FutureDial software enables camera phone image sharing without carrier fees

July 1, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- More people are buying camera cellphones these days, and enjoying the convenience of snapping pictures. But they soon discover that "saying cheese" comes with a catch ---- namely, paying fees to their wireless carriers to transmit, store and share those pictures using the carriers
network.

Users who don't want to spend the money to save their pictures on the carrier's network face a problem when their camera phone inevitably become full of pictures: they face the "agony of delete", having to choose which of their cherished shots they have to delete to free-up room on their camera phones so they can continue taking more pictures.

FutureDial says it software allows cameraphone users to bypass all of that. The FutureDial Suite software allows users to unload their photos from their camera phones directly to their own PC to store, share and use bypassing the wireless carrier's network. Unloading pictures from the phone also frees-up memory on the phone.

In addition to the camera phone featrure, the software also allows users to synchronize phonebooks, calendars and to-do lists between the PC and cellphones; add personal pictures and favorite ringtones from the PC to cellphones; enable wireless Internet access for laptop computers using the cellphone as a "wireless modem" for the PC; and exchange and manage SMS text messages with other cellphones directly from the PC.

Purchase of FutureDial Suite also entitles owners to download FutureDial's new Vortext Software for free for a limited time. Vortext allows selecting text information on web pages in Internet Explorer and sending it directly to phones. Handy information like driving directions, flight information, addresses, locations of restaurants and bars, and other text can be brought along on the cellphone for easy reference.

FutureDial says its software works with over 120 popular cellphone models of Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile. The complete list of supported phones is on FutureDial.com.

FutureDial Suite is available in RadioShack stores in a "software-only" version (red package) with cellphone data cables sold separately. In CompUSA, Good Guys and other consumer electronics retail stores, the software will be available in two "software + 3 cable" bundle versions (blue packages) supporting popular Sanyo, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and LG cellphone models.

FutureDial retails for about US $50 for the red "software-only" package and $70 for the blue "software + 3 cable" bundle package versions.

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