Photobucket goes mobile

Personal media management hub Photobucket announced the launch of Photobucket Mobile, promising its millions of users access to its most popular features via the mobile web. Photobucket Mobile enables users to wirelessly browse existing personal and public content, upload photos and videos, share and search content and view featured homepage content. Future Photobucket Mobile additions will include viewing, sharing and searching for video, embedding mobile content on social networking sites and accessing linked tags on third-party sites.

According to an internal survey of thousands of Photobucket users conducted by parent firm Fox Interactive Media's Research and Strategy Solutions, 80 percent of respondents have a camera phone, 36 percent use their camera phone every day, and 52 percent have access to the Internet from their phone. "The growing demand for Photobucket Mobile proved to us that now was the perfect time to unveil a fully functional mobile platform," said Photobucket president Alex Welch in a prepared statement. "As photo sharing continues to move beyond the desktop, our users look to share their digital life moments instantly. Recreating the Photobucket experience on a mobile platform is a critical part of meeting this need."

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