What is MMS? (page 2 of 2)

The receiving user will not be aware of the ongoing transmission before the whole message has been delivered, he or she will perceive no delay at all! Thus MMS will be perceived as very fast!

8. Can you send MMS messages to phones that do not have the MMS feature?
The Nokia Multimedia Terminal Gateway (TGW) provides support for phones without MMS receive capability. The receiving terminal is identified as a non-MMS phone and instead of sending the MMS message to the phone, the message is stored on a Web page. ASMS with the address to the Web page is sent to the non-MMS phone over SMS.

9. Can you send MMS messages to phones with black-and-white displays?
The main part of the MMS content is expected to be color images. To experience the full MMS experience a color display is required. If a phone has the MMS feature it can in theory receive MMS messages. Several different ways to present color images using dithering on black-and-white displays exist, and to a limited extent a representation of the color image can also be made on a black-and-white display.

10. What does it cost for a phone user to send an MMS message?
Charging of MMS traffic is controlled by the operator. Nokia proposes that MMS should be charged on a transaction basis, exactly as SMS is being charged per message, not per size. It is up to the operators how much to charge for an MMS. Costs in the magnitude of 2-3 times the cost of a SMS have been discussed.