Well all the news over the web is that facebook has bought Instragram!! I know a lot of people are complaining about this but I actually like the idea. Clearly he knows what he is doing and I bet Instragram will go off the charts even more now.. And not to mention, we Android users just got the app a couple of days ago.
Instagram finally arrived on Android just last week, and iPhone users were in a huge uproar over “those Android users” - such as me - getting into their club. Instagram also received 1 million downloads in the first day, showing that there really was a lot of Android users joining the club.
Still Instragram got over 1 million uploades in less than 24 hours!! A free download, Instagram for Android brings numerous custom filters and boarders to your smartphone photography, as well as making sharing with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare far more straightforward.
For those of you who are new to the entire Instagram experience, the app is pretty simple, and that’s what makes it amazing. To use Instagram just open it up and either capture a photo or choose an existing one from your photo library. Once uploaded, the app allows you to move and scale your image. After you’ve selected a composition, you can run the image through the ‘Lux’ feature by pressing the Sun icon in the far left of the next screen. Once you decide on the exact specs of the photo you’re going to post, you click on the green check mark provided, and the app’s flow allows you to input a description and a Twitter-like hashtag for search, geotag the photo, and share to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Posterous, Foursquare or via email. In addition to sharing, clicking ‘Done’ will post the item to your Instagram feed, where it will be enjoyed by your followers if you have them. You can see the photo in addition to photos from the people who you follow by clicking on the Home icon.
“The Android app offers an extremely familiar Instagram experience when compared to the iOS app,” “You’ll find all the same exact filters and community as our iOS version.” iOS features like Tilt/Shift, Flickr integration and inline posting didn’t make the cut this time but will hit future versions. The app is also available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
So what does all this mean in nutshell!?
Well first off I am now on Instragram.. you can follow me under kjaggers if you'd like!! I am still not totally in love with this app because Android has a ton of these apps except you can actually follow someone on Instagram where as with the others you can only edit and post pictures. So I am new to Instragram but intend on using it a lot in the future!! If you want me to follow you, email your user name and I will be happy to do so!
Excited!!
K Jaggers
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