Picturing the Future of Messaging: Twilio MMS Now Available on All US Numbers

https://www.twilio.com/blog/2014/09/introducing-twilio-mms-nt.html

by jefflinwood • 12 years ago

35 10 12 years ago

Is there still a use case for MMS that isn't better served by facebook mesenger, whatsapp, viber, ... ?

You can't use facebook messenger programmatically anymore. Also my parents still don't have smart phones and don't want ones. They use mms pretty heavily.

mhurron• 12 years ago

Perhaps not everyone uses those services?

crystaln• 12 years ago

You can send to any number, with just the phone number.

When developing an application for the general public, none of the services you suggest come close to solving that problem.

gizzlon• 12 years ago

You can send to any number, with just the phone number.

I don't think that works in practice, some / many people can't receive MMS. I don't even know if I can, think it has to be set up on the phone to match the carrier.. or something =/

Maybe it's different in the U.S.?

hackmiester2• 12 years ago

Why would I install those things when my MMS client is built into my phone, I don't have to find someone's contact info because I already have their phone numbers, etc.?

rwong48• 12 years ago

Because you can send a message to a /person/ (or multiple people) instead of a /phone number/. Depending on said service, said person can interact with the message independent of device or phone number. Useful for people who interact with people who change phone numbers/devices often and/or travel between countries. Just send the message, and you don't have to think.

But people will forever stick to their stock messaging application as much as possible, sticking to slower, more restrictive technologies. MMS is a dinosaur.

icebraining• 12 years ago

MMS is the future of messaging? Hopefully not ;)

Personally, I don't think I've ever used them, even before mobile Internet. Is it common in the US?

Picturing the Future of Messaging: Twilio MMS Now Available on All US Numbers

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