I used to have a ‘PCS Blog’, to which I could post photos directly from my ***Sanyo SCP-8100|http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/PhonesAccessories/PhoneDetails.jsp?selectSkuId=sanyoscp8100*** camera phone. However, I have recently discontinued the Picture Mail service on my SprintPCS account. Cancelling this service does stop me from sending images directly from the phone, but I am still able to take photos on the phone, and store them in its internal memory. It’s just a matter of how to get them from the phone onto a computer. I already have a cable that connects the phone to any computer with a USB port, which I previously used in Mac OS X to connect to the internet over Sprint’s PCS Vision service. I just needed some software.

Enter ***BitPim|http://bitpim.sf.net/***. BitPim is a cross-platform tool (Mac OS X 10.2/10.2, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux) that allows you to download contact information, calendars, ringtones, and images from compatible phones – sort of a (very) poor man’s PDA sync software. Compatible phones include several LG and Sanyo models. I was able to use BitPim to connect to my phone and offload the photos onto my computer! Hooray!

So I have set up a ***Phone Pics|http://gallery.prwdot.org/phone_pics*** gallery in which I can showcase these photos. The quality is far from that of my regular digital camera, but you can’t expect too much from a sub-$200 device that combines a tri-band, dual-mode phone, calendar, contact book, game-playing device, and digital camera.

Enjoy!