what good is a camera-phone if the pictures are trapped there?

[cellio]

Dear Lazyweb,

My new cell phone comes with a camera. That's not why I bought it (I'm indifferent to cameras), but, well, so long as it's there... But -- how do I get the photos off the phone and to someplace where they can do some good (i.e. my computer)? Asking Google suggests that I buy a cable and some software, assuming I can find some that's compatable with my phone, which so far isn't working out for me.

I know it's possible to post photos to LJ, so I went down that path, but I got blocked on "enter your cell phone's email address in the authorization list" (my cell phone's what? How would I know?), and side-effects of my Google searches suggest that Verizon is going to charge me for that anyway. Is that the case? For those of you who post pictures, what are you doing?

Comments

[cellio]

Thanks. Apparently I can send them for 25 cents per message (plus air time, which I don't care about).

Having spent, probably, two minutes typing in my email address (which is not very long), I do wonder how people get used to sending text from cell phones. Ugh. (Fortunately, I will not need to type in that email address ever again. And anyway, I don't expect to be making a habit of this.)

[grouchyoldcoot.livejournal.com]

Best way to send text from cell phones is to set them to 'T9' mode. I only learned this recently, but it's a huge win. The phone contains a dictionary of words, and when you type keys (one push per key no matter which letter you want) it picks the most likely word which corresponds to the given keys. Sometimes there are a few options, and you can just pick between them using the arrows key.

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I spent a year thumbing URL into phones at a job. You get quite fast at it, but it is an acquired skill.