Postfully Yours

Many companies are working hard to release mobile versions of their applications. While we respect their labors, we don’t envy them. Luckily for us, Postful already runs on just about every cell phone out there.

If your phone supports e-mail, you’re set. Blackberries are a snap. Palm or Windows Mobile? No problem. Just send an e-mail and Postful will work its magic.

Most camera phones can send mms messages to e-mail accounts (just find out or set your phone’s e-mail alias and set is as Postful account alias).

But let’s say you’re on an older phone. SMS is still all you need. These instructions will vary slightly from provider to provider. For T-Mobile, send an SMS to 500 (Cingular is apparently 121) with the Postful address you wish to send to as the start of the message. Follow it with a space and type your message. As before, you’ll have to setup a Postful alias with your cell phone’s e-mail address (for T-Mobile, it would be yourphonenumber@tmomail.net).

It’s really that easy.

How would you use this? Snap a picture, add a quick comment, and mail it off to your grandmother. At the scene of an accident, capture the image and mail it to your insurance company (or yourself for a hard-copy) in one step.

But, as always, we expect to be surprised by the uses you come up with!