I had a 10 month old Curve 8330 that did NOT have MMS ("mutimedia") text. Only SMS which is 160 character max text only messages. I "lost" it, aka it was stolen at work, and bought a used Curve with the same programing. There are ways to upgrade the software your self but since I have a mac it was very difficult for me so I just called them up and had them load the software over the phone. I now have MMS text and thus, picture, video etc.