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White Paper T290i/T290c
14 October 2004
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. Editing a picture by adding text allows
users to create their own electronic postcards, an
application that is expected to substantially cut into
the traditional postcard-sending market. Themes
(downloaded or pre-defined) can be exchanged via
MMS.
SMIL presentations
SMIL stands for Synchronized Multimedia Integra-
tion Language and is pronounced “smile”. SMIL in
the T290i/T290c allows the user to create and
transmit PowerPoint-style presentations on the
mobile device. SMIL is an advanced XML-based
protocol, and Sony Ericsson MMS supports a sub
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set 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 PowerPoint-style presentations.
The user can decide in which order the image and
text will be displayed, as well as for how long the
images and text lines are to be shown in the dis
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play
PIM communication with MMS
With MMS in the T290i/T290c, it is easy to send
and receive business cards and events.
Business card (vCard)
With MMS in the T290i/T290c, the user can send
his/her business card.
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Benefits
Essentially enabling the mobile terminal to serve as
image processor and conveyor, Multimedia Mes
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saging accommodates the exchange of important
visual information as readily as it facilitates fun.
Business and leisure usage of MMS will be dynam
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ically merged, resulting in enhanced personal effi-
ciency for users and increased network activity for
operators. In short, MMS affords total usage for
total communication
Because MMS uses WAP as its bearer technology
and is being standardized by 3GPP, it has wide
industry support and offers full interoperability,
which is a major benefit to service providers and
end users. Ease-of-use resulting from both the
gradual steps of the messaging evolution and the
continuity of user experience gained from interop
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erability is assured.
The MMS server, through which MMS messages
are sent, supports flexible addressing (to both nor
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mal phone numbers (MSISDN) and email
accounts), which makes the user interface more
friendly and allows greater control for operators.
The MMS server, moreover, is responsible for the
instant delivery of MMS.
Figure 3. Example of the creation of an MMS
message.