With Yahoo closing its photo division, many people will have to find a new photo-storage and sharing service. In an effort to help users make the switch, Katherine Boehret outlines the pros and cons of five major photo-sharing sites.
A new, free, application called Pando lets you email huge attachments without breaching email size limits, or clogging anyone’s inbox. In our tests, it was simple, fast and effective.
Tabblo differs from other Web-based photo-sharing sites, offering features like dragging and dropping and editing all on the same page, without the annoying constant reloading that characterizes so many photo sites.
Smilebox offers templates for creating attractive virtual scrapbooks, slideshows, photobooks and postcards. The site’s design and simplicity also helps to make the photo-sharing service fun and easy to use.
Here’s a look at three new, pocket-sized digital cameras: the Olympus Stylus 710, Nikon Coolpix S5 and Canon PowerShot SD630. All are impressively svelte and take good pictures, but the Canon comes out on top.
Walt tests Hewlett-Packard’s speedy new Photosmart 8250 Photo Printer, a product that the company hopes will change the way you think about printing photos at home.
Walt tests Kodak’s EasyShare Picture Viewer and Apple’s iPod Camera Connector — two pocket-sized gadgets that let users show off digital photos without using a computer.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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