flickr is like the ultimate photo and video sharing website for the social world. What would be better than taking a photo from your blackberry and posting it instantly to your flickr page? This is very possible and there are multiple ways to do this. For me I like to use the blackberry flickr application to upload photos and use the email process to push video. Yes that’s right, the blackberry videos can be sent and displayed on your flickr page.
The BB flickr application is pretty straight forward and very simple. You can download it from here. Once you are logged in to flickr through your phone you have the ability to send photos directly from the BB camera application or from the flickr application. The flickr app then lets you add a title, description, tags, add it to a photo set, set the privacy, resize the image, and if your carrier enables the GPS, geotag your photo. Once you have added your necessary information click on the upload button and your photo is transmitted in the background to flickr. This is great because it doesn’t halt your phone when transmitting the photo. Below are some samples that I took and posted to flickr from my BB Curve.
You can also upload video through the email address provided in your flickr settings page. You can post your photos this way to but I recommend the BB applicaiton. Once you have captured your video on your phone just email it to that flickr email address (located in your flickr settings) and it will be automatically uploaded to your page. Here is an example video that I shot and posted via email.
Some tips and tricks to keep in mind. Use the flickr app to upload photos and the email to upload video. In your settings you can set tags so when you send a video through email it tags it with what you want. Then you don’t have to worry about your photos being tagged with video tags. Also I think it’s a good idea to set up a photo set to capture all your mobile uploads. Doing it this way will be easier to sort though the photos when you are looking for something. Lastly, it’s best to add the flickr email address to you address book so that you don’t have to keep typing it in all the time.
Using your blackberry and Flickr can be very powerful so go out and capture the world!
This is part of a series “Ten days of Blackberry, Making your Phone Better“
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