Nokia Picture Messages

The most popular Nokia picture messages, supported by nearly all Nokia cell phones, are based on MMS technology. The other technology for picture messaing is called “Smart Messaging”.

Nokia opened the Smart Messaging standard to all manufacturers in 2001, only Sagem (popular in France) has taken this technology into their cell phone handsets. Others, such as Motorola, allow reception of smart messaging pictures in select models, but use other standards.

The others, including Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Siemens, developed a competing standard called “EMS” (Enhanced Messaging Service).

But because Nokia pic messages based on Smart Messaging have been around much longer than EMS, the amount of picture message content you’ll find for your Nokia phone is by far superior.

The more popular picture messaging form is based on multimedia messaging, MMS. These messages combine GIF quality pictures, sounds, and text into one message. And with a camera phone, self-made picture content can be done in a snap.

How Can YOU Get Nokia Picture Messages?

If you’d like to start downloading and sending Nokia pic messages, you need a Nokia cell phone with picture messaging capability (Smart Messaging) or a Nokia MMS cell phone. In addition, you need a cell phone plan that supports sending these messages.

Virtually all newer Nokia cell phones support both the MMS standard as well as Smart Messaging.

The MMS standard is supported by all the major cell phone manufacturers, so you will be able to send MMS messages to other manufacturer’s phones (with MMS), unlike the traditional Smart Messaging based Nokia pic messages.

To find Nokia picture messages, see nokiausa.com/ringtones/.

The service is provided directly by Nokia and features the finest picture message content in association with T-Mobile, AT&T, and Cingular.