Do You Really Need Mms ?

[Que]

The iPhone is getting MMS functionality at no cost to any single person here.

I you don't want it, don't use it, ignore it.

I'm happy it's there, there have been times when I could have used it but went without, no problem. From the summer I won't have to go without and those that think it's a waste of time won't have to use it.

Win-win for everybody

 

[kas23]

I agree, it's kind of funny how unpopular MMS was (old technology, Steve Jobs wants to kill it, nobody uses it, etc.) until Apple announced it during the keynote. Suddenly, it's cool again.

As for "needing" it, sure, why not? I don't need Safari or an mp3 player on my cellphone, but I sure as heck love these features. As long as they function well together, the more features, the merrier.

 

[thewhitehart]

It's an absolute neccessity here in Japan. The Japanese use mms to send messages across carriers. SMS is limited to intra-carrier communication. In Japan, every phone has an email address which is actually just an MMS gateway. Without MMS the iPhone is like a brick here. I have to use yahoo push email for similar functionality. Yahoo mail is often blocked by other Japanese phones. As much as I love my iPhone for its other fantastic features, it's not a good real time communication device here.

I'm so happy 3.0 will support MMS. Then again, the idiot Japanese carrier softbank will probably not support it.

 

[abarna21]

I want to thank you all for the votes and he honesty.
I don't use MMS. I have MMs on my work phone, but i never used it.
When I had to send a picture, i email it, but I agree with MMS being a standard feature.

 

[TheSpaz]

I'll still have to end up emailing a lot of my photos because my girlfriend's on a first gen iPhone and my brother's girlfriend is also on a first gen iPhone... so I have a feeling, we'll still be using email.

 

[jdk2]

I've never used the feature even though my former/present Blackberries have it. When I got the iPhone, it never even crossed my mind that it wasn't available.

That said, I think it should have been available from the beginning. Thankfully, it'll be a moot point after June/July of this year.

 

[Benguitar]

0-5 now

5-10 once I can actually send MMS

 

[bruinsrme]

I cant wait for MMS. to me it is as convenient as texting. I dont frequently check my email during the day. So when friends and family send me an MMS it will appear without me having to wait until all my email down loads.

 

[mikey28]

Its hard for you to understand, as it is for me, because, as adults, we recognize that there is no such need, in any situation.

In fact, I can't think of anything more rude than clogging up someones text message space/bandwidth by sending them a picture, likely of something they couldn't care less about, or could have enjoyed just as much an hour later. In fact, text messaging has an urgency to it one small step below 'phone call', and to send a picture that way is like saying, "i need you to see this now!" Well, while that might have its once a year use, its mostly rude.

Both elements are at work here. Greedy carriers depending on stupid customers, and of course, stupid customers.

The "I can/cannot get MMS to work," threads are hilarious. I don't know if it works on any of my testing 3Gs, and if it did, I wouldn't know how to test it. I can't think of anyone I would "text" a picture to.

I can think of a few thousand I might e-mail though.

wow. Such hostility.

Actually, this says more about YOU/YOUR EMPTY LIFE than about the need or not for MMS. I am sorry to hear about your mundane life and lack of friends/spontaneity.
Maybe with a different outlook/more tolerance it will get better.

 

[kas23]

Actually, this says more about YOU than about the need or not for MMS. I am sorry to hear about your mundane life and lack of friends/spontaneity.
Maybe with a different outlook/more tolerance it will get better.

+1. I can't think of anything more rude than clogging someone's email with silly pics (which what MMS is really for). That's someone who obviously has trouble embracing change.

 

[bruinsrme]

wow. Such hostility.

Actually, this says more about YOU/YOUR EMPTY LIFE than about the need or not for MMS. I am sorry to hear about your mundane life and lack of friends/spontaneity.
Maybe with a different outlook/more tolerance it will get better.

yeah that poster has a lot of passion sharing their opinion on MMS and how it is outdated and how people should just forget about it.

need well i surely dont need an iphone or any cell phone. But sinmce I have an iphone I want MMS no matter how some view the antiquated technology.

to each their own

 

[Airforcekid]

You don't need anything other than food water and shelter but MMS is a big want!

 

[davelanger]

Dumb question for MMS email textes on the iphone.
Is there a way to route those texts to a certain email address and not the generic AT&T one?

