SuzyQ wrote:Pix Place is accessed via your computer. Photos are uploaded as a text message from your phone.
You can also send pictures to 10-digit#@VZWPIX.COM You quoted stuff about sending to VTEXT.COM, and that applies to TEXT MESSAGES ONLY (so it is true that it is recommended NOT to send pictures to that address), That stuff about VTEXT.COM was emphasized in the original. It had nothing to do with what I was quoting, as my emphasis was on the first sentence (in red). Recheck my previous posts -- I did not send anything to VText.com, and in fact had no reason to as that was the first I'd ever heard about that address. In retrospect I suppose I should've deleted it off the end, as I see it has occasioned confusion; but at the time I decided to leave the entire official VZW FAQ answer intact for context purposes. if you are sending pictures, send to VZWPIX.COM. In the highly-kudoed topic, "Re: Sending Pics from Computer to Cell Phone" here on this forum, vzwpix.com is descibed as the domain used to send photos from the computer to the cell phone -- not the other way around. Or have I missed something?
I did use the address to transfer a couple of tiny pics (for photo Caller ID) from my computer to my phone; and that did work out ok, at least.
As far as the resizing goes, some of that occurs due to the capabilities (or lack of) on the receiving phone. In this case, there was no "receiving phone". The destination was an email address at gmail.com -- not a wireless domain; so there was no need for the system to automatically downsize the file. Some is due to the size limitations inherent in text messages - any photo larger than 500 kb or so gets resized. So check your resolution - and if it routinely nets you pictures that are larger than 500-600kb, then use a lower resolution if you intend to send the photo via text message. I *Did* check the resolution -- of each and every shot the camera has recorded, in fact. The largest file the phone camera has produced thus far was less than 400 KB; and this was the one I'd attempted to send. I chose it because it appeared to have the best color saturation, exposure and focus overall (from what I could tell on the phone viewscreen); and I wanted to evaluate the capabilities of the phone camera in more detail. As pointed out earlier, that was a waste of both my time and the phone's available airtime, since the picture I *got* was not the original photo I had taken.
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If you really really need the photos in full resolution Why wouldn't anyone prefer this? The better the resolution, the better the viewing clarity, printing, editing options, etc. -- why else bother with larger than VGA camera in the *first* place? save them to your SD card and then use the CARD to transfer them to your computer in full resolution That would be GREAT, I agree!
*Except* that my phone is the LG Accolade (see the "Device" note on my avatar), and does not *Have* external memory.
Believe me, I thought of this while phone shopping. It was a feature I wanted, partly for this very reason (i.e., transferring of pictures and/or music). But to the best of my knowledge none of the phones presently compatible with Prepaid service offered one. In retrospect I suspect the 4GB micro SD card capability advertised for the (now discontinued) Nokia Mirage 2605 (at WirelessZone's website) was a misprint, as none of the other online reviews mentioned it in their specs. either via USB cable with the card in the phone, or via an adapter with the card plugged directly into the computer. Given all the abovementioned hassle with obtaining drivers for a *phone USB cable* (it's access to the memory, not the "modem" that's needed here), the adapter would be the easiest, most sensible way to go. But the bottom line is, if my phone *Had* an SD card slot (or if the USB cable worked the way it's supposed to), there would've been no need for this discussion thread.
cmauze -
I really got twisted up in responding, didn't I? 
I went back and read the entire thread, back to your original question - seems you've tried sending to pix place, and to your gmail account. The pix still came through resized? Pix place SHOULD allow you to download the original, or send the original to your email. And I really don't know why the pic gets resized sending it to gmail....I just took a pic with my 2.0 MP camera on my Voyager, it was 410.2kb at the max resolution of 1600x1200, and it did not get resized when I sent it to my gmail account.
And you are right, the Accolade does not use an SD card. Have you tried using BitPim?
>"the pic still came through resized?
Every single time. I even tried uploading pics from my PC to PIX Place -- ones that were taken with a dedicated digital camera, not a cellphone. Even they were resized! Maybe the problem was partly with inherent size limitations placed on the initial upload, because I got the "Resizing..." screen whenever sending them to PIX Place from my phone. The surprising thing was, I had one that I'd intentionally designed (sized) to be used as custom wallpaper (176 x 220 pixels), approx. 25KB (I used the best resolution, lol). When I downloaded it to my phone from PIX Place, however, it was reduced to just 7KB, even though there no apparent reason for Verizon to do so.
>Have you tried using BitPim?
I looked up BitPim and reviewed their website. Although I didn't understand everything they were talking about (sounds like it might be a bit technical to use), it appears it depends on your USB cable/phone being able to communicate with your PC properly in the first place (which problem I outlined in OP of this thread); plus they don't list my phone model. Just the LG VX-5200, 5300 and 6000. I'm guessing those are probably contract phones that might be set up differently by Verizon to allow more features to be accessed. I'm really beginning to ~hate~ the hidden limitations of this LG Accolade VX-5600PP.
