If you’re using a WM smartphone on the Sprint network you’re probably familiar with the limitations Sprint places on the sending and receiving picture mail. The receipt of pictures occurs through a klunky web interface requiring WM users to navigate to a web site to view their picture mails. There is a program available for the WM platform that automates the process of navigating to the picturemail web site to view photos. sMMS automatically detects and downloads incoming MMS and displays them on your phone.

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Sprint released another update about the long awaiting Picture Mail capabilities (currently lacking) in their Windows Mobile phones. Presently Sprint only supports emailing of pictures between Windows Mobile devices. Subscribers cannot sent photos via MMS (Multi-Media Messaging). Sprint has publicly stated they will support this feature. Now there’s an update via the Buzzaboutwireless.com forum (official Sprint forum) with a little clearer timeline:

Sprint would like to provide an update in response to recent inquiries about sending pictures from Sprint’s Windows Mobile devices to other mobile phones. Currently Sprint’s Windows Mobile devices support sending/receiving pictures between any valid email address and receiving Sprint Picture Mail pictures from mobile phones via text messaging. Picture Mail pictures received via text messaging appear as a URL that is viewable from the Windows Mobile device’s Web browser. Sprint currently does not offer the capability to send pictures to other mobile phones by entering the mobile number to share photos. To address this issue, we are currently working on two solutions:

1. We expect to offer a free Picture Mail software download later this year that will enable all customers with existing Windows Mobile 6 devices to send pictures to other mobile phone numbers (normal usage fees will apply).

2. Beginning later this year, all future Windows Mobile device models from Sprint will be preloaded with the full Picture Mail application.

In the interim we would like to remind customers that pictures can be shared from Windows Mobile devices to any email account via the Options/Send menu on the device. Pictures can also be shared from Windows Mobile devices through the use of Bluetooth, beaming and synchronization capabilities, and removable memory cards. We will continue to communicate updates here as the exact timelines and solutions are finalized.

Link: Buzzaboutwireless discussion thread - Windows Mobile MMS Coming