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This is great for the so-called "photo-enthusiasts." I'll probably sign up on that basis. But I'm not sure I understand the mobile play. Most of my mobile photos are horrid quality and when I take a photo with my phone 100% of the time it is with the intent to share with others, either via SMS or Facebook or Twitter. I would be happy to share on Flickr. There's only one problem. That of course is that none of my friends use Flickr.

I think they are putting the cart before the horse in thinking that upping the storage and redesigning the interface is going to increase their user base. That said, kudos for trying something. I think that Yahoo! continues to struggle with a singular product strategy and that is ultimately causing them to hemorrhage billions of dollars chasing ill-conceived product acquisition.



> Most of my mobile photos are horrid quality

Here's a few photos I've taken with my phone:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobisbob/8607495076/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobisbob/8539300849/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobisbob/8526482251/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobisbob/8479530691/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobisbob/8479526973/

Phone cameras have gotten a hell of a lot better in the past couple of years.



They could work like Google+ which automatically backs up your photos.

So everything you share could be safer at flickr vs spread out among 100 services




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