By MMS, I dont mean generic "mult-tai-meedi-yuh mail", but more the W3C
spec, which is using SMIL to wrap elements like PNG/SVG and synchronize
them to time - so you can do slideshows basically, but a whole lot more
over time than just sending a single image.
however, I guess most people think of MMS as just sending a photo to
someone - which is basically mail + attachment.
The docomo decomail spec is basically html mail with embedded images -
multipart mime afaik - which will not play on an MMS player.
The benefit is you -should- be able to read them in Outlook or whatever,
(tho the doco devguide warns against this) so I guess there are already
far more active "deco mail" clients than MMS clients... tho i doubt the
900 series will display a message from Outlook.
Anyone done tests on this?
"Internet thinking not telecom thinking"
(html not wap, flash not SVG -> html mail not MMS)
Try sending a deco mail to a vodafone 801 series handset - no va amigo.
As far as basic attachments, well the mess that is shamail/ishot is one
reason people would prefer to take a subway and show the photos
face-to-face than roll the dice and try and send the pictures
electronically.
/dc
from [ Gerhard Fasol <fasol@eurotechnology.com> ] on [ Thu, 13 May 2004 13:26:34 +0900 ]
> I don't understand what you mean, dc.
> SMS and MMS are essentially brand names like Coca-Cola.
>
> Both on PDC and FOMA you can send emails with attachments,
> on FOMA people can send emails with a lot of attachements
> and big pictures. For all practical purposes that's doing
> the same thing as MMS. So why do you say that MMS is kept
> out of Japan by DoCoMo? I don't understand.
>
> Are emails from FOMA phones with lots of attachments
> not "rich messaging"? What else?
>
> Maybe I am slow, but I don't understand what you are
> saying here.
>
> Gerhard
>
>
> dc wrote:
> >> I personally think that the takeup of MMS in Japan IS strongly
> >> culturally influenced and is unlikely to be copied in other countries.
> > but MMS looks like a non-starter over here, since docomo has gone with
> > html ("deco") mail ... messaging systems are very prone to network effects.
> > Natsuno-san also said he does not like MMS as it is a "sender pays"
> > mechanism... (like voice calls I guess, but not like email - on email
> > both the sender and receiver pay. tho i recall it is cheaper for
> > receiving packets than sending them)
> >
> > So it looks like operator pride will keep rich messaging out of japan
> > for a few years...
> >
> > /dc
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