Camera phones
Submitted by: John Frederick Moore
Tip 1: Email your pictures
While camera phones are now pretty ubiquitous, sharing the digital photos from a phone isn't yet the smoothest process. Most networks charge a monthly fee for photo-messaging services and you can send pics only to someone who uses the same network as you.
If paying for picture messaging isn't your cup of tea, there's always email, either from your phone (as long as you have a data plan for sending email) or your computer. For sending pictures to friends who don't subscribe to your network, don't have mobile phones capable of accepting images, or -- the horror -- don't have a mobile phone, email is your only option.
The details will vary from phone to phone, but the basic concept is the same. To email directly from your mobile phone:
- Go to the picture gallery and select a picture to send.
- Click options, then click Send.
- If you saved the contact information earlier, select the address from the phone book. Be sure to select the email address from the contact information, not the phone number. Otherwise, you'll need to enter the email address manually.
- Insert a text message or an audio clip (optional).
- Click Send.
Submitted by: John Frederick Moore
John Frederick Moore is the author of How to Do Everything with Your Camera Phone (Osborne-McGraw, November 2004), and wrote CNET's 'quick guide to camera phone services' and our roundup of ultimate mobile phone headsets. Currently a freelance writer, Moore is a regular contributor to CNET.com, for which he frequently reviews mobile phones and MP3 players.
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