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So you want to get fancy do you? Plain old pictures of Tofino or Toronto aren't good enough for you? You just have to apply moody and extravagant filters to your pictures and then share them with the world? YES!
If you haven't already seen your network getting snap happy with this picture sharing app, allow me to formally introduce you to Instagram. Catching-on like wildfire, Instagram's garnered an impressive 1-million downloads in the past 3 months!
How it Works After downloading the app, you take a picture and share it with friends, fam or the world. At its core, the photo filters offered in the app are a lot like camera bag's {featured May 4th, 2010}, but Instagram takes it a step further and integrates heavy sharing capabilities like finding and following friends using the app, sharing photos on major social networking sites and commenting on others' photos. The app is as much about picture taking as it is about sharing.
Foto Filter Examples
X-Pro II, Hefe and 1977 filters.
Instagram App Details
- Free
- Works with iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad. An android app is also on the company's radar
- 15 photo filters
- Attach (optional) location information to any of your posts
- Share your posts to Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Posterous, & Facebook
- Check in to Foursquare when you post a photo with a location
- Let your friends know what you think by liking & commenting on their photos
- View the most popular photos around the world from Instagram users
Other Travel Apps Don’t forget to peruse the other 60+ travel apps we’ve reviewed from travel first aid, to luxury and boutique hotel finders, to border waits, to trip itinerary management. Here are the most recent: