I think email might be a true competitor to MMS if handset-makers would
create email services that is very similar to how MMS services are working
today. If your phone would check for new email once every minute and give
you an alert similar to when you get an MMS then people would soon realize
that MMS is just another way to packet messaging service in favor of
operators.
In the end it's all up to handset makers if they want to challenge
operators in favor of consumers. What do you think?
People will start questioning this when we see the first mobile instant
messaging services I believe. If sending an instant message costs 0,001P
how can operators then charge 40P for an MMS?
/Gustaf
At 10:59 2003-07-30 +0200, Nicolas COMBELLES wrote:
>Interesting topic !=20
>
>My two (euro)cents :
>
>There is very few SPAM problem with SMS because it is expensive for the
>sender.
>
>E-mail is available with WAP, but you'd need to set it up.. And you
>needed to put an existing e-mail adress.=20
>Now, providers (some ?) are providing a <phonenumber>@provider.country
>e-mail adress when subscribing.
>
>But people don't use it much as they are not used to, and can't reach
>everyone with that (very few people use WAP).
>
>New phones have now better ergonomy to the e-mail function .. But still
>nothing to see with the i-mode "two button mail/i-mode" model.
>
>It's a matter of time, but telco doesn't really promote it's use because
>SMS has a very good economic model, and they want to do the same with
>MMS.
>
>i-mode allow both SMS and E-mail in Europe (well in France it is) and
>now allow user to receive MMS.
>
>Sad to see the "closed" model win, it is not the "Internet thinking" ..
>PC and Phone users aren't on the same level.
>
>But I hope to see more and more people use e-mail and e-mail might be
>the standard in Europe too one day ??
>
>One question : what historically is the fisrt standard in Japan
>SMS-like (Cmail skymail..) or E-mail ?.
>I guess it is "SMS-like, very few use, then E-mail and big success" in
>Europe success of the SMS started when operators agreed to open their
>respective SMS network to each other.
>
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