Originally Posted by
PhoenixRev
If you are taking a photo with an Android-based smartphone, establishing a Google+ account will allow you to have any photos or videos you take with your smartphone automatically upload to your Google+ account (and your Picasa album if you have one), which means they load onto Google's servers and can be downloaded onto your computer or sent wherever for safe keeping.
I haven't shot any video, but the upload rate on photos over a 3G connection is less than five seconds.
Ditto the G+ suggestion. Also, know that the media you upload is not visible to people in your G+ circles until you share it with them. Even though there's the G+ connection, it's still private.