wraggster
August 17th, 2011, 22:14
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/08/2011-08-17-photovine.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/17/photovine-grows-out-of-private-beta-begins-sprouting-on-iphones/)
It popped up in private beta earlier this summer (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/14/googles-photovine-sprouts-official-teaser-begins-rollout-later/), but Slide's Photovine (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Photovine/) is now open to the public, available as a free download on Apple's iOS App Store. Surprisingly there's no Android app yet -- a curious move considering Google (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Google/) (Slide's parent company (http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/06/google-acquires-slide-aims-to-build-a-more-social-web/)) isn't known to exclude its own mobile platform with new product rollouts. Huff Post went hands-on with the app, summing it up as "Instagram meets Piictu (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/did-googles-photovine-sprout-from-piictu/)," also noting the bizarre exclusion of an option to add your Gmail contacts -- though youcan import your friends from Twitter and Facebook. It's probably safe to say that an Android app will be coming soon -- or perhaps some other indication that Google and Slide do in fact share the same roof -- but for now, iPhone owners can slide on down to the source link to get their photo sharing fix.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/17/photovine-grows-out-of-private-beta-begins-sprouting-on-iphones/
It popped up in private beta earlier this summer (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/14/googles-photovine-sprouts-official-teaser-begins-rollout-later/), but Slide's Photovine (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Photovine/) is now open to the public, available as a free download on Apple's iOS App Store. Surprisingly there's no Android app yet -- a curious move considering Google (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Google/) (Slide's parent company (http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/06/google-acquires-slide-aims-to-build-a-more-social-web/)) isn't known to exclude its own mobile platform with new product rollouts. Huff Post went hands-on with the app, summing it up as "Instagram meets Piictu (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/did-googles-photovine-sprout-from-piictu/)," also noting the bizarre exclusion of an option to add your Gmail contacts -- though youcan import your friends from Twitter and Facebook. It's probably safe to say that an Android app will be coming soon -- or perhaps some other indication that Google and Slide do in fact share the same roof -- but for now, iPhone owners can slide on down to the source link to get their photo sharing fix.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/17/photovine-grows-out-of-private-beta-begins-sprouting-on-iphones/