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

[wrenb.livejournal.com]

I checked the specs but I can't tell if your phone uses Bluetooth. With my new phone (old one had no camera) I turn on the Bluetooth on it and my laptop, then just grab the photos off of the phone. How you do that with a Windows machine, I don't know.
Sorry, this hasn't ended up being particularly informative, has it? But if it works for you, it'll be free instead of a text message.

[cellio]

No Bluetooth, but thanks for the clue! (The guy was trying to sell me a Bluetooth phone so I could talk more conveniently; I said a headset is fine and I couldn't see myself wearing that thing on my ear all the time.)

[nickjong.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to provide another data point as somebody who uses Bluetooth to transmit photos from cell phone to computer. At this point, I wouldn't want to go back to not having Bluetooth (or equivalent functionality)!