Your new BFF: MMS

You’re at the paint store and told to pick out a yellow for the new kitchen. Now on sensory overload as you look at the different shades, you fear returning with the wrong hue. New York Cab or Squash? Sunshine or Corn? Snap, send, solved. Grab the bucket of Buttercup and be on your way.

Multimedia messaging service (more commonly known as MMS) is the perfect tool for those of us that need a visual cue, reminder, or -- more importantly -- to avoid a wrong decision. Did you know that on the Palm Centro smartphone it’s as easy as two clicks to share your pictures via MMS? Click once to take the picture and again on the envelope (bottom right of the screen). Presto! The picture is now embedded in your MMS to send off.

Why is MMS so cool? Here are a couple ways you can use it:

• Hint what you'd like for your birthday.
• Get a second opinion on those new clothes, shoes, wallpaper or car before you buy.
• Wish you were here: Share your vacation memories with family.
• Get out! Snap a pic of a Britney to prove to all your friends it was totally her.

Want more? Check out tools like Thrrum that ratchet MMS up a notch. Send a MMS picture message to m@thrrum.com and Thrrum will analyze any picture (a book, product label or any printed material) and return relevant search results to the user. The service is still beta, but it’s free and worth checking out.

So… how do you MMS? Tell us (or show us!) on the Palm Facebook page.

Sara C.
Edelman for Palm

Comments

[Arnav]

your e.g. of "paint" is just awful! it would have work if only centro had a decent camera. Pictures taken with centro never display true colors and it is same as using MMS or not with your current example.

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Thanks for the comment. The Palm Centros 1.8 megapixel camera works fine for its intended use, which is mostly quick snapshots like the examples described below. Cell phone camera technology is evolving quickly and this is an exciting space to watch.