INSTAGRAM For PC Phone Review

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Today, I’m very excited to announce the launch of a product we’ve been wanting to build for quite some time now. Since our launch in October of 2010, we’ve focused on building a simple app that has inspired creativity while capturing everyday moments through the lens of your mobile phone. In fact, our focus on building out a mobile-only experience is a unique path that we’ve chosen for many reasons, the most important of which is that Instagram, at its core, is about seeing and taking photos on-the-go. However, to make Instagram even more accessible to our growing community, at the end of last year we started to expand to the desktop web, giving you the ability to see profiles from instagram.com. To continue that path, as of today, you can now browse your Instagram feed on the web – just like you do on your mobile device. Go to instagram.com and log in to your account to give it a try.

Right from its flat icon live tile to the sign up screen, Instagram has embraced the Windows Phone ecosystem, and how! If you stretch your memory a bit, you’ll recollect how the Android release of Instagram was marred by accusations that the app was pretty much ported from iOS. Windows Phone users are definitely in for a treat since Instagram on the platform has an absolutely unique user interface. the ability to add new photos retains its original position smack in the middle of the bottom bar. The refresh button and the search button are both placed on the bottom bar too, making it pretty easy to access when you need them the most. 

Usability:

Unfortunately, here’s where the butter-smoothness exuded by Instagram ends. The moment you decide to stop looking around at your friends’ photos and start posting some of your own, you’ll realise that Windows Phone has been given the short end of the stick with a “beta” sticker stuck on it.First off, when you click on that petite looking camera icon at the bottom of the screen, do not stand ready in position to aim the camera at your subject since it will take you to the Gallery instead. Yep, clicking on a camera icon takes you to the gallery and not the camera. Here, frustrated, you hit on yet another icon to finally take you to the camera. 

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