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Sprint PCS Picture Mail
Sprint PCS Picture Mail:
Sprint PCS Picture Mail is a great way to share digital full-color pictures clicked with a Sprint Power Vision phone with near and dear ones. So Sprint PCS Picture mails are used when one wants to send pictures or to personalize and store pictures in one’s Sprint PCS Cell Phone. It is possible to even record video clips with sound using a Sprint PCS Vision-enabled phone.
Also, the pictures and videos can be edited and modified at the sprint web site. Picturemail lets a Sprint user do more in terms of sharing images, organize albums and order prints with photo centers like Ritz Camera, Sam’s clubs and Wolf camera.
How to take pictures?
For a detailed instruction on clicking and capturing images on a mobile handset, it is essential to read the instructions for the specific phone but a general instruction guideline to capture an image follows:
- Choose IMAGES or PICTURES from the phone’s main menu. Sometimes it is also possible that the Camera can be activated with a hot key on the phone itself.
- From the above menu, select CAMERA
- Now the display screen of the phone acts like a viewfinder for the camera and aim at the subject to be captured
- Once the subject is framed, press the TAKE PICTURE soft key or a the hot key on the camera to capture the image
- The phone will now ask if the image needs to be stored or saved, once stored, choosing the NEXT soft key will return the camera back to the mode to take pictures.
How to create a password for Sprint Picture Mail?
The Sprint Picture Mail password is important and is created the first time a user accesses the Sprint picture mail website to share and organize captured images and video clips. This password needs to be set up through the mobile handset so that the user can access the url www.sprint.com/picturemail to upload and manage images.
To create a password, the user is prompted to enter a four-digit alphanumeric password. Once the system creates this password, the user can share and upload pictures on the Sprint website.
How to share Sprint PCS Picture Mail?
Pictures and videos taken from the phone can be shared instantly with family and friends from the mobile handset itself. To share pictures from the phone:
- From the image gallery in the menu of the phone, the image to be sent should be chosen first
- Now the image can be sent to up to 10 recipients to either their 10-digit mobile number or the email id stored against their names in the contacts list of the phone. If the picture is being sent to a person who recently sent a picture, then that recipient can be chosen from the Recent list of the mobile phone.
- If a voice clip needs to be sent along with the image, it can be recorded as a voice memo in the message that is to be sent. The voice clip cannot be longer than 10 seconds in duration.
- A text message can also be added to the message using the key pad to enter text or searching from RECENT MSG to use a message which was recently sent to someone.
- Choosing NEXT will help the user preview the message with all the input details
- Now is the last time changes can be made to the image chosen, the text message, the recipients list and the voice clip
- When each of the above components comes up on the display screen, there will options on the screen and the soft key to edit or delete the item
- Once all changes are made, selecting OK will get back to the main preview screen and finally the Picture Mail can be sent by selecting the SEND option.
How to record videos?
Recording a video clip is very similar to capturing an image on the phone. All phones might come with specific instructions on recording a video clip but the general method to capture a video clip on a mobile phone is:
- The PICTURES or VIDEO option from the main menu of the mobile phone should be chosen
- The video can be activated by selecting the CAMCORDER option in the camera
- Now the phone’s screen turns into a viewfinder for shooting the video clip
- Target the subject to be captured on video press RECORD to start recording the clip
- Some phones have hot keys to operate the camera on the body of the phone itself which helps the user to avoid the hassles of going into the phone menu
- Once the recording begins, it can continue till the phone’s memory capacity lasts or a predefined time limit is reached like 10 or 20 seconds.
- Now choose NEXT to record the next video and the current video is automatically saved into the phone in the media gallery folders.
How to share Sprint Picture Mail through Messaging?
All pictures and Videos captured on Sprint PCS Cell Phones can be shared with others using the messaging features of the phone as well.
- First, select MESSAGES from the phone’s main menu
- Then choose the SEND MESSAGE option and select the message format. So to send an image, choose PICTURES and to send a video, choose VIDEO
- Now look for the media object in relevant locations on the phone like MY ALBUMS, FROM SD MEMORY, etc
- Once the image or the video is selected and inserted in the Picture Mail, choose recipients and SEND the picture mail as described in sharing through phone.
How to store IMAGES and VIDEOS in the phone?
Depending on the memory allocation of the mobile phone, the pictures can be stored on either an external memory device like a miniSD card or it can be stored in the MY ALBUMS folder in the phone itself.
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Once an image has been captured and saved on to the phone, it can be accessed by choosing MY ALBUMS folder in the phone. The image gallery can also be accessed when the phone is in camera mode by clicking on OPTIONS and choosing REVIEW / SEND MEDIA in the phone itself. Here the images can be modified to be associated with wallpapers, caller ids, sending the images to the sprint Picture Mail website or other options.
Also, once in CAMERA mode,
- UPLOAD or the UPLOAD ALL command can be used to transfer all images to the Sprint website.
- ERASE / ERASE ALL is used to delete pictures from the phone
- EDIT CAPTION is used to add or modify an appropriate heading for the image in the phone
- PICTURE INFO gives details of the image: time, size and date
- The THUMBNAIL/EXPAND option helps the image to toggle between full-screen
Storing VIDEOS in MY ALBUM in the phone:
Once a video clip is captured and stored on the phone, it can also be accessed, like the images, through the MY ALBUMS folder. Similarly, in the VIDEO mode, choosing the option of REVIEW / SEND MEDIA on the phone will help a user modify with the stored video and associate it with phone tasks, sending it to the Sprint website and other additional video options.
- To play videos on the phone, choose PLAY from the gallery of videos in the phone
- Choosing OPTIONS from the menu will help open up a lot of actions that can be performed on the video
- SEND VIDEO is the option to send stored video clips on the phone to the Sprint website
- THUMBNAIL/EXPAND lets the video to be viewed in full-screen or thumbnail mode
- UPLOAD with VIDEO FILES to transfer all videos from the phone to the website through the Sprint PCS Vision connection
- ASSIGN allots a specific task on the phone to the video clip like an animated screensaver
- ERASE deletes the video files on the phone
- EDIT CAPTION modifies the caption for a specific video
- VIDEO INFO offers all information about the video file like size, date, time, etc
- GO TO SAVED ON PHONE takes the user to the folder where all the videos are saved on the phone memory
How to use the Sprint PCS Picture Mail website?
Once all images and video are uploaded to the Sprint website, there are several things that a user can do with the uploaded content like edit pictures, modify and delete captions, edit and organize albums of images and video. Also, it is possible to have superior image management on the website where a user can adjust an image’s properties by using tools available on the website.
- Access the sprint website and go to picturemail
- The username is the mobile number of the user and the registered password needs to be entered to sign into the site
Once a user enters as a registered user in the website then it is possible to synchronize and manage the image and the video clips on the phone as well as using a personal computer or a laptop. This gives dual benefit of managing the media items from anywhere, on the go.
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