iPhones ready for web gallery now
Well, here's something interesting. This morning, I had three options when working with photos on my iPhone: "Use as Wallpaper," "Email Photo" and "Assign to Contact." Well, I turned my phone on a minute ago (about 4:15 PM Eastern), and a fourth option has appeared: "Send to Web Gallery." No sync, no connection to my computer, it's just there. If you haven't restarted your iPhone today, do it now. A surprise may be waiting for you.
Thanks, Kit!
Update: It looks like you must have a .Mac email account set up on your phone for this to work. Also, attempts to send a photo to a gallery result in a prompt to configure .Mac. However, that option is not available on the .Mac hompage. Perhaps iLife '08 must be installed.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
David Chartier said 4:33PM on 8-07-2007
I can verify that you might not even have to restart your iPhone. Mine has been sitting next to me all day while working and I have neither plugged it in nor shut it off. In fact, I haven't synched it in at least 48 hours - but the feature is there for me. Awesome.
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Kryptinite said 4:36PM on 8-07-2007
Hmmm, mine hasn't popped up yet.
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Joe said 4:40PM on 8-07-2007
Not here either.... do you guys have a .MAC account setup on your iPhone?
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David Chartier said 4:42PM on 8-07-2007
#3: Yes, both Caolo and I do have .Mac accounts, so that could account for the feature appearing by itself. Maybe it was bundled in the recent 1.0.1 software update and set to automatically enable today, somehow.
Either way, we're just as surprised and confused as the next guy. This is just weird, but cool at the same time.
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Jon said 4:48PM on 8-07-2007
Doesn't show up for me either. I'm guessing you need a .mac account for this to work?
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Dima said 4:50PM on 8-07-2007
it seems like u DO need the .mac account, just restarted my phone, and nothing, my buddy who has a .mac account, his had the option with no restart
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Patrick McCarron said 4:51PM on 8-07-2007
Anyone know where to activate the .mac side of it? I can't seem to find the setting to enable the "mobile device" to send the photo.
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Jonathan Allen said 4:52PM on 8-07-2007
Mine isn't showing up.
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Jimmy said 4:56PM on 8-07-2007
Well I have a .Mac account, restarted my iPhone and it's not showing up either, poo poo. :(
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Lucien said 5:00PM on 8-07-2007
I tried it at first, with no extra button. I let the iPhone sit for about 30 seconds on the picture, then tried it again, and magic, the button was there. No restart required, and I do have a .Mac email setup on my iPhone.
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Donald Burr said 5:01PM on 8-07-2007
I think all you have to do is add a .Mac mail account, either by syncing one from your desktop, or by going through the Add New Mail Account page and choosing the ".Mac" account type. In my case, I did need to reboot the iPhone.
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Lebowski said 5:04PM on 8-07-2007
Seems like you need iPhoto '08 to set up the .mac side of it. Anyone have any success?
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Kryptinite said 5:12PM on 8-07-2007
I see, maybe if .Mac was half of it's current price I would be all over it.
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Jeremiah said 5:15PM on 8-07-2007
Anyone get it working without iLife '08?
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Mark said 5:21PM on 8-07-2007
No luck here. I have a .mac account set up on my iphone, too. Restarted and everything. ???
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MxSix said 5:22PM on 8-07-2007
I have ver. 1.00 on my iPhone and not getting the button, so maybe it is in 1.0.1 as a 'time released' update.
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jtbandes said 5:29PM on 8-07-2007
Why would you need .mac to upload photos to someone else's web gallery?
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Carl Trimble said 5:31PM on 8-07-2007
I have .mac and I do have the new button. But how in the heck do you setup a gallery? I want to do it right now and can not figure out if it is even available yet.
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adducci said 5:33PM on 8-07-2007
I have a .mac account with the 1.01 update and no upload option.
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dafuser said 5:33PM on 8-07-2007
Mine just showed up without doing anything. I do have a .Mac email account setup on my iPhone.
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