Radar.net is a service from Tiny Pictures Inc with a different twist on photo blogging. Recognizing the importance of cameraphones and and peoples affinity for images, Radar.net lets you share pictures in private communities - where you invite who can view and comment on them. Can such a anti Flickr and YouTube concept ever work? Absolutely, says Mashable.

 Radar.net is fairly new. Started by Jon Poisson former head of mobile media research for Sony, the service aims to be different by allowing users to visually blog their stream of consciousness - where I am and what I'm doing and seeing now as the sites tour explains. 

The goal is to allow any user to take pictures and share them instantly. A lot of services already do that but by giving users a personal channel they have control over who views and comments on their content. This allows a greater degree of privacy than traditional photo blogging communities and Radar.net  believes allows people to document their lives more freely. Quoting figures of 1.2 bilion cameraphones in use by end of 2006 and the low adaption rate for advanced phone data services, Poisson felt that people needed a service which would allow them to use their existing technology in a novel way.

He said " that the point of using Radar is not the photographs but the instant communication it provides."

Poisson said that while Radar`s growth since they went into public beta has been strong, he is more enthused by statistics showing that users who used Radar sparingly at first have begun spending more time with it.

'It`s unclear how many people would use Radar, but if it can bring some real utility to the camera phone, then it`s likely to be a big hit,' he said. 'Time will tell.' 

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