How would end users interact with MMS?
In terms of usage, Multimedia messages can best be understood as ‘choreographed PowerPoint presentations’. What does ‘choreographed’ mean? The multimedia presentation, which consists of elements such as music, voice, images, text, video, and graphics – are all synchronised across a common timeline (i.e. not delivered as attachments) as in an email. Similar to an SMS, the recipient receives a notification and when the full message is received, the presentation starts running. Visually, the presentation looks like a choreographed slide show with images (both photographic and animation) and sound. Another way to think of MMS is as a presentation layer over email since MMS uses many email technologies. Unlike SMS communication, MMS communication will not be discreet i.e. rich media lends itself to be ‘flaunted’ rather than being discreetly in the background. This trend is already noticeable with richer media such as ringtones.
