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Verizon Wireless and Photobucket Launch Instant Mobile Photo Uploading

Web’s Leading Standalone Photo Site Makes Photo Sharing Fast and Easy For Verizon Wireless Customers

Basking Ridge, NJ & San Francisco, Calif. -- November 13, 2008 — Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless provider, and Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premier standalone photo and video-sharing site, today announced the availability of a new mobile photo service on select Verizon Wireless handsets that enables Verizon Wireless customers to easily send photos from a mobile device to a Photobucket album.  The application will launch exclusively for Verizon Wireless customers and is available for download from Verizon Wireless mobile storefront by texting ‘photob’ to 2777, in the Community and Sharing category of the Verizon Wireless Get It Now catalog or by visiting http://photobucket.com/mobile.

Jennifer Byrne, director of digital media at Verizon,said, “Mobile phones are adding a new dimension to sharing images between friends, colleagues or family members.  Photobucket is bringing Verizon Wireless customers a new and easy way to share their photos and videos in real-time, without needing to move to a PC to upload and send them.”

“Photobucket is thrilled to team up with Verizon Wireless to provide a quick and easy photo sharing solution for people on the go,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket.  “Photobucket has always been committed to making photo sharing fun and easy.  The Photobucket Mobile Uploader for Verizon Wireless unlocks the full potential of camera phone photos, allowing users to easily save and share images online more easily than they would using traditional digital cameras.”

To utilize the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account – which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com  – and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album.   Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user’s Photobucket account.  The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account. 

Verizon is the first carrier in the United States to be offering the Photobucket Mobile Uploader and the application will be available initially on 13 handsets.  The service is available now from Verizon Wireless, which enables the user to send unlimited mobile photos to their Photobucket account for a monthly subscription fee of $2.99. 

Verizon customer? Got questions about Photobucket and your phone? Here are the answers!

Here are some questions you may have about the Photobucket Mobile Uploader, which launched today for Verizon customers:

What is the Photobucket Mobile Uploader?

The Photobucket Mobile Uploader is a mobile application that provides a service for Verizon customers to automatically save camera phone pictures to a user’s personal Photobucket album. 

The Photobucket Mobile Uploader allows the customer to enter their Photobucket username and password into their phone. Then, whenever photos are taken, those photos are saved to a user’s Photobucket album, without any further action required.  The customer can pause or turn off the service at any time. The service is convenient, instant and automatic.

How does a Verizon subscriber get the Photobucket Mobile Uploader?

• Text “photob” to 2777
• OR Open Verizon’s Get It Now storefront Verizon Wireless.
• OR: Go to http://photobucket.com/mobile, and follow the steps to purchase

What phones does the Photobucket Mobile Uploader run on?

At launch (November 13th 2008) you can get Photobucket Mobile Uploader on these phones with your Verizon service:

1. LG NB5400 (prepay)
2. LG VX5400
3. LG VX8300
4. LG VX8350
5. LG VX8500
6. LG VX8550
7. LG VX8560 
8. LG VX8610
9. LG VX8800
10. LG VX9100
11. LG VX9900
12. Motorola V750 (Verizon)
13. Motorola W385 VZW
14. Motorola Z6C (Jacques)
15. Samsung U700

What can you do with your mobile phone on Photobucket?

With today's release of the Photobucket Mobile Uploader for Verizon customers, we thought it's a good time to list all the things you can do with your mobile phone on Photobucket.

How many times have you seen people holding up mobile phones to take pictures?  Have you wondered what they do with all those photos? Do you know how to share mobile phone photos with friends and family?

Today’s mobile camera phones are capable of capturing high quality pictures and videos.  At Photobucket, we’ve found that people are relying on their mobile camera phones more and more – particularly when they encounter the unexpected, funny situations or memorable events.

In a recent survey of Photobucket users, 80% said they had a camera in their mobile phone, and 36% said they used it once a day or more!

Photobucket is excited to be part of the Microsoft Windows Live Services launch

We're excited to be part of the updated Windows Live Services announcement with Microsoft tonight.  Anything that makes photo sharing easier is good for all of us. Photobucket will be an integrated photo partner in Windows Live Services.

Here's what Alex Welch, president of Photobucket, has to say about the announcement:

“Microsoft’s Windows Live is an exciting new platform that enables new experiences for both Photobucket and Microsoft users that would not otherwise be possible,” said Alex Welch, president of Photobucket. “Online photo sharing is an important part of people’s everyday lives and, as the leading stand-alone photo and video-sharing Web site, Photobucket is thrilled to be teaming up with Windows Live to make this experience even easier for users.”

Microsoft's press release explaining all the good stuff is below.

Visit the 24 Redemption Exclusive Photo and Video Album

24 Redemption Photos on Photobucket Check out the exclusive photos from 24 Redemption, shot in Africa by the cast and crew. Go to http://photobucket.com/24redemption

Photobucket hosts exclusive gallery of photos from Fox's 24 Redemption -- Captured in Africa

Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the premier stand-alone photo and video-sharing site, today announced that it is the premier online destination for behind-the-scenes photographs taken during filming of Fox’s “24:Redemption – Captured in Africa”.  “24” fans, art enthusiasts and photography buffs around the world can now visit Photobucket to view select photographs from the full photo exhibit at the Paley Center for Media, as well as additional photographs which are available for viewing only online.  Photobucket users can also extend the “24:Redemption” experience to their personal or group albums by applying a custom “24:Redemption” theme to the background of their personal albums. 

To view the “24:Redemption” photographs, please visit www.photobucket.com/24redemption. 

The full release from FOX announcing the exhibit at The Paley Center is below.