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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8-07-2007 @ 4:33PM
David Chartier said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 4:36PM
Kryptinite said...
Hmmm, mine hasn't popped up yet.
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8-07-2007 @ 4:40PM
Joe said...
Not here either.... do you guys have a .MAC account setup on your iPhone?
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8-07-2007 @ 4:42PM
David Chartier said...
#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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8-07-2007 @ 4:48PM
Jon said...
Doesn't show up for me either. I'm guessing you need a .mac account for this to work?
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8-07-2007 @ 4:50PM
Dima said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 4:51PM
Patrick McCarron said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 4:52PM
Jonathan Allen said...
Mine isn't showing up.
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8-07-2007 @ 4:56PM
Jimmy said...
Well I have a .Mac account, restarted my iPhone and it's not showing up either, poo poo. :(
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8-07-2007 @ 5:00PM
Lucien said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 5:01PM
Donald Burr said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 5:04PM
Lebowski said...
Seems like you need iPhoto '08 to set up the .mac side of it. Anyone have any success?
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8-07-2007 @ 5:12PM
Kryptinite said...
I see, maybe if .Mac was half of it's current price I would be all over it.
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8-07-2007 @ 5:15PM
Jeremiah said...
Anyone get it working without iLife '08?
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8-07-2007 @ 5:21PM
Mark said...
No luck here. I have a .mac account set up on my iphone, too. Restarted and everything. ???
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8-07-2007 @ 5:22PM
MxSix said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 5:29PM
jtbandes said...
Why would you need .mac to upload photos to someone else's web gallery?
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8-07-2007 @ 5:31PM
Carl Trimble said...
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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8-07-2007 @ 5:33PM
adducci said...
I have a .mac account with the 1.01 update and no upload option.
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8-07-2007 @ 5:33PM
dafuser said...
Mine just showed up without doing anything. I do have a .Mac email account setup on my iPhone.
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