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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!

JuiceCaster and Photobucket Enable Mobile Video and Picture Sharing

Award-Winning Mobile Social Media Application Teams Up with Web’s Most Popular Media Sharing Website

Los Angeles – Sept. 24, 2008 – JuiceCaster, a leading mobile social media application, today announced an agreement with Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), which will enable Juicecaster users to instantly post mobile videos and picture messages from their mobile phones directly to their Photobucket account.

“JuiceCaster is an outstanding mobile companion to Photobucket, expanding our users’ ability to wirelessly post unlimited videos and pictures to their personal Photobucket page,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket. “Photobucket users now have another great way to share and access their Photobucket media while they’re away from a PC.”

In the coming weeks, Photobucket will be a featured channel on JuiceCaster’s online flash player, which can be embedded on a number of Websites, including Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, and any website that allows a user to embed a flash player. Through the JuiceCaster flash player, users will always be able to view their recent Photobucket media.

JuiceCaster and Photobucket Enable Mobile Video and Picture Sharing

JuiceCaster is a mobile social media application. Today they announced a way to let their users instantly post mobile videos and picture messages from their phones directly to their Photobucket accounts.

If you're interested in learning more about JuiceCaster, and joining their network, go to http://www.juicecaster.com/photobucket.  Or you can text "join" to 84462 from your mobile phone.

To link your JuiceCaster account to Photobucket is easy. And you only have to do it once. Once set up, any pictures or videos that you "post publicly" will go straight to Photobucket.

To link your JuiceCaster account to Photobucket:

1. Login to your JuiceCaster account at http://www.juicecaster.com. (Or join, if you don't already have an account.)

2. After login, go to your profile page and click on "Manage Connections" under "My Account" menu.

3. Under Manage Connections, click on the "Add Connection" button. Select Photobucket from the drop-down menu.

4. Follow the instructions to authenticate and complete the connection.

5. Start JuiceCasting!

We think JuiceCaster is an oustanding companion to Photobucket.  We're excited to help our users extend their reach with photos and videos. We hope you have fun JuiceCasting!

Photobucket and Sprint Announce One-Click Upload to Photobucket

Just in time for back-to-school, Sprint and Photobucket have teamed up to allow Sprint customers to send digital photos straight from their phones to Photobucket, the leading stand-alone photo and video sharing site, in just one simple step.

It’s as easy as snapping a picture of the kids on their first day of school using your Sprint phone, then selecting Photobucket from the list of “Post to Service” options that pop up.  The photo automatically uploads to the customer’s Photobucket account, so family and friends can view it online anytime, no matter where they are.

The Photobucket feature is available on more than 30 Sprint phones, including the popular Samsung Instinct, LG Rumor, Motorola RAZR2, Sanyo Katana DLX, and more. 

Unlimited use of the service is included at no additional cost for all Sprint Picture Mail subscribers, including customers on Simply Everything plans and Talk/Message/Data Share plans.

As the first U.S. carrier to launch a mobile photo sharing service, Sprint has always given its customers more ways to use their digital photos – from sending to other phones and email addresses in one simple step, to organizing and editing their pictures in online albums, to sending directly from the phone to be printed at one of 9000+ retail locations, including 5300 Walgreens stores.

Photobucket has more than 46 million users worldwide and more than 10 million personal photos,  images and videos are uploaded to Photobucket every day for sharing with family, friends and the online world. More information on Sprint Picture Mail is available at www.sprint.com/picturemail.  Additional details on Photobucket are available at http://blog.photobucket.com.

Are you at the RNC? Show us your photos!

If you're at the RNC this week, then join our RNC Group Album. We made one for the DNC last week, and lots of people uploaded photos from the street. You can upload your pics by mobile phone by emailing to 2008_rnc@m.photobucket.com.

We'd love to see what you see!

At the DNC in Denver? Upload your pics by mobile phone here!

If you're at the DNC in Denver this week, join our DNC Group Album!  Upload your pics by mobile phone by emailing to dnc@m.photobucket.com.

We'd love to see what you see!

Mobile Upload to Group Albums Launches Today

Upload to Group Albums from Your Mobile Phone

So this is cool. Imagine a Group Album for your vacation or travels. Or for any wanderings when you're out and about on the streets. Phone it into your Group Album!

Phone in a pic of a great pair of shoes you bought, a fabulous view you saw, someone's strange hair-do while you're commuting to work, the hot date you just met.

Click on the "Mobile Phone" button on the right of the Upload panel. You'll see the unique email address associated with the Group Album. Use that Group Album email address to phone your photo into the Album.

All the same rules apply about approval of the images by the Group Album administrator (if that option has been set).

And you don't have to phone it in.  This email address works from your normal email client too. Just attach the photo to the email and send it in!

By the way, this feature works for all albums on Photobucket, not just Group Albums. Personal ones too. If you want to learn more about how to upload from a mobile phone, read this Tutorial.

