Photoboard is updated and upscaled for the iPad

Seems like it would be a neat way to give presentations. I could see using it like the folks on CNN do if I could add content other than pictures. Maps, videos, images from Pages, Numbers etc. I suppose you could accomplish some of that by doing screen grabs using the native screen capture technique but it would be nicer to have some of that built in.

Hi there,

I'm the co-creator of Photoboard HD together with Julian.
First of all, we would like to thank you for your review and feedbacks. As daily readers of TUAW, we've really appreciated reading a post about our app here.

We can't wait to get our iPads and add some missing features we've withdrawn from the Day-1 version. We also strive at keeping the app simple and uncluttered.
By now, we basically used pieces of paper and a notepod+ to re-design PBHD UI for the iPad.

@MikeWard
We managed to display videos on the board but it was before the official iPhone SDK release. We have some hope in the 4.0 API to get back this feature :-)

@Kyle Tress
Moodboard looks neats, I like the "Organizing Inspiration" dimension of your app !

@Chris Newton
In fact you can actually resize up these small pictures by zooming the background in. In the other hand you're right, it would be probably more conformable to set a minimum scale limit.
Julian already fixed that in the upcoming 1.1 free update, PB is going to have this fix as well.

We use to keep tracks and take care of every bug reports or feature requests in our PB development page :
http://dev.zestprod.com/photoboard/
This is the way we build our roadmap to further releases.

Cheers,
Cedric & Julian

I have the iPhone version of this, and it's pretty terrible. The controls were awful, and more often than not, while trying to do other things, my images scaled images so small they could no longer be seen or controlled.

The app was so bad that I just assumed development had ceased. This article disappoints me because it suggests that the developers of it just didn't care about the quality of the original app, and are now looking to cash in on a new set of potential victims. I think it had potential, HAS potential, but they really need to step up the commitment to quality.

A cool concept, not too interested in its uses for photos but with various files and media.

It would be cool for creating desks or workspaces to collate files for aproject. On the iPad it might not be totally useful, but a desktop program like this!

Anyone know of such a program in existence?

Hi Mel,

"I liked the idea of this app, but it needs more customizable features, and a definite purpose."

I am the co-creator of a similar app called Moodboard. We built it as an easy way for designers and decorators to create mood boards on their iPad. We have some customizable features such as the frames you mentioned, plus a color wheel generator. It doesn't look like Photoboard was going after this particular market like we are, but it could serve it well. If you want to check it out, here's the link:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moodboard-mood-boards-for/id355893506?mt=8

@Mel

"I liked the idea of this app, but it needs more customizable features, and a definite purpose."

iTunes description states that you can run a slideshow from the created collages which would be great for Digital Photo Frame implementation.

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just to let you guys know, this story keeps crashing my 1st Gen. iPod Touch when using the TUAW App.