Yahoo! expands mobile photo service

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. late last week expanded its play in the mobile space, with a new service that allows consumers to post photos to their Yahoo Photo online accounts directly from their cell phones.

The service is free to any registered Yahoo user that is a Sprint Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc., T-Mobile USA Inc., Cingular Wireless or Verizon Wireless subscriber.

Earlier this year, Yahoo launched a $3-per-month download service that allows AT&T Wireless and Sprint subscribers to download photos from Yahoo Photo online accounts to their camera phones.

Yahoo’s services offer camera-phone users a way to share their mobile photos with anyone, not just those who subscribe to the same carrier they do.