Guide: Share the wealth, online
By jbc on October 18,
 2007 at 00:00,

There’s no point in sitting on all that lovely content on your Nok when you could be sharing it with the world. “But how?” We hear you cry. Well, quite simply actually - it’s all outlined after the jump!

Got an N-Series? Then you could be sharing all your lovely multimedia content - photos, videos, even games, apps and documents - online. Read on and we’ll tell you how…

MOSH

One catch-all option is to sign yourself up to MOSH, Nokia’s very own social networking-cum-content sharing service. It’s free, and you don’t have to use it for media stuff you’ve actually created on your mobile - you can upload pretty much anything you like, including games and software apps, or even e-books.

MOSH makes it easy to share all this material by not only sticking it directly into the middle of a growing community, but also allowing you to keep your mates up to speed on your new uploads by shooting over up to 20 free texts a day. Generous! Point your browser MOSH to sign yerself up.

Flickr

Chances are your N-Series blower will have a Flickr uploader client already built-in, which means it’s dead easy to upload your snaps straight to an online gallery. First you have to sign yourself up for a Flickr account (the basic account is free), then head over to this page for step-by-step instructions. Now you can snap 5-megapixel masterpieces on your N95 and have them web-bound within seconds - just select “Web upload” from the “Send” icon on any shot and it’ll upload straight away.

Vox

Vox is a blogging platform that, like Flickr, comes preloaded on most N-Series phones. Get a free Vox account up and running and you’ll be able to upload videos and snaps direct - and if you register your Nokia mobile when you sign up Vox gives you an extra 1GB of upload bandwidth per month, plus the promise of more special offers in the future. The upload process works in exactly the same way as Flickr.

Lifeblog

Nokia’s own sharing app (check the Applications menu of your Nok - it should be there) doesn’t work in quite the same way as Flickr or Vox. Get a Lifeblog account and you’ll be able to upload blog entries direct from your handset, but photos cannot be sent direct - you have to stick them in the Lifeblog PC program first, then share them from there. So it’s probably not the ideal option if you want to keep everything mobile.