Zurfer.com - Mobile access to Flickr photos

Zurfer is a program you install in your mobile phone in order to access Flickr from wherever you are through your phone´s internet connection. You can add tag words to your account in order to get specific kinds of photos sent to your phone through your custom channels. You can do the same for Flickr group photos as well. The really cool part is that Zurfer is location-sensitive. It knows your loction and sends you Flickr photos based on your surroundings. Maybe you are in an unfamiliar city and just around the corner is a beautiful plaza, and Zurfer sends you a picture your friend has put on Flickr so you know it´s there. You can register on Zurfer for free, but first make sure you check out their FAQs to see which mobile phone models they have tested and verified as compatible.

“Well, Flickr has tons of geo-tagged photos but sometimes you boldly go where no photographer had gone before. Take a photo with ZoneTag - make sure you enter its location - and leave a mark for the future Zurfers.

This is a fun way to take advantage of all your mobile phone has to offer. If people start using Zurfer, eventually there will be a wealth of Flickr photos out there that can be useful if you are traveling and want to see some images of your location on your phone.

If you can only get photos from your friends´ accounts, Zurfer´s service is somewhat limited. Maybe they could partner with someone other than Flickr to get a more diverse collection of photos, especially for the location-specific feature.