E-mail your pictures
06/13/2006Show another tip
By John Frederick Moore, CNET Contributor
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While camera phones have arrived, sharing the digital photos from a phone isn't the smoothest process yet. Most carriers charge a monthly fee for photo-messaging services, and you can send pics only to someone who has the same carrier as you.
If paying for picture messaging isn't your cup of tea, there's always e-mail, either from your phone or your computer (as long as you have a data plan for sending e-mail). For sending pictures to friends who don't subscribe to your carrier, don't have cell phones capable of accepting images, or--the horror--don't have a cell phone, e-mail is your only option.
The details will vary from phone to phone, but the basic concept is the same. To e-mail directly from your cell phone:
If paying for picture messaging isn't your cup of tea, there's always e-mail, either from your phone or your computer (as long as you have a data plan for sending e-mail). For sending pictures to friends who don't subscribe to your carrier, don't have cell phones capable of accepting images, or--the horror--don't have a cell phone, e-mail is your only option.
The details will vary from phone to phone, but the basic concept is the same. To e-mail directly from your cell phone:
- Go to the picture gallery and select a picture to send.
- Click options, then click Send.
- If you previously saved the contact information, select the address from the phone book. Be sure to select the e-mail address from the contact information, not the phone number. Otherwise, you'll need to enter the e-mail address manually.
- Insert a text message or an audio clip (optional).
- Click Send.
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