MMS - photo: paper all endure?

From the consumer point of view of new technologies by themselves are almost useless. "Work" and begin to benefit specific solutions based on these technologies. Transmission system for multimedia messaging - a typical example. Hopes for a "sufficiency" MMS is not met, people keen to write to you in a multimedia format proved a vexing little. Built-in camera phones little to correct the situation, but not radically: Firewalls MMS-Gateway has to be done, and kick around with each other photos of the surrounding landscape - not such a great pleasure. Accordingly, the commercial value of MMS to the operator is not even zero, but with a minus sign: the money invested, and special financial return is not observed. Already it is clear that rely on a miracle is not necessary and the emergence of some kind of universal comprehensive killer application is not forthcoming. That is why in the world began a hard and painstaking work to create let the "niche", but really useful and attractive services. Most of them probably "sink into oblivion, but the strongest will survive and will bring in revenue to operators and developers. At the same time delighting us with you - otherwise where will the revenue? Just because "their money" we will not give up!

So very "hard copy"

An obvious application of MMS - picture a favorite family albomchik. But this is not so simple. In the version of the "default" will work handles, and even without a computer at home can not do. Photos from the phone can be sent to email-address via a built-in email-client's machine (if the aforesaid in the phone provided), you can - as an MMS to an email address. The second option is more expensive but easier and more versatile. Continue with the picture you can pokoldovat in Photoshop, burn to CD and taken to a nearby studio. Or print out yourself on a color printer. The prices are quite comparable: 6-8 rubles. (Photo 10x15 photo paper in the studio) or 6-7 rubles. (Cost of a print on special paper). You can save on the price of MMS through a direct download pictures to a computer, but this is not a solution for the mass market, as well as printing on your home printer. Ideal - snapped and sent via MMS glossy photo paper to a friend or his beloved, if possible quickly and at a reasonable price. These solutions are quite popular abroad, but now available to Russian users. MegaFon-Moscow has already launched its service MMS-congratulation on the forthcoming exhibition of something similar is going to show BeeLine. In addition, you can expect the emergence of alternatives to print and send to appoint its MMS-photo.

"In the village of my grandfather ..."

Delivery of MMS-message by regular mail - an interesting service in MegaFon. Try to remember the last time I found in a mailbox that anything other than bills, newspapers and advertising junk? I could not remember. In times of normal email postcard with postmark is perceived as a gift, and ignore such a possibility is unwise. Necessary actions - send to number 667,170 MMS-message with a photograph and a communication to include the full postal address for delivery. The complete statement is on the site MegaFon http://www.megafonmoscow.ru/tariffs/services/mms/200402121118-3849.htm, pay attention to exact compliance with the record format address of the recipient. It is a pity that the letters are delivered only to Russia.The apparent lack of services - there are no guarantees of postcards, the last time, our postal service delivers only accurate notification of the tax inspectorate.

The cost of postage MMS-cards - $ 1 with no tax plus the cost of sending MMS in accordance with the tariff plan, the service is available only to contract subscribers (again Light subscribers hurt!). Given the cost of printing and postage costs - very inexpensive, especially considering the amount of pleasure from this "real" massage.



MMS-photos-Mobile Center

Beeline subscribers can receive MMS-stamped snapshot of any Mobile-Center, and their in Moscow quite a lot. http://www.beelinegsm.ru/wherebuy/salon.wbp service is quite new and neobkatannaya "but it looks tempting. As we found out, the service will be officially announced at the show, so there is an opportunity to act as a discoverer - good money for a photo asking quite a bit. All the pleasure is worth $ 0.85 without VAT, with additional charge for sending MMS is not taken. Procedure: Send a picture as a MMS-attachments to number 013,579, in return will receive SMS-message with the login and password, and which will need to show any Mobile-Centre for printed photos. According to employees of one of the Mobile Centers, the picture will be printed directly on the site and make it possible to be within a few minutes after sending MMS. Very good even for his own use, not to mention the possibility of a photograph please dear person.

Small resolution of most built-in cameras can not "stretch" the image to 10x15 format without significant loss in quality, but the photos in 640x480 resolution looks pretty well already. And even at 320x240 something that can not see, can be inserted into the album and the show as "exotic animals". Imprint make a standard size, but not to injure the psyche of a broad white border image can be inserted into the frame. Fortunately, the framework provides different and not only the traditional flowers, buttercups. Printed on special paper with a glossy conformal coating, so that the print looks like an ordinary photo.

Not without some intrigue - as well without it. Visiting the Mobile Center on Voykovskaya I was eager to actively look for a wonderful printer and lovely girl I did not start, had to be persuaded by the press service of VimpelCom. Which also has expressed delight at the tumultuous early "deflation cat out of the bag, but still promote. The printing process is not shown, but besides the printer has been presented to a sample image - quite pleasant to the touch (a picture, not the printer). With regard to image quality, then judge for yourself, but for the resolution of 320x240 is not bad.

Somehow, in the Mobile-Center did not say anything about what the service is essentially a slightly modified version of the project recently made a photo studio Zoom-Zoom - and in vain did not say. The procedure is absolutely the same, the same phone number MMS-gate, the same price and design / print images. You can pick up a picture in any photo shop, but it somehow still about 40 "points" in Moscow. http://www.zoomzoom.ru/fotosalons returning home engaged in geographical research and then began to torture me doubt as to whether the printer-Mobile Center on Voykovskaya. By coincidence, one of the Zoom Studios is located in the same house (!), So far to carry the prints in any case not necessary. But once cleared of the function sends to the login and password: in addition to "live" pictures in their hands, we obtain your own photo album site zoom-zoom and the images can be viewed via the Internet.

Alternatives

It is hoped that such services will be developed, including in other cities.Today, many digital photo studios are already taking print materials via the Internet, but sold it as a file download via Web-interface. Is a logical next step - to provide the user email-address for delivery, benefit more and more phones and smartphones to acquire their own email-client. At the same time dare to question sending files relatively large size (MMS-limit - 100 KB) that will be relevant to the mass distribution of built-in cameras a higher resolution.

With regard to technological solutions to optimize receives a phone camera images, then they are and we recently wrote about them. But whether these technologies are to fly depends primarily on how these services will be popular.