Instagram has quickly become a popular photo sharing app for iPhone. Well Android users can now share their photos in a similar fashion with the launch of the mobile version of Flickr. I use Flickr via the web from time to time actually to post pics on sneaker blogs so this will probably take off for Droid users. Check out the details on the new app after the jump.
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Yahoo today unveiled the first official Android Flickr app, as well as a new feature that will allow users of its popular photo service to quickly and easily share pictures in real time with family and friends.
Released at a press event here that was meant to highlight part of Yahoo’s overall mobile strategy, the new Android Flickr app is the first Yahoo has released, although developers have already built dozens for both Google’s and Apple’s mobile operating systems. There is already an official iOS app.
Within the new Android app, users will be able to access all their own photos, as well as their albums and contacts. They can see activity streams, and photos that friends have uploaded.
In addition, Flickr developed its own camera experience that is built into the app. It has a custom viewfinder that allows a user to select different photo ratios, and lets him quickly name new photos and add metadata. The app also automatically appends geolocation data. Any new photograph taken inside the app can be instantly and automatically uploaded to Flickr, and can also be sent to other social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, by clicking a check box.
Photo Session
In addition to its new Android app, Flickr also unveiled its new Photo Session feature, which is intended to replicate the traditional way that people would show others pictures from vacations or of their kids or pets. But instead of requiring that everyone be in a room together, Photo Session is meant to make it possible to share such experiences regardless of where anyone is.
It works, said Eileen Hiromura, the product manager for Photo Session, by generating a unique URL that a Flickr user can then send to up to 10 friends or family members. Once they click on the URL, those people can then join a group viewing of an album.
