Verizon Wireless has partnered with Photobucket to offer the carrier's subscribers a new mobile photo service.

Verizon Wireless customers can send photos from a mobile device to a Photobucket album. The application will launch exclusively for Verizon Wireless customers and is available for download from Verizon Wireless mobile storefront by texting 'PHOTOB' to 2777.

"Mobile phones are adding a new dimension to sharing images between friends, colleagues or family members," said Jennifer Byrne, director of digital media at Verizon, Basking Ridge, NJ.

"Photobucket is bringing Verizon Wireless customers a new and easy way to share their photos and videos in real-time, without needing to move to a PC to upload and send them," she said.

Photobucket is a creative hub on the Web, claiming nearly 40 million unique users around the world linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows and videos daily.

In addition to linking content, Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging, and mobile devices.

Users can also download the application in the Community and Sharing category of the Verizon Wireless Get It Now catalog or by visiting http://photobucket.com/mobile.

To use the application, Verizon Wireless subscribers sign up for a Photobucket account -- which can be created for free at http://photobucket.com -- and enter their log-in information to link their Verizon Wireless account to their Photobucket online photo album.

Once the accounts are connected, the application instantly uploads photos already saved on the phone to the user's Photobucket account.

The Photobucket Mobile Uploader then automatically sends any future photos directly to the same Photobucket account.

Verizon is the first carrier in the United States to be offering the Photobucket Mobile Uploader and the application will be available initially on 13 handsets.

The service is available now from Verizon Wireless, which enables the user to send unlimited mobile photos to their Photobucket account for a monthly subscription fee of $2.99.

"Photobucket has always been committed to making photo sharing fun and easy. The Photobucket Mobile Uploader for Verizon Wireless unlocks the full potential of camera phone photos, allowing users to easily save and share images online more easily than they would using traditional digital cameras." said Alex Welch, president of Photobucket, San Francisco.