Is this a windows thing or what? I can't seem to send video through sms, is there a way around this??? Also I received a 3gp file, which I know even a flip phone can play it, but WP can't? I can hear the sound but not the video? This is crazy, we're at ver 7 of windows mobile and none of this is possible? WM 6.5 was able to do this
WP can't send video through Text?
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Windows Mobile and Windows Phone are two totally different products. Windows Phone was completely rebuilt and has very little in common with Windows Mobile. You will not find the exact same functionality between the two products.
One current omission is the ability to send your own videos through SMS/MMS. This feature will become available in the next update scheduled for release sometime this month. You can forward SMS/MMS that have video content in them that have been sent to you, you just can't send your own videos.
Also I have had no issues with 3GP video files, as they play just fine on all my Windows Phone devices.
One current omission is the ability to send your own videos through SMS/MMS. This feature will become available in the next update scheduled for release sometime this month. You can forward SMS/MMS that have video content in them that have been sent to you, you just can't send your own videos.
Also I have had no issues with 3GP video files, as they play just fine on all my Windows Phone devices.
Well I just think it's ridiculous that in this day and age, a company like Microsoft would write and os that doesn't have the most basic feature that has been around for a decade, its not their first mobile Os. Yes one would argue that the first apple iPhone didn't even have mms, but it was their first mobile os, Microsoft has been in the game way too long to have miss something like this. I do like WP but I really think it shouldn't take an update to have something like sending a video through text to be implemented, I don't even think we have the option to send it through email either...correct me if I'm wrong.
Not trying to flame but didn't the first iPhone iteration famously lack the ability to send MMS of any type?
Windows Mobile and Windows Phone are two completely different beasts. Windows Phone was effectively MS saying 'yeah ummm... we got it wrong' and starting over from scratch. Regardless of MS' history, this OS is still in its infancy.
EDIT: Also, Windows Mobile was an OS that existed before iOS revolutionized what the term 'smartphone' actually meant. So, again, their mobile OS history is effectively moot.
AllTheWay
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So you like sending at max a 600kb file through MMS? Why not just e-mail the video or upload to youtube this way it has the best video quality possible?
I agree & I've been pretty vocal about the lack of video mms. But luckily we'll have it in Tango. Which should come within a month, if rumors hold true. But it's still easily the best OS available.
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I think that is exactly the same logic Steve Jobs used to downplay the lack of MMS in the original iPhone. Needless to say, the market disagreed...and Apple relented.
Joel
I'm sure it's not 600k anymore w most of the smartphone, regardless it should have been a standard feature to have. You can argue that wp is the first or whatever but I'm saying still, it should have been there, shouldn't be that hard to code it into the os.
AllTheWay
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600kb is set by the carrier and not the phone. MMS was available on the iPhone 3G. Apple had to work with AT&T to get mms allowed on their network.
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Link it
I think you're right. On the rare occasions where I find myself needing to do this, I upload it to skydrive and send a link.
I think you're right. On the rare occasions where I find myself needing to do this, I upload it to skydrive and send a link.
iPhone is also excluded on size limits on MMS. You can send much larger sized MMS than any other phones.
Based on the Tago ROM's released you are able to send about 3 sec max of VGA not HD video taken by a phones camera via text. But as far as I understand those ROM's were from the Tango SDK dump. Maybe the final release will allow longer video's. I also know Tango is to provide multiple attachments to a text.
I think it's ridiculous that in this day and age people don't research a product before they buy it. So many random things people are beefing about that a little digging could have prepared them for, especially when locking oneself into a 2 year contract.
I really don't care that MMS video isn't there...
I don't complain the infrared isn't in phones any more, its because its obsolete. IMO MMS is obsolete. its a restrictive and expensive way of sending stuff, that you can send much more in an email.
MMS was really only made as an alternative when phones couldn't send emails.
I don't complain the infrared isn't in phones any more, its because its obsolete. IMO MMS is obsolete. its a restrictive and expensive way of sending stuff, that you can send much more in an email.
MMS was really only made as an alternative when phones couldn't send emails.
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