Freeing Those Snapshots Trapped Inside the Cellphone

For years, cellphone users could get pictures from their phones to the Web, but for most people, learning how to use those services is the digital equivalent of a trip to the D.M.V. The New York Times reports.

"... Carriers and device manufacturers have only lately figured out that users need a single button that says, “Send my new photo now.”

Verizon Wireless in the coming weeks will introduce just such a service. Verizon was not ready to release details about its plan, but Alltel, which Verizon plans to purchase, recently started its Pic Transfer service. For $3 a month, each time a user snaps a photo, a box appears on the cellphone screen asking the shooter if he wants to send the photo to Photobucket, Flickror whatever online service the user prefers.

How would the phone know which Web site to suggest? The company has eliminated even that small measure of guesswork. Subscribers can bring their phones to an Alltel store where a representative asks the questions and does all the work. Customers who are not near a store can set it up on Alltel’s Web site."

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