Photobucket Announces iPhone Application for Apple App Store

NOTE update as of Fall 2008: this application is now free for download

Photobucket Announces iPhone Application for Apple App Store

Web’s Top Standalone Photo Site Makes Photo Sharing One Click Away For iPhone Users

San Francisco, Calif. – July 10, 2008 -- Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), the world's leading standalone photo and video-sharing site, today announced that its new application developed exclusively for the iPhone will be available July 10 from the Apple App Store.  Photobucket for the iPhone grants users full access to their Photobucket accounts directly from their iPhone, enabling one-click photo uploads, as well as full viewing options for albums and other Photobucket content. 

“Photobucket is thrilled to have an application available at the launch of the new Apple App Store, and to extend the Photobucket experience to users of the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Alex Welch, President, Photobucket.  “Photobucket provides an easy way for consumers to store and share photos on the Internet, and this new application allows us to deliver that same, industry-leading experience wirelessly to iPhone users.”

The new Photobucket application is available for download for $4.99 starting July 10 from the Apple App Store at www.itunes.com/appstore/

About Photobucket
Photobucket is one of the Web’s most popular sites, with more than 44 million unique users worldwide* linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of Web sites, including Bebo, Blogger, Craigslist, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, hi5, MySpace, Orkut, Xanga and many others. In addition to linking content, Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging, and mobile devices. Every day, more than 10 million personal photos, graphics and videos are uploaded to Photobucket for sharing with family, friends and the online world. The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in San Francisco, California and Denver, Colorado and is located online at http://www.photobucket.com.  For the latest feature announcements and news, please visit the Photobucket blog at http://blog.photobucket.com.

*comScore Media Metrix, May 2008

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Media Contact: 
Talia Yates
Fox Interactive Media
310-969-7145
talia.yates@fox.com

Sending pics from your mobile phone to your album

People often ask us this, and so we thought we'd write a quick post. I's incredibly easy to take a pic with your mobile phone and have it appear instantly in your Photobucket album. Here's how:

Your Photobucket album has a unique email address associated with it. You can find that email address when you click on Account Options in the upper right corner of your album. It's a bit of a long email address, so make it a contact name in your phone book so you don't need to enter it every time.

Then, whenever you take a pic, send it by MMS email to that address. The pic will show up instantly in the album. It's really easy!

To see step by step instructions, take a look at this Tutorial in our Help system:
http://tutorials.photobucket.com/tutorial_6.html

Photobucket Launches on Your Mobile Phone

So now you don't have to be too far away from your Photobucket album. We have launched our "WAP" site. That's a tech-y term for a version of Photobucket.com that you can browse on your mobile phone.  To take a look, browse to this URL from your mobile phone: http://m.photobucket.com.

What you get on Photobucket Mobile: View photos in your album on Photobucket -- tell me how. Upload photos and videos from your camera phone -- tell me how. Share photos with friends via email -- tell me how. Search Photobucket's vast library for photos and graphics -- tell me how. View tagged photos and find related images -- tell me how. Browse our daily dose of fun images that we find for our Home page on Photobucket If you want to read more about Photobucket Mobile, go to http://photobucket.com/mobile.

You can visit our FAQ site for more detailed answers.

As always, we want to hear your feedback. Write to us at support(at)photobucket.com, or visit our forums http://forums.photobucket.com.

Oops! You searched to http://m.photobucket.com from your computer browser?

We all did that. At least fifty times. Simply click on the link "Non-mobile Photobucket.com" at the bottom of the screen. Or enter this URL: http://m.photobucket.com/?mobile=false and you'll be all set.

Photobucket will know to go to the right site if you're on a mobile device, however.

Photobucket Launches Mobile Web Experience

Photobucket Goes Beyond the Desktop:
Leading Photo Site Launches Mobile Web Experience

Photobucket Mobile Recreates the Site’s Web-based
Uploading, Browsing and Searching Capabilities

PALO ALTO, Calif., January 15, 2008 – Photobucket, one of the Web’s most popular hubs for managing personal media, today announced the launch of Photobucket Mobile, giving its millions of users access to Photobucket features on web-enabled mobile devices. Users can access Photobucket Mobile by visiting http://m.photobucket.com on their mobile device.

Through Photobucket Mobile, users can:

• Browse existing personal and public Photobucket content directly from mobile devices
• Upload photos and videos to Photobucket from mobile devices
• Share photos and graphics with individuals via email from mobile devices
• Search Photobucket’s billions of photos and graphics
• View a variety of featured photos and images every day from the Photobucket Mobile Home page

The demand for Photobucket Mobile has steadily increased among its user base. An internal survey of thousands of Photobucket users conducted by Fox Interactive Media’s Research and Strategy Solutions in August 2007 found that 80 percent have a camera phone, 36 percent use the camera in their mobile phone every day and more than half (52 percent) have access to the Internet from their mobile phone.

“The growing demand for Photobucket Mobile proved to us that now was the perfect time to unveil a fully-functional mobile platform,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket. “Photobucket Mobile offers a great destination for our avid users to upload, search and share their digital media, wherever they are. As photo sharing continues to move beyond the desktop, our users look to share their digital life moments instantly. Recreating the Photobucket experience on a mobile platform is a critical part of meeting this need.”