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Avanquest Software Launches Native Macintosh and iPhone Support for SendPhotos Photo Sharing Service
Free iPhone Application Automates Instantaneous Photo Uploads to SendPhotos Site, Allows Users to Edit Photos
| Source: Avanquest
PARIS and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2009) - Avanquest Software today released
as a free iPhone application its Avanquest SendPhotos photo sharing
service. The service leverages the convergence of mobile phone, desktop and
Web 2.0 technologies to enable friends and family to instantly and securely
share and exchange favorite photos and digital images free over the Web
from their computer or mobile device virtually anytime or anywhere.
The iPhone application's built-in photo editor allows color and contrast
adjustments to images and provides the ability to annotate, crop and
"smudge" out parts of a photo. Other features include support for Wi-Fi as
well as a cellular connectivity, allowing mobile subscribers to avoid
costly data charges. It is easy to set up an account within the iPhone
application so that users can begin sharing photos immediately.
Further expanding the robust community of users for the interactive
photo sharing service, the company also unveiled today the SendPhotos
iPhoto
Plug-in for the Mac Photo Gallery application, which gives users of the
popular iLife '09 iPhoto Macintosh application a simple one-step method for
publishing of photos to the SendPhotos service.
The free Macintosh application can be downloaded at www.SendPhotos.com.
iPhone users can access the mobile application either via iTunes or the
iPhone App Store.
"Giving Macintosh and iPhone users access to our powerful application with
its mobile and desktop client and many unique sharing features brings us
closer to our goal of making universal photo sharing a reality for
SendPhotos users," said David Wright, president, Avanquest Product Design
Group. "The iPhone now is one of more than 150 popular mobile devices from
leading manufacturers for which we enable instantaneous uploading of photos
with 'set it and forget it' simplicity."
SendPhotos users enjoy 1GB of free online storage space for archiving
approximately 2000 photos* online. Users also have the ability to invite
friends and family to 'share-back' their images, providing the opportunity
to create a comprehensive photo document of a social event, such as a
wedding or birthday party. The SendPhotos account owner simply provides
permission to the 'guest' and they upload images to complement a photo
album.
The Avanquest SendPhotos Web site provides a personal and private online
cache for uploading, archiving, synchronization and sharing of digital
images. The www.SendPhotos.com site allows access only to user-authorized
family, friends and associates without third-party publicity or search
engine pickup and dissemination across the Internet. A simple
drag-and-drop, animated and extremely fluid interface facilitates the easy
transfer of stored photos to a variety of external photo sharing and social
networking sites, including Picasa, MySpace and many others.
Currently available in Beta, Avanquest SendPhotos is available in English,
French, Spanish, Italian and German editions and provides the ability to
embed a photo 'album' created in SendPhotos to a website or blog by using
Avanquest PhotoFlow feature. See a PhotoFlow example by clicking here:
http://sendphotos.blogspot.com/
Avanquest's SendPhotos iPhoto Plug-in application requires iLife '09
(compatible with iLife '08), OS X 10.5 or later.
Screenshots for SendPhotos are available at
http://screenshots.sendphotos.com
and a short, entertaining video is accessible online at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Myjf80QVqA.
*Based on average photo size of 0.5MB
About Avanquest Software
Avanquest Software is one of the world's leading software developers and
publishers, with operations in Europe, North America and China, and
marketing its software titles through Retail, Corporate, OEM and
Direct-to-Consumer channels. The company is committed to innovation in the
design, development and publishing of world-class, easy-to-use and
affordable software. Avanquest Software is listed on Euronext (ISIN
FR0004026714) since December 1996. Additional information is available at
http://www.avanquest.com or
http://about.avanquest.com.