iOS – Facebook Camera – New
Well Facebook are certainly keeping everyone on their toes, what with the flotation still in the news and of course the Instagram acquisition on the cards what else can you do? Create and launch a camera app of course. In all honesty it’s nothing particularly special, but that won’t stop millions downloading it. It comes with filter support and minor in-app editing features, including crop and rotate, batch upload, facility to follow your friends feeds. So, it’s interesting but it doesn’t do more than Instagram but I guess it fills a void while the FTC are still reviewing that acquisition that looks like it could drag on for 6-12 months yet too.
Currently, what this app lacks is more usability within the app, after all, with the budget Facebook have to throw at this thing they could really get it integrating well. At present you can’t switch between adding an image and then adding text within your feed and vice versa. Of course, this is something Facebook could easily roll out in a future update.
There’s no getting away from the fact that this app is free to download and even though the likes of the more featured camera apps are only from $0.99/£0.69. perhaps this gives users a reason not to purchase one of those and perhaps that’s the strategy here.
Reading through the comments in the App Store I can see that a lot of users are disappointed, instantly and not surprisingly they compare it to Instagram and are disappointed.
We’re see, if you’d like to download the Facebook Camera app and check it out, just click here.
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
