Photo- and video-sharing site Photobucket and T-Mobile have launched a service that lets T-Mobile customers send photos directly from their handsets to a Photobucket album, a PC hard drive or an e-mail address.

The companies are offering a free three-week trial on select handsets, including the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl and a few Windows Mobile devices, including the Sidekick. Subscribers first need to create a Photobucket account and then link their phone to their online photo album.

Following the free trial, users continue on with the free version, which only provides access from the phone to Photobucket, or upgrade to the premium version. For a one-time fee of $19.99, the premium version is the one that lets users send photos from their phones to their PC or any e-mail address as well as to their Photobucket album.