hussein kanji husseinstanfordalumniorg agree rob think phones mms building traction europe handsets might interesting bottom line help sell phones b bill enough time wcarriers networks anyone remember polariod photo sticker fad low quality small size kids totally dug stuff seems like every adolescent girl stuff one point never replaced aimed replace digital cameras normal photographs dont think mms photos substitute photography developed local 1 hour joint digital photos pc think expands market forms new category extent category size big question fad sustained market thats consumer behavior marketing dont think technology adoption follow substitution another product market case digital photos normal photos europes one watch teenagers wireless phones pricing marketing right theyll figure carriers figure market h rob shavell mike masnick cc subject sprint delivers next big thing date wed 21 aug 2002 011050 0700 right mike agree disagree take comments heart opinion one last frontiers communications instant show cross easily though right rain pricing mildly amused level skepticism innatention getting premise world change dramatic unexpected ways billion eyes instantly share see amongst doesnt mean people stop talking phones people spend time wimages voice fundamental news crime privacy dating family life bloopers practical jokes believe explosion images unleashed specifically cell phone integrated lenses utter ubiquity dwarfs pictures taken history photography orders magnitude short order yes changes things big time rgds rob original message mike masnick mailtomiketechdirtcom sent tuesday august 20 2002 1158 pm rob shavell cc forkspamassassintaintorg subject sprint delivers next big thing keep harping 1136 pm 82002 0700 rob shavell wrote content cares content one think useful content always business persons mistake content users communications anything everything avg person could easily send half dozen pics dozen people day mainly humorous id guess cares content trivial nature picture speaks thousand words nothing answer question care content hell could convinced people would send stupid pics back forth day id different opinion convinced stupid picture may worth thousand words argument guy works made many people know communicate pictures sure sounds nice say picture efficient messaging mechanism often actually find drawing someone picture explain something dont buy messages text works fine efficient mechanism messages pictures job would say nearly often words think pictionary charades games images usually efficient way get message across misc ramblings suppose skeptical forkers would said thing 1 hour photo processing trivial needs get better resultion elswhere yet great decentralizing impact plant downsized pushed retail operation digital camera finally integrated digital camera phone brings cycle decentralization photography logical conclusion put photo giants bed change world meaningful way also sms didnt take easy took costs less greatly ironic carriers often trumpet profitabilty sms traffic others ratio cost bandwidth reality sms cannibilizes voice revs bought networks handle argument colleague made along dont understand kids today theyll run wasnt saying mms wouldnt take wasnt high quality wasnt easy saying couldnt see people would use way changed face communications im looking compelling reason even stupid one people would want sure integrate cameras phone quality improves even marginally certainly see people taking pictures cameras occasionally sending people mostly dont see benefit sending someones email address putting together online offline photoalbum dont think 1 hour photos trivial people want see pics right away quality plenty good enough snapshots thats one main reasons digital cameras catching instant view part im guessing argument people want instant view also instant show service offers im convinced people want instant show think people like package pictures show thats people put together fancy albums sit force go explain every picture sure occasionally instant show nice nice occasion still cant see becomes integral messaging method whats specific benefit taking picture immediately sending one phone another benefit even silly people going flock im searching one given straight answer yet really intriguing idea ive heard things like mms lately dan gillmors assertion one day near future news event happen bunch people snap pictures mobile phones different angles photos tell real story happened press even gets willing proven wrong mike ps wireless carriers continue price services stupidly currently mms never going catch thu 05 sep 2002 150744 0700 sprint delivers next big thing