MMMess in the US
The iPhone in the US has finally entered the end of the 20th century with the arrival of MMS. Naturally, Americans are giddy with excitement about the prospect of spending 30 cents to send a photo of their cat to their mothers using who are still using a Nokia 6610.
Here in the rest of the world, we have another view of MMS. It’s called a waste of money.
MMS just isn’t used anymore. There are many cheaper ways to send photos to people. Dozens of phones now use email, which is upfront free. Instead of spending 30 cents to send one photo to one person, I could just upload it Facebook and allow hundreds to see it. Heck, I could even use Twitter. MMS isn’t an exciting new technology because it isn’t new.
And to tell the truth, people discovered that MMS was a failure of a service the moment it came out. Even in the days of emailless phones, the days without Facebook and Twitter (I shudder at the thought), no one was that desperate to send a photo around.
To the people of the United States, enjoy your MMS while you can because it’s a passing fad soon to be forgotten.
