How to use eSnips for sending free files to your cell phone

Send this to your mobile for free

Did you know that you can now use eSnips to send pictures and mp3s to your cell phone for free? Well probably not because until this moment we haven’t actually publicized the feature, but it’s here, it’s awesome and now I’m going to walk you through how to use it.

Do you see the “Send this to your mobile for free” link below the picture of me and my hamster? That link will basically appear under all picture and mp3 files on eSnips, and if you see something you want on your mobile, that’s what you need to click.

Add Mobile number

That will lead to the “Add mobile number” screen where basically you just have to enter your country and phone number. A verification code will be sent to you as a text message, essentially just to confirm that the cell phone number is really yours. Copy that verification code into Verify box and hit the Verify button.

If the screen doesn’t reload with this successful verification message, something went wrong. Try entering the verification code again and double checking your phone number. The first time I tried activating my cell phone for instance, I forgot to add a “0” to the prefix of my phone number which will be needed in some countries. But the application definitely works!

Anyway, after you press the “Continue” button,  which will be on the right hand side of the screen, your content will be sent either directly to your mobile phone or as a WAP link, depending on your phone model.

The “Send this to your mobile for free” feature currently only works with picture files and mp3s, and currently is limited to 10 downloads, but if this is a service you’d like to see expanded – let us know!

UPDATE:

Just in case there was any ambiguity, here’s where the “Send this to your mobile for free” link is on MP3 files.