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The Drone - 29 Jan 2006 13:31 GMT

Guys 'n' Gals,

My daughter has a D500 (on a Vodafone contract) and I asked her to
e-mail me a couple of photos she'd taken with the phone on her camera. I
told her to just enter the e-mail address in place of the mobile number.
She said she couldn't (it came back with some message I can't remember)
so she SMS'ed them to my SE K750i (also on a Vodafone contract) instead.
I was then able to e-mail them to myself no problem. Was her inability
to e-mail the photos something to do with her phone or finger trouble?
Could it be something to do with Vodafone? I'd be surprised as both
contracts were taken out at similar times.

When they arrived on my phone, they "played" for several seconds as
though movies. When they got to my computer, they were .jpg stills. Can
anyone explain this?

Finally, they looked rather grainy on the computer, is that normal for a
D500?

Thanks,

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Netty - 29 Jan 2006 14:19 GMT

> Guys 'n' Gals,
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> Thanks,

It sounds like your daughter hasn't set up her phone for emailing. If she
has access to a pc she could go to the vodafone website and have a look on
there as to how she does this. (I couldn't tell you how to do this manually
as I've not set mine up either.)

As to the photos, she may have her phone set up to take pics at a low
resolution. The D500 has 6 different resolutions. She should consult her
manual as to how she can change it.

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Jon - 29 Jan 2006 22:41 GMT

wsne@zzmail.org.uk declared for all the world to hear...

> My daughter has a D500 (on a Vodafone contract) and I asked her to
> e-mail me a couple of photos she'd taken with the phone on her camera. I
> told her to just enter the e-mail address in place of the mobile number.
> She said she couldn't (it came back with some message I can't remember)
> so she SMS'ed them to my SE K750i (also on a Vodafone contract) instead.

I don't think she did actually. MMS'd maybe?

> I was then able to e-mail them to myself no problem. Was her inability
> to e-mail the photos something to do with her phone or finger trouble?

She was almost certainly attempting to send the photo as an email
attachment, rather than send them as *an MMS addressed to an email
address*. Sending the photos as email attachments would be possible if
she had an email account correctly configured on the D500.

> When they arrived on my phone, they "played" for several seconds as
> though movies. When they got to my computer, they were .jpg stills. Can
> anyone explain this?

Yes, MMS messages are rather like a slideshow. Each picture has a given
length of time before ending the message or moving on the next frame.
The default time on many handsets is 5 seconds.

> Finally, they looked rather grainy on the computer, is that normal for a
> D500?

It is if the lens is scratched or covered in crap, which is not unusual
for a mobile phone.

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The Drone - 30 Jan 2006 15:15 GMT

>wsne@zzmail.org.uk declared for all the world to hear...
>> My daughter has a D500 (on a Vodafone contract) and I asked her to
>> e-mail me a couple of photos she'd taken with the phone on her camera. I
>> told her to just enter the e-mail address in place of the mobile number.
>> She said she couldn't (it came back with some message I can't remember)
>> so she SMS'ed them to my SE K750i (also on a Vodafone contract) instead.

>I don't think she did actually. MMS'd maybe?

Er, yes ... OK. The interface is the same so I'm afraid I just called it
the same ...

>> I was then able to e-mail them to myself no problem. Was her inability
>> to e-mail the photos something to do with her phone or finger trouble?

>She was almost certainly attempting to send the photo as an email
>attachment, rather than send them as *an MMS addressed to an email
>address*. Sending the photos as email attachments would be possible if
>she had an email account correctly configured on the D500.

You may be right - but I did tell her just to enter the e-mail address
instead of a phone number. perhaps she disobeyed me (!) and you are
right!

>> When they arrived on my phone, they "played" for several seconds as
>> though movies. When they got to my computer, they were .jpg stills. Can
>> anyone explain this?

>Yes, MMS messages are rather like a slideshow. Each picture has a given
>length of time before ending the message or moving on the next frame.
>The default time on many handsets is 5 seconds.

That would tally.

>> Finally, they looked rather grainy on the computer, is that normal for a
>> D500?

>It is if the lens is scratched or covered in crap, which is not unusual
>for a mobile phone.

Hmm, maybe. I will tell her to dust it off! But I think the may be
covered by the slide action? Maybe not. I'll ask her.

Thanks for the pointers.

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