Feature Set:  

SendPhotos is a great photo sharing service, packed with a variety of advanced features you’d expect. You can easily upload photos (single or batch), effectively organize with keywords and comments, and easily share with who you want to. You can manage your photo albums completely online, or download additional Avanquest SendPhotos software for advanced features. Some of these features include batch uploading, red-eye reduction, brightness correction, and photo stories.

Of course the software and online service can be synced, so you have access to your photos wherever you are. This also serves as a great way to safely store and backup your pictures (in full resolution) online. And while all these features are great, the real thrust of SendPhotos comes in the following features:

Mobile
Avanquest SendPhotos’ most compelling feature is the innovative integration with your cellphone. SendPhotos can be downloaded on over 140 handsets, including Apple, Android, Symbian, and BlackBerry phones. With SendPhotos on your phone you can take pictures and have them immediately sent to your SendPhotos account, making it instantly available for people (who you specify) to see.

This direct connection between the service and your cellphone is not only convenient, but also enables some other unique benefits. You don’t have to worry about overloading your memory card or losing your phone. You won’t even have to manually transfer your photos to your PC and then online. The ease and practical utility of integrating with your mobile phone is really what drives the SendPhotos service and makes it such a great photo sharing option.

Selective Sharing
With SendPhotos you are completely in control of who has access to your photos. You can allow each album (or each individual picture) to be viewable by a specified individual, group, or everybody. Not only can your friends see your photos and comment on them, they can download them, and even share back by adding complementary photos to your album.

Selecting varying levels of privacy is easy, and the unique sharing abilities can truly facilitate a community of photo sharing. And regardless of who you send your photos to or how you edit them, you will always have a copy of the original, in full resolution.

Extensive integration
Of course you can email your photos easily using SendPhotos. The service actually works well with Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, even including a SendPhotos button on your toolbar if you want. You can send special created photo stories (collage of sorts) through email. SendPhotos takes the hassle out of emailing by automatically optimize the resolution so that the email is small, but still has a quality image.

Rather than trying to compete with other photo sharing services like MySpace and flickr, Avanquest works with them. You can easily upload your photos from SendPhotos to your other accounts, including Picasa, MySpace, and flickr.

Another impressive sharing feature is the ability to create and share your photos with Photoflow (think Apple CoverFlow). You can add an album Photoflow on your webpage, or embed it on a blog or community page.
 

Ease of Use of the Service:  

SendPhotos is fairly simple to use and take advantage of even the advanced features. The interface is simple and modern, and navigation is pretty intuitive. You can choose a variety of practical (and stylish) viewing modes, including film, slideshow, photoflow, light table, and the informative data grid.

All the tools are right at hand and easy to utilize in SendPhotos. Downloading, uploading, and syncing between the web, software, and your phone is seamless and quick. Adjusting and editing your photos is easy, and making them available to the right people is also simple.

Help/Support:  

Avanquest offers useful support resources for all of their products and services, and SendPhotos is no exception. You can find a variety of answers in the FAQs section. You can also access personal customer service via email or phone. SendPhotos also comes equipped with a thorough user guide (PDF) complete with step-by-step instructions on how to use the program.

Avanquest SendPhotos is currently in beta, and we expect to see even more innovation and value in the future. SendPhotos is definitely one of the most versatile photo sharing services, focusing their efforts on an amazing mobile experience. It’s also great to see a service that maintains full resolution on uploaded photos. As a completely flexible, well-designed (navigation and aesthetics), and mobile-ready photo sharing service, Avanquest SendPhotos brings a unique combination of features “in focus.”