T68i
White Paper, April 2002
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example,a user can send a clip of his or her own
personal renditionof “Happy Birthday”.
Picturesand themes
By using either a digital camera attached to the
T68i witha cable, or a snap-on camera
accessory,users can take a snapshot and
immediatelysend it to a recipient. The ability to
send picturesis one of the most exciting
attributesof MMS, as it allows users to share
meaningful moments with friends, family and
colleagues.
Mobile picturetransmission also offers
inestimableutility in business applications, from
sending on-site pictures of a constructio n project
to capturingand storing an interesting design
conceptfor later review. Editing a picture by
adding text allowsusers to create their own
electronicpostcards, an application that is
expectedto substantially cut into the traditional
postcard-sendingmarket.
Themes (downloadedor pre-defined)can be
exchangedvia MMS.
SMIL presentations
SMIL standsfor Synchronized Multimedia
IntegrationLanguage and is pronounced “smile”.
SMILin theT68i allows t he user to the create and
transmit PowerPoint-style presentations on the
mobile device. SMIL is an advanced XML-based
protocol, and Sony Ericsson MMS supports a
subset of thisprotocol. Using a simple media
editor,users can incorporate audio and animated
GIFs along withs tillimages, animations and text
to assemble full multimedia presentations.
TheideaofSMIListoallowtheuserto
customizethe page timing in Powerpoint-style
presentations.The user can decide in which
orderthe image and text will be displayed, as
well as for how long the images and text lines are
tobeshowninthedisplay

PIM communication with MMS

With MMS in the T68i, it is easy to send and
receivebusiness cards, calendar entries and
notes.
Business card(vCard)
WithMMS in the T68i, the user can send his/her
business card.
Calendarentry (vCal)
With the vCal function the user can enclose a
vCal entry whensending a meeting request via
MMS.
Notes
The T68i supports vNote. Notes can be sent via
MMS.
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Benefits
Essentiallyenabling the mobile terminal to serve
as image processorand conveyor, Multimedia
Messagingaccommodates the exchange of
importantvisual information as readily as it
facilitatesfun. Business and leisure usage of
MMS will be dynamically merged, resulting in
enhanced personalefficiency for users and
increasednetwork activity for operators. In short,
MMS affordstotal usage for total communication
Because MMSu sesWAP as its bearer
technologyand is being standardized by 3GPP,it
has wide industrysupport and offers full
interoperability,which is a major benefit to
service providersand end users. Ease-of-use
resultingfrom both the gradual steps of the
messaging evolution and the continuity of user
experiencegained from interoperability is
assured.
The MMS server, through which MMS messages
are sent, supports flexible addressing (to both
normal phone numbers (MSISDN) and e-mail
accounts), whichmakes user interface more
friendly andallows greater control for operators.
TheMMS server, moreover,is responsible for the
instantd eliveryfeature of MMS.
Figure 2. Exampleof the creation of an MMS
message.