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First Look: Exposure for the iPhone
It seems like only yesterday I was writing about Exposure, the iPhone native Flickr browser, in a rather circumspect manner. Now that the App Store is out I took Exposure (available in a free version and a premium version) for a spin and I really liked what I saw.Before we go any further I should point out that I love browsing Flickr and have always found Flickr's mobile site to be a bit lacking (that's a nice way of saying it sucks). Exposure lets you do everything you can do on Flickr's website and more. The neatest feature, and the creepiest, is the 'Near Me' button. Press it, and through the magic of Core Location, Exposure will show you all the photos on Flickr that were taken near your current location.
Check out the gallery for a full tour of this great iPhone app.
Exposure comes in a free ad supported version, and a premium version sans ads is available for $9.99.
Gallery: Exposure
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luke said 4:22PM on 7-10-2008
... everything except UPLOAD photos!
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Dave said 4:32PM on 7-10-2008
"Press it, and through the magic of Core Location, Exposure will show you all the photos on Flickr that were taken near your current location."
Heh.. That is a bit creepy. What a small world we live in now.
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kevin said 6:56PM on 7-10-2008
Anything like PhoneAlarm (WindowsMobile) for the iPhone? Its a must have for me!
Repeating SMS alarms/alerts???? I cant get an iPhone unless I can find something that will repeat the text message alerts and possible offer CUSTOM alert tones depending on sending number/contact.
Where do developers hangout?
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nano said 5:03PM on 7-10-2008
You can upload photos but I prefer a different app called Mobile Flickr. It's free but your iPhone has to be jailbroken.
Screenshots and video on:
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/15/mobile-flickr/
Of you add this source to your Installer app:
http://xk72.com/iphone/repos/
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Glen Barnes said 9:03PM on 7-10-2008
+1 on Mobile Flickr - It's great.
Matthew Buchanan said 10:33PM on 7-10-2008
Mobile Flickr is no longer available for jailbroken phones, but it is in the App Store for $2.99. A bargain, it does everything that Exposure does (except nearby images) PLUS uploads, and nearby photos is already in the next release.
Link here for Mobile Flickr in the App Store:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284393206&mt=8
nano said 5:04PM on 7-10-2008
You can upload photos but I prefer a different app called Mobile Flickr. It's free but your iPhone has to be jailbroken.
Screenshots and video on:
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/04/15/mobile-flickr/
Of you add this source to your Installer app:
http://xk72.com/iphone/repos/
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patsfacts said 6:27PM on 7-10-2008
Check out SnapMyLife -- been using the site for a while now, and they just unleashed an iphone app today that can take photos, geotag them with GPS if you have the 3G, and upload them. Small but growing community, great photos from around the globe. AND ITS FREE
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Raul said 7:02PM on 7-10-2008
I second mobileflickr, its really integrates your iPhone with flickr well, there are a couple of other that offer similar functionality, tried them mobileflickr comes out on top.
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Steve said 9:26PM on 7-10-2008
Hey Scott,
I loves me my Flickr too. Though, I was getting the following constant error messages after authorizing and launching:
"Failed on (null) because "Operation could not be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302.)"
On a separate note, does anyone else find it hard to read those vertically formated "recent activity" notifications on their iPhone?!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevetalkowski/2656876058/
P.S. Loved the screen shot tip you guys posted earlier!
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Luke said 12:38AM on 7-11-2008
Is it just me or does Mobile Flickr resize the image, strip the EXIF data, and screw up the orientation of any photos it uploads? And when you take a photo from within the app itself it's cropped.
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Karl said 1:35AM on 7-11-2008
It's actually broken in the OS - it doesn't appear to be possible to get the images unresized and with orientation EXIF intact. Other apps that upload pics have the same problem. We're working on it!
Luke said 1:55AM on 7-11-2008
I guess it's just jailbreaking and back to SendPics for the time being...