What Is Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)?

What's the one thing you can't live without? That's right: MMS. Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is the best way to send and receive videos, images, ringtones and text files. It's like a phone call, a text message and an email all in one—but with less typing. Now it's even more convenient than ever! Now one can easily send an MMS from whatever app you use (instead of going through your phone's messaging app). So if you're playing Candy Crush but want to tell your friend how much fun you had at the party last night, no problem! Just hit "send" on your phone while you're playing Candy Crush and boom—it'll go right through! A multimedia message service (MMS) is a mobile content exchange mechanism that authorizes users to transmit and receive videos, images, ringtones and text files. It's like text messaging but better! MMS also supports sending contacts, videos and photos to mobile devices. Sending of communications is supported by both email and MMS. To send contacts via email, you must type in the contacts' email addresses. You must enter the contact's phone number to send communications via MMS. MMS also supports receiving contacts, videos and images. You must enter the contact's phone number to receive contacts via MMS. You can send MMS messages from your computer using various applications, such as Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird. You can also receive MMS messages on your computer using the same applications. MMS messages can be sent directly from your computer as well. The Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is designed to display images, music and videos to recipients on their phones. It's like SMS but with more bells and whistles. When it was first launched, MMS was touted as the successor to SMS. While SMS only supports text, MMS supports multimedia images, music and videos. Currently, MMS is designed for non-real-time delivery support to recipients lacking a real-time streaming feature.