Send Photostrips To Friends (Or Enemies) With Shutterfly’s New ‘Wink’ Service And iPhone App

Eli Milchman ()

images: Shutterfly

images: Shutterfly

When I was a kid, I always thought those photostrip booths dumped unceremoniously near the entrance of suburban malls were like a mini fun house and a comic-strip press rolled into one.

Now, with a service they’re calling Wink,  Shutterfly brings those booths to your iPhone ( the comic-strip press part, anyway — but I’m assuming instructions for making a booth out of cardboard and gum can be found at Craft:)

Just download the free app, shoot away and upload anywhere from three to five photos; Shutterfly does the rest, combining the photos into a strip and shipping the product off to any Earthly address desired — all for $2.50, which includes shipping and tax (and Shutterfly says the photos can be uploaded from anywhere in the world). No iPhone (really?), no problem — photos can be uploaded from Facebook and Flickr too.

Bonus: Shutterfly says it’s giving away three (count ‘em!) free strips to the first 50,000 strip-crazed iPhone users who download the app.

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Me first. Just as soon as I head over to Craft: to figure out how many packs of Bubblicious I need to chew for booth material.

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Eli Milchman

When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path — which explains why he's Cult of Mac's technology editor. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.

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