![]() ![]() In fact, TechCrunch had covered both of his two earlier mobile apps, Photoful and PhotoSocial. So technically speaking, PhotoDrive was still in testing at the time Yahoo snapped him up.īargmann has had an extensive history rethinking how consumers can interact with their now numerous digital photos. However, when March rolled around, he told us he was still working on “settling some things” before a more public launch. Bargmann was then targeting a spring release, he said. PhotoDrive first came across my radar in January when it was still in beta. ![]() However, instead of building out his own cloud storage platform for his latest creation, PhotoDrive instead let you tap into the 1TB of free storage offered by Flickr. ![]() This one-man startup machine had earlier impressed us with his mobile apps and newer photo uploading service, which worked something like Dropbox (or the recent Dropbox acquisition Loom) to provide you with an “infinite Camera Roll” of sorts. So if for no other reason than that, Nokia's Flickr Uploader, although seemingly a bit stifled by limitations, is certainly a step in the right direction.PhotoDrive, a fantastic photo uploading service powered by Flickr, is being shut down – but that’s because its founder, Jeff Bargmann, is now joining Flickr, as it turns out. Of course third party apps such as ShoZu have been accomplishing this for awhile and have more features, but regardless of which app serves the purpose more effectively, its a good sign when major phone manufacturers are taking strides in developing apps to increase the functionality of their phones without charging the users ridiculous pay-per-use fees. The idea of uploading images from phone-to-web isn't exactly new, but official Flickr support has been all but impossible to come by, ZoneTag notwithstanding. ![]() Sparse options include the ability to send downsized copies and choose images from the Gallery or Camera itself. With everything from 30 second sound clips to SMS messages stacking cost onto your bill, Nokia has gone against the grain by releasing software for their N72 (which supposedly also works for the N70 and N90) that allows users to immediately upload photos they take to Flickr. ![]()
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