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Pictures
The Pictures application is where you view photos and play back
videos. You can also set photos as wallpaper and share them as a
picture message.
Uploading To SkyDrive
Windows Live SkyDrive provides free storage so you can store
photos online, share them with the people you choose, and
access them from any web browser. Various options include
share on SkyDrive
if you have set up a Windows Live email
account.
For more information about SkyDrive, go to
http://explore.live.com/
and click on
SkyDrive
.
Accessing Pictures and Videos
When you take a photo or shoot a video, the file is saved so you
can view your photos and videos at any time. To access photos
and videos:
1. From the Home screen, touch ➔
Pictures
.
The pictures screen displays.
2. Touch
Options
to display the following options:
• choose background
: Pick an existing photo and apply it as
wallpaper to the pictures screen.
• shuffle background
: Randomly display delivered wallpapers.
• settings
: Display the
pictures + camera
settings. For more
information, refer to
“Pictures and Camera”
on page 101.
3. Touch an option such as
camera roll
,
albums
,
date
,
people
,
favorites
, or
what’s new
.
Pictures and videos are displayed depending on which
option you choose:
•camera roll
: Thumbnails are displayed for taken photos and
videos.
• album
: Thumbnails are displayed for groups of pictures such as
Camera Roll and delivered photos. Other pictures are displayed
depending on the accounts you have set up such as Windows Live,
Facebook, and so on.
•date
: Thumbnails of all photos and videos are displayed in order of
month and year created.
•people
: Thumbnails are displayed of all people photos that you
have viewed from your accounts, such as Facebook, twitter, and
LinkedIn. You can also touch
choose contact
and touch a contact
to load that contact’s posted pictures.