M e s s a g e s29The appearance of a multimedia message may vary depending on the receiving device.Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Messages maycontain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringing tones, and othercontent from being copied, modified, transferred, or forwarded. This function isonly available if supported by your service provider or network operator. Foravailability and a subscription to the multimedia messaging service, contact yourservice provider or network operator.Note: Only devices that offer compatible multimedia message featurescan receive and display multimedia messages. Multimedia message objectsmay contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC. Do notopen any attachment if unsure of the trustworthiness of the sender.Multimedia messaging supports the following formats:• Picture: JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, WBMP, BMP, and PNG• Sound: SP-MIDI, AAC, AMR audio, QCELP, and monophonic ringing tones• Video: clips in H.263 format with SubQCIF image size and AMR audioIf a received message contains unsupported elements, these elements may bereplaced with Object format not supported.You can receive MMS notifications at anytime; whether you can retrieve MMSdepends, as shown in the following:• While in a call or an active browsing session, you cannot retrievemultimedia messages.• While in a standalone application such as a game or calendar instead of abrowser or voice call, you can retrieve multimedia messages.MMS settingsBefore you can use the multimedia message feature, you must specify whetheryou want to receive message at all times or only if you are in your wireless serviceprovider’s home system. This is a network service. Check with your service providerfor more information.The default setting of the multimedia message service is on. The appearance of amultimedia message may vary depending on the receiving device.Allow or block multimedia receptionYou can choose to receive all messages, block all messages, or receive messagesonly when you are in the wireless service provider’s home network.In the standby mode, select Menu > Messages > Multimedia messages >Message settings > Allow multimedia reception and one of the following:
