Pictures are worth a thousand words. So, it’s no wonder that photo sharing applications like Instagram have become the preferred medium for sharing thoughts, ideas, and inspiration.
With the advancements in smartphone camera quality, and the versatility of having an internet connection through that device virtually everywhere, applications such as these have made sharing those photos an effortless and almost instantaneous exercise. There is however, an older app that can do just about everything Instagram can do and more.
Flickr is a photo management and sharing application that has been around long before Instagram that until recently was becoming a service less well known. But now, after a major overhaul, Flickr has been updated with a new Mobile App for iOS and Android, Instagram style filters, and the ability to hold up to 1 Terabyte of photos online. For free.
The Helpy Features:
• 1 Terabyte Of Storage
• Photos Stored In Full Quality (Up To 16 Megapixels) For Viewing And Re-Download
• Great Built-In Editing Tools
• Photos Can Be Taken Directly In The App
While it’s still a best practice to import pictures regularly to a computer and back that up, an increasing number of smartphone owners either use no other computer beyond their smartphone, or simply leave their photos on their mobile device.
If you too happen to be one of the many that choose to keep pictures on their smartphone, without any form of backup, you need to stop and consider the following:
Photos are moments in time that cannot be reproduced.
Whether it’s because you want quick access to those images, feel confident you’ll never lose or damage your smartphone, or simply have “no place to copy them“, any excuse no matter how well intentioned is just another excuse.
If you truly value the pictures you take, you need to keep copies elsewhere… anywhere… everywhere. Flickr’s easy to use App and massive online storage makes an amazing no cost, no excuse sharing and storage solution that takes only minutes to set up. Photos can be uploaded and re-downloaded in full quality. And, you can even take pictures from right within the App placing the photo in your phone’s library and sending a copy to Flickr at nearly the same time.
A basic Flickr account is free, comes with 1 Terabyte storage and can be set up through the free iOS Flickr App available in the iOS App Store or through the Flickr website. The Android Flickr App is also free and available on Google Play.