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First look and reader giveaway: Lo-Mob, for that retro photo look
In case you haven't noticed, I'm a huge fan of iPhone photography apps. I've written about Best Camera, played with ColorSplash, and taken panoramic photos with Pano. When I noticed the $1.99US Lo-Mob [iTunes Link] while doing my weekly pass through the photo apps, I decided to buy it and give it a try.Part of my fascination with iPhone photo apps is that the flexibility of the software combines with the camera that is always at your fingertips, and you can do things with your photos with a few taps that would have taken hours in a darkroom. Lo-Mob provides 33 different effects that give your iPhone pics the look of taking photos with old film, instant film, 35 mm film in a medium-format camera, and more. With many of the effects, changes with saturation, focus, and tint are mixed with artifacts (dust on the frame, for example), vignetting, and frames.
As soon as you either take a new photo or select an existing one in Lo-Mob, the app takes about 10 - 12 seconds to pre-process all of the images. The result is that when you go to choose your effect, you see exactly how it's going to look in a small thumbnail image located next to information about the effect. After you've selected your effect, you see a full size image that can then be saved in the original photo resolution and then shared with others through email, Facebook, or Twitter.
Now for some fun! We have three Lo-Mob promo codes to give away to three lucky TUAW readers. Here's the scoop:
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
- To enter leave a comment telling us what you would take a photo of and then "retro-ize" with Lo-Mob.
- The comment must be left before Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prizes: Promo Code for one copy of Lo-Mob (Value: US$1.99)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.


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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Swiftman said 3:38PM on 12-14-2009
A picture of a coaster.
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rNOT said 10:31PM on 12-16-2009
I would use it to take pictures of my 18 month kid. She looks like her grandparents and everytime I use these vintage filters, it confuses the family. Good times... good times.
ilkyone said 3:08PM on 12-14-2009
Me!
I ain't getting any younger, so I might as well look vintage!
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Joe Davis said 3:12PM on 12-14-2009
I would take a pic of an old photo.......then make it look older.........
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twoeightnine said 3:11PM on 12-14-2009
A Quebec Nordiques game.
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Nate said 3:13PM on 12-14-2009
I'd take some pictures of this old industrial building that I live by. They'd make for some great shots.
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Iaian7 said 3:12PM on 12-14-2009
There's a very old building not far from where I work - tan, with bright red accents. I've taken a photo or two when driving past, and would love to see it processed using LoMob!
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Irfan Chaudhry said 3:13PM on 12-14-2009
Looks like another great iPhone Photo app...
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luxuriouspunk said 3:15PM on 12-14-2009
there are some old busted docks off 3rd street in SF that I would love to retro-ize with this app!
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daveinstereo said 3:18PM on 12-14-2009
Christmas Trees
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Mike Shaffer said 3:18PM on 12-14-2009
Vintage shots of Apple Stores....
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Hard Rocker said 3:21PM on 12-14-2009
Merry-go-rounds
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James Likeness said 3:23PM on 12-14-2009
Definitely Christmas morning and my wife's family. Our new nephew would be such a good subject for this.
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Brian said 3:26PM on 12-14-2009
Looks like a very cool app! Let see, I would take a picture of my friends Zune.
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marcusbryan said 3:26PM on 12-14-2009
I want to take a picture of family Christmas and then bring back the good-ole days by retro-izing it!
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Ratking said 3:31PM on 12-14-2009
Very nice, love the kodachrome feel.
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email said 3:33PM on 12-14-2009
Me, playing Atari.
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Emmanuel said 3:44PM on 12-14-2009
I took many pics of everything with the iPhone... it's like a drug now
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Lloyd said 3:34PM on 12-14-2009
The Strip. And no, I don't mean what you guys are thinking; I reckon the Las Vegas Strip would look cool Lo-mobbed.
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ep2002 said 3:41PM on 12-14-2009
Pictures of the kids, of course :-)
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