The addition of technical specifications to Sprint's Web site for its upcoming Palm Pre confirms a few features we didn't even see demonstrated at CES last month. One very important feature is support for Microsoft Exchange direct push e-mail, enabling businesses with Exchange Server 2003 or XS 2007 to make their investments in Pre right away.
The other -- which will delight many and maybe even wrinkle some iPhone fans' noses -- is native support for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Sure, iPhone users have told us, you can send and receive MMS messages...through an almost Clintonian definition of "can." Almost every time you see a headline proclaiming the iPhone now has MMS, the story boils down to "Kind of..." which assumes you download someone else's app, that your recipient downloads the same app, and that Apple doesn't make you jump through hoops to do it. No hoops from Palm or Sprint, apparently, if these technical specifications just published are accurate.
What do they mean by MMS? I mean, I know what it is.. but isnt that picture mail? Or is it going to be true MMS where the media actually goes to your phone (like it does on GSM ) or is it going to be the same as picture mail where it's actually sent to a webpage. People on Sprint should know what I'm talking about...
In the clearest sign yet that public input really does help the development process, a flurry of bug detections provoked Mozilla to release Beta 2 of the next Firefox.
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What do they mean by MMS? I mean, I know what it is.. but isnt that picture mail? Or is it going to be true MMS where the media actually goes to your phone (like it does on GSM ) or is it going to be the same as picture mail where it's actually sent to a webpage. People on Sprint should know what I'm talking about...
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