Using non-operator free mobile picture mail with prepaid SIM

metha

I'm planning a trip to India and I'll be taking
my Nokia 6630 on this trip for sending pictures
from the cellphone back home. I've been using
the mailbymobile service from the www.mailbuymobile.com
without charge except the GPRS fee that I'm paying to
the operator monthly (here in Bangkok, 3USD$ for up to
40MB per month)

I'll get a prepaid SIM in India with GPRS/EDGE
service and send pictures back, assuming that this
setup will be much cheaper than roaming charges.
Would there be any complications with this plan?
Thanks for advice in advance.

sald

Make sure the service provider you use provides MMS service in the locations you will be visiting - that's the only way pictures can be sent.

You can try looking up the Airtel and Hutch websites - they have, in my experience sofar, the best EDGE services and very good coverage.

metha

I'll be using WAP picture upload instead of MMS, that is, it'd
be either paid by KBytes or by connection time, instead of being
charged per MMS. My choice of upload service is free, but I know
I have to pay for some WAP connection service. Is WAP service
available for pre-paid SIM (if I can get one as tourist?) in
India?

Over here (Bangkok, Thailand) I've just got a new WAP package
for 100Bahts ($3USD) per month up to 20hrs connection time from
one of the 3 local operators. I've been sending many pictures
(via the www.mailbymobile.com free picture upload +
e-mail service) daily with such combination, many e-mails,
directly and immediately from my cellphone.

Pay by connection time is more practical than pay by kbytes
if you have a lot to upload/send. For me, every time I'd take a
few pictures, get on WAP, go to the free upload/e-mail service,
and send out the pictures with e-mails, then disconnect (exit)
the WAP connection. It takes less than five minutes each round,
my oversea liaisons get to see my text message plus pictures
with e-mail immediately. My monthly 20hrs WAP package roughly
allows me send out 8 e-mails + 24 pictures PER DAY (up to 3
pictures per e-mail attachment). For me, it's a new found good
deal as compared to MMS. Of course this is a store-and-forward
e-mail instead of direct-to-phone MMS, but then e-mail can be
1-to-N, cost, etc... It all comes down to the usag, purpose, and
cost consideration... Sorry, I've drifted...

If I can get such WAP deal in India, and use the mailbymobile
service, I'll be sending home tens of pictures + e-mails with
$0.1USD a day... Is this possible in India?

Thanks in advance for kind advice.