Filter applications for this exclusive photo only exists in the IOS platform, Instagram, now present in the platform that is rapidly growing now, Android. This photo filter application is not the first application is revolutionary, but we must admit that the popularity of this application's competitors beat similar applications. Possible factors that make it more popular applications is in terms of its social aspects. Instagram as to form a collection of users who love photography of mobile devices with the addition of effects to the images look more artistic or analog look.
Instagram applications on Android can be downloaded directly for free on Google Play at 13MB, and requires Android version 2.2 and above. We Instagram uses version 1.0.2 with the Galaxy Nexus (ICS Android 4.0.1).
As in the case in IOS version, you must first create an account (or log in if you already have an account). Once inside, you will be presented with a sort of timeline which places the filter presents good picture of you or of your user account instagramnya follow. Social aspects of this application Instagram Twitter-like system, with followers and following.
The menus in this application is divided into five main tabs located at the bottom. There are tabs Home, Online, Take Photo, News, Profile.
Home, on this tab you will be presented timeline photographs posted by you or other users that you follow instagramnya account.
Cool, this tab contains a collection of photographs of all users of the most diperbicarakan instagram.
Take a photo, this tab is the tab key function is to take photos and edit them.
News, this tab contains news about your instagram accounts and accounts that you follow.
To start capturing images you must select the menu tab in the middle (the camera). Then you will be shown viewfinder camera with flash, front camera, and take pictures of the gallery. There are differences with the version of IOS here, where the IOS version you are immediately given a preview of the effect of the filter to be used, whereas in the version of Android you have to take a picture first and later you go into the selection of filter effects. Besides, in the version of IOS are given options such as direct use of the blur effect and the use of frames in the camera viewfinder, while the Android version without blur features and new options such as these appear in the next stage.
Section selection effect of this filter you can set the presence of frame (depending on the type of filter), increase the brightness, or rotate pictures. For the presence of the same filter effects as in the version of IOS. After this stage you will be brought to the stage to upload photos to networking instagram.Sekali again no difference at this stage, in which IOS version has more options for sharing services such as Twitter, Facebook, Email, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Foursquare. As for the Android version instagram there is only option to services like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Foursquare only.
Notification feature is also present and working properly. This notification will give you information such as user-like images to your new account to follow you, and others.
To me, follow your friends is easy, you can find your friends through Facebook or Twitter accounts you, your friends will present Instagram who also use this application.
Conclusion
Instagram in Android applications have performance nearly equivalent to iOSnya version, because there are some features that are absent here. One feature that is missing is the blur effect so as to provide the blur effect you have to outsmart the assisted shooting techniques with autofocus camera. But this does not mean that this application is bad, just understand this Android application in new Instagram up in version 1.0.2 while the IOS version 2.2.1 has been reached, did not rule out future Instagram in Android will have more features. The stability of the application is also good, we do not experience lag or crashes when the review process takes place. It's worth a try for those of you who like a cell phone photography.
