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Messages P900/P908 White Paper, December 2003
An MMS message can contain one or more of the following:
Text
Much larger amounts of text can be used in MMS messages when compared with SMS; thousands of
characters can be included in a message. Text colour and size may be changed, and smilies may be
inserted as with EMS messages.
Audio
MMS provides the ability to send and receive recorded audio and polyphonic sounds in messages. Not only
can users share a favourite song or ring signal with a friend, they can also use the mobile phone to record
sound and send it along with a message. Because sound includes speech as well as music, this extra
dimension of an MMS message makes for enhanced immediacy of expression and communication. Rather
than sending a downloaded birthday jingle in EMS, for example, a user can send a clip of his or her own
personal rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.
Picture
With the built-in CommuniCorder, users can take a snapshot, or video clip, and immediately send it from the
CommuniCorder application using the 'Send as MMS' menu option. Still pictures can also be taken directly
from within the Messages application when creating new MMS messages. The ability to send pictures and
video clips is one of the most exciting attributes of MMS, as it allows users to share meaningful moments
with friends, family and colleagues.
Mobile picture transmission also offers inestimable utility in business applications, from sending on-site
pictures of a construction project to capturing and storing an interesting design concept for later review. The
ability to put text and pictures in a message allows users to create their own electronic postcards, an
application that is expected to substantially cut into the traditional postcard-sending market.
The P900 supports the following image formats for MMS: GIF (including animated), JPEG, PNG, WBMP and
BMP. Images may also be edited during message creation.
Scribble
A scribble is a simple image, such as a diagram, a cartoon or a roadmap, created from scratch by drawing
with the stylus on the P900 screen. The built-in image editor lets the user select pen thickness and colour as
well as insert text and crop, resize or rotate the picture.
Video
In addition to still pictures, it is possible to insert video in to an MMS. This may be a video clip recorded with
the built-in CommuniCorder, or a downloaded video file. The MMS application is able to play video or
streamed video. If a video clip is sent as an attachment, the video player is automatically launched when
tapping the attached clip.
PIM Objects
With MMS in the P900, it is easy to send and receive business cards (vCard), Calendar and Tasks entries
(vCal) and Jotter notes (text content is added to a slide). Received PIM objects are listed under the
'Attachments' tab.
SMIL presentations
SMIL stands for Synchronised Multimedia Integration Language and is pronounced 'smile'. SMIL in the P900
allows the user to create and transmit multiple-slide style presentations on the mobile device. SMIL is an
advanced XML-based protocol, and Sony Ericsson MMS supports a subset of this protocol. Using a simple
media editor, users can incorporate audio and animated GIFs along with still images, animations and text to
assemble full multimedia presentations. The idea of SMIL is to allow the user to customize the page timing in
slide presentations. The user can decide in which order the image and text will be displayed, as well as for
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