(Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. See SMS, EMS, 3GPP and photo messaging.
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
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- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-22
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
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- Blog posts 2008-09-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
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- Blog posts 2008-08-28
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