Guy, I've been following a related story (about picture quality) on another forum, and it looks to me as if either I've lost the plot, or everyone else has. "Picture messaging" for a start, is a misnomer - it's a subset of the SMS standard that allows you to send grainy icons embedded in an SMS message. Photo messaging is a subset of MMS, and a quick look at Nokia's website reveals that MMS is a VERY broad chapel approach, covering a wide range of embedded files within a message. UK carriers have settled on just ONE aspect of the MMS standard, which happens to be lo-res. But the handset makers produces "cameraphones" capable (in some cases) of significantly better resolutions. Problem is... you can't then send them as MMS messages, because they're the wrong format. But many of these phones can ALSO send "email with attachments" (which, when it comes down to it, pretty much describes MMS - except that it's treated differently for billing purposes) So, as a master spy, you're faced with a fairly simple dilemma - take a muddy, lo-res pic and send it as MMS, or take a better, higher-res one and send it as an email attachment. The latter's more expensive... but I don't imagine "Q branch" would mind the few extra quid on the bill.