better than PictureMail does.

John Garcia : We're working with Microsoft to build a PictureMail application that will work on their Windows product to give you a similar experience as our other products. As some of you may be aware, currently, you can actually do this on a Windows product, but you have to do it through e-mail or Bluetooth. We realize this is cumbersome. We're working to enhance this for you soon.

From "Buzz About CTIA" with Sprint's acting Chief Marketing Officer John Garcia

[SomeGuyMMS]

Originally Posted by bakntyme

Actually, Sprint has not said that they are working on MMS for WM phones. They are working on PictureMail, which is not quite the same thing. For example, PictureMail does not deliver the picture to the WM device, but delivers a text message containing a link to the picture posted on a web site. It would probably be less expensive and less maintenance in the long run, as well as more satisfying to the users, if Sprint were to abandon the proprietary PictureMail product and just license MMS; but at least having PictureMail for WM devices is a start.

There may be a continuing demand for the sMMS application if it can mimic MMS better than PictureMail does.

Not exactly accurate, MMS is a technology not a product. Picture Mail is the Graphical User Interface(GUI) for MMS. Just like ArcSofts MMS is a generic GUI for MMS, just that sprints has a web-based version. Sprint Brands their MMS service as Picture Mail, which has a Java/Midlet Client for "Normal" phones. For sprint to have the ability to send MMS messages they have to have a MMS Gateway/Server. What I understand is that MS and RIM is helping create a GUI/Client that will use Webservices to interface with Sprints MMS service also known as Picture Mail.

As far as sMMS, it will try to keep it around as long as possible. Hopefully long after Sprint releases their version and I will attempt to offer a better user Experience, unless MS steals my concept as they usually do.

[bakntyme]

Originally Posted by SomeGuyMMS

Not exactly accurate, MMS is a technology not a product. Picture Mail is the Graphical User Interface(GUI) for MMS. Just like ArcSofts MMS is a generic GUI for MMS, just that sprints has a web-based version. Sprint Brands their MMS service as Picture Mail, which has a Java/Midlet Client for "Normal" phones. For sprint to have the ability to send MMS messages they have to have a MMS Gateway/Server. What I understand is that MS and RIM is helping create a GUI/Client that will use Webservices to interface with Sprints MMS service also known as Picture Mail.

As far as sMMS, it will try to keep it around as long as possible. Hopefully long after Sprint releases their version and I will attempt to offer a better user Experience, unless MS steals my concept as they usually do.

If the Sprint implementation of PictureMail on the WM devices means that we will be able to send an MMS message from our Sprint WM device, and receive an MMS message on our Sprint WM device without the need to navigate to a webpage containing the picture, then I can see where PictureMail is a GUI to MMS. If we still receive an SMS message with a link to a picture on a website, then it is not a GUI to MMS, but a conversion of MMS to a different technology.

[nico4k]

at least they are promising....that's promising....
hope to see the day soon.

[jstout1980]

Originally Posted by nxtech3

(cough cough) mogul will get it first (cough cough)

I work at a Sprint Store and sorry to tell you, the Mogul is considered an end of life phone at this point. Everything tech support has been telling us is that the last update is the last update for that device.

[Hafrust]

Originally Posted by jstout1980

I work at a Sprint Store and sorry to tell you, the Mogul is considered an end of life phone at this point. Everything tech support has been telling us is that the last update is the last update for that device.

Not trying to get off topic, but I don't think that's true. Everything I've read and heard from people who work at Sprint have said the Mogul is definitely not end of life yet.

[chappy]

Originally Posted by jstout1980

I work at a Sprint Store and sorry to tell you, the Mogul is considered an end of life phone at this point. Everything tech support has been telling us is that the last update is the last update for that device.

Wrong. The mogul will get at least one more update, the 6.1 update.

Don't listen to tech support. They told me to swap a phone out yesterday because the customer couldn't remember their voicemail password.

It's also not going to be EOL until something comes along to replace it. The 700w still isn't technically EOL.