Sharpcast Photos was built from the ground up to help people face the challenges of managing the increasing number of digital photos they take. Over half the mobile phones sold today include a built-in camera. According to research firm IDC, over 485 million camera phones will ship worldwide in 2006, and Lyra Research predicts digital camera shipments to exceed 100 million units worldwide in 2008 says Cameratown.

Sharpcast Photos Beta will be the first service available from Sharpcast. Sharpcast Photo Beta - Photo organization and access service
It’s an ultra-simple, ultra-powerful photo organization and access service consisting of three components that work seamlessly with each other to provide a one-of-a-kind digital photo experience: desktop application software for organizing and backing up photos, a mobile phone client application, and a web account for accessing your entire photo workspace from any browser. 

 Sharpcast Photo Beta - Photo organization and access service
It’s an ultra-simple, ultra-powerful photo organization and access service consisting of three components that work seamlessly with each other to provide a one-of-a-kind digital photo experience: desktop application software for organizing and backing up photos, a mobile phone client application, and a web account for accessing your entire photo workspace from any browser. Sharpcast Photos Beta will launch initially in the U.S. this spring in an invitation-only beta, with public availability in the U.S. later in the year. Information on how to be invited to Sharpcast Photos Beta is available at the SharpCast website. 

Sharpcast Photo - Features
• Organize once, use everywhere
• Complete mobile and web integration
• Instant online backup
• Rich connected applications experience
• Fast recovery; recreate your collection just as you left it

Sharpcast connected applications
In addition to Sharpcast Photos, Sharpcast is building a full suite of services for managing all types of media and information. Sharpcast services combine the speed and flexibility of software customized for desktop computers and mobile devices with the numerous benefits of web-based applications. The result is a best-in-class user experience for digital media management that takes full advantage of broadband wired and wireless networks. The company plans to release tools and application programming interfaces to enable integration of popular desktop and mobile applications with the Sharpcast user experience. (via Lets go digital )

For more see Sharpcast.