[gbookman]

Doing this manually via USB drive is about an order of magnitude faster than over your average broadband Internet connection.

Some downsides to using flash drives over DivvyShot: a) Not everyone has one; b) Not everyone knows how to use one; c) Limited space; d) Inconvenient--everyone has to be together and wait around while the other guys transfer their files over. With Divvyshot, you can upload/download photos whenever you want.

one of Facebook's greatest contributions to my life was that it completely solved the photo sharing problem

Facebook is definitely a convenient way to share photos, if you and all your friends have profiles and set them up properly. For people who just want to share photos and not deal with all of Facebook's features, DivvyShot is quite compelling.