Mobile devices can talk to each other through Bluetooth

Mobile devices can talk to each other easily through Bluetooth, which acts as a communication bridge linking one mobile directly to another. Its an excellent way to break the ice — and what better way than sharing your images. As long as both devices are Bluetooth-enabled and within range of each other (about ten metres, usually), you can share your images instantly from one device straight to the other. It's free, and you don't need a network signal.

Here's how it's done:
• Take a photo on your mobile or find the picture you want to share in one of your albums
• Select it and choose 'Send by Bluetooth' from the image options - your mobile should automatically enable your Bluetooth
• Choose the device you want to share it with - if it doesn't have a name, it'll be listed by its model. You might have to ask its owner to go to their Bluetooth settings and turn their device to 'Visible'
• The other device will offer an alert when your incoming file is available. As soon as its owner accepts the transfer, your image will instantly be shared from your phone

If you want to know more about Bluetooth on Nokia devices, you can read about it on Nokia's Bluetooth explained page.

MMS and email

Sharing a picture via MMS couldn't be simpler, as it works in almost exactly the same way as sending a 'normal' text message. The message containing the image arrives in the same way too, and usually within moments.

Here's how to share an image from one phone to another with MMS:
• Take a photo on your mobile or find the picture you want to share
• Select it and choose 'Send by MMS' from the image options
• Write your message text
• Choose a contact
• Press 'Send'

If your device isn’t set up for MMS, it’s simple to have the settings you need sent to you. They’ll install automatically. Get help with your MMS settings on Nokia's support page.

You can read more about MMS on Nokia's Multimedia Messaging Service explained page.

Email

You wouldn't take your PC to a party, but your mobile goes everywhere with you, which is why it makes such a great camera too. Not having your PC with you doesn’t mean you have to wait to take your mobile home and connect the two devices to share the pictures by email.

From a building site to a barbecue (or anywhere else internet access is lacking for that matter) you can write an email, attach a photograph and send it, using your mobile and your existing email account. You can even use your email to post images to your Twitter stream and share them with the wider world.

There are a couple of ways to share an image by email. The most powerful is probably the software installed on your phone. You’ll need to enter your email account settings into your phone first: your user name, password, the names of your incoming and outgoing mail servers and the right server protocol (POP3 or IMAP4) can be found in the settings on your PC's email software or on the support page of your webmail provider. Setting up, however, is the only thing remotely complicated about it.

How to share via email:
• Take a photo on your mobile or find the picture you want to share
• Select it and choose ‘Send by email’ from the image options
• Write your email
• Address it
• Press 'Send'

You can find out more on Nokia's mobile email explained page.

Shozu

Shozu is a super-smart application that lives on your mobile. All you need to do is drop in your mobile photos and video and tell it what to do with them. It speaks fluent Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogspot and Photobucket.

You can upload pictures, edit tags and respond to the comments that your instantly-uploaded images and videos provoke. It follows alerts and keeps you up-to-date.

The first thing to do is open an account and download the app to your phone. Simple. Even without the application on your phone, you can send pictures from your phone to your Shozu account by MMS or email.

Everything you need to know about getting and feeding your own Shozu application can be found on Shozu's homepage.