 

[aok1975]

MMS is not the same as email, and thus email is not raplacing MMS. If I recieved a picture in my email on my iPhone and it instantly notifies me that I have just recieved a pic, maybe that can replace MMS.

 

[randomusername]

Why would you not want something that you dont have to use?

Well, I didn't really want it (I found MMS to be obnoxious on my old phone) at first. But now that there have been many times lately where it would've been nice to have I've changed my mind about MMS.

 

[mrrish]

Its hard for you to understand, as it is for me, because, as adults, we recognize that there is no such need, in any situation.

In fact, I can't think of anything more rude than clogging up someones text message space/bandwidth by sending them a picture, likely of something they couldn't care less about, or could have enjoyed just as much an hour later. In fact, text messaging has an urgency to it one small step below 'phone call', and to send a picture that way is like saying, "i need you to see this now!" Well, while that might have its once a year use, its mostly rude.

Both elements are at work here. Greedy carriers depending on stupid customers, and of course, stupid customers.

The "I can/cannot get MMS to work," threads are hilarious. I don't know if it works on any of my testing 3Gs, and if it did, I wouldn't know how to test it. I can't think of anyone I would "text" a picture to.

I can think of a few thousand I might e-mail though.

As someone else said, you are incorrectly speaking on the behalf of adults. I am an adult, and my father is even more of an adult. We both cherish the fact that from 500 miles away, we can send images of our day to day activities. To be truthfully honest, a majority of the U.S. population checks their non-work e-mail once a day. A cellphone is usually in your pocket 12-16 hrs a day and is therefore more suitable for sending a quick image. Just because you don't find a use for it, does not mean that the greater population is either naive or incorrect in their texting habits.

Furthermore, until a service is enabled that combines e-mail to instant notifications found in texting, we will never see an end to the expensive messaging plans that we must purchase in addition to our data and voice contracts.

 

[MrGadget28]

I have never sent an MMS message because of how pissed I was when someone sent me some stupid picture I didn't really care to see on my old phone. Woo, $3 to see that picture when I could've looked at it a day later.

When I can e-mail a picture at no charge, I see zero point in MMS on a smart phone.

You can say that about all he pointless apps on the iPhone. No need for those...just to waste time really

 

[Deadman64]

MMS, to me is standard. Yes I have lived without it, because I wanted the iphone.

But for me and my family/friends, the ability to send a quick pick of the kids, or see what my friend is wearing, or the dog, or WHATEVER is priceless.

It's part of experiencing their lives, and keeps us all close. I am so glad/relieved that iPhone is now going to have this valuable tool...

Exactly.

 

[CarlyLyon]

i think MMS is an old technology and even though its finally coming out on the iphone a little too late b/c soon enough something better than MMS is going to come out and then iphone will need to step it up again... why dont they just give mms when stupid windows mobile phones had it ??

 

[aok1975]

i think MMS is an old technology and even though its finally coming out on the iphone a little too late b/c soon enough something better than MMS is going to come out and then iphone will need to step it up again... why dont they just give mms when stupid windows mobile phones had it ??

MMs is not old technology. How is it old tech?

 

[AAPLaday]

MMS is newer than SMS in the mobile world.

 

[fr33 loader]

My need for MMS is purely because of being able to forward and receive contacts in my phonebook. I sorely miss that feature from my previous low-tech phone.

 

[ajohnson253]

it already comes with pms

 

[koobcamuk]

Suddenly, it's cool again.

Nah. I am in a long distance relationship... MMS can make things a little more fun (she doesn't have email on her phone) but it's not cool. Aside from photos to/from her, I've never used it.

 

[kits]

MMS is such a basic function of cell phones. Just that iPhone didn't have it so far doesn't make it less useful. Also, it's not the same as being able to send e-mail.

For those who use the full capability of MMS, e-mails won't work. MMS is lot of fun for friends who like to keep in touch constantly. MMS let's you mix text, pictures, audio, clipart, animations, and video together to make look like flash animation when recipient views it. Unfortunately, I don't yet see this feature in the 3.0 Beta 2. It just lets send pictures!

For example, on my friends/cousins and their kids birthdays I send MMS taking small video of my family singing Happy Birthday, or cake animation's with a audio clip of us all singing Happy Birthday. Also, send pictures of my food/drinks while at restaurants to friends, and share other exciting things with family and friends.

It's a feature that gets more fun and exciting once it's used to it's full potential.