To utilize the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account – which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com – and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album. Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user’s Photobucket account. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account. [release]

The service will be available for 13 handsets on the Verizon network, and we’re assuming that these are the faster 3G / HSDPA phones. The service allows for unlimited photo uploading for only $2.99 a month.

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So Ontela’s announced that they’ve received a huge amount of funding – USD $10.3 million and a partnership with nTelos, their fourth carrier. Looks like business is going well.

Ontela provides a simple solution to a common problem: getting pictures off camera phones. A recent study reported in Wireless Week found that while 93% of people want a solution that will save their camera phone pictures to their computer, only 24% know how to do it. Ontela solves this with an easy-to-use service that automatically saves each picture on a camera phone to the user’s PC, e-mail, and/or favorite Web sites.

Ontela’s successful funding round follows a strong start to the year. At the CTIA conference in April, Ontela announced that initial sales of Cellular South’s pic sender application stood at 217% of what was originally projected. Shortly thereafter, Ontela won the CTIA award for best mobile application, mobile entertainment and social networking. Ontela has also announced carrier launches with Alltel, Cellular South, Cincinnati Bell, and nTelos. [PRESS RELEASE]

to learn more about Ontela’s PicDeck™ application, you can head over to www.ontela.com.

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