Instagram for Android is now available

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Instagram for Android is now available​

At long last, Instagram finally releases the Android version of its app.​

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Instagram on Android
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Instagram has been around since 2010, available only to iOS devices. Android users have been waiting patiently, with repeated promises of an Android version arriving soon.

While we knew the Android version of Instagram was coming sooner rather than later, with the release being teased just last month at South by Southwest Interactive, the exact release date wasn't clear. Well, the day has finally arrived.

With more than 430,000 Android users on the waiting list, Instagram is now available in Google Play. The app carries with it the same features (except tilt-shift/blur) and a similar user interface to that of the iOS version.

Users are able to browse friends' photos, view the popular photos, and upload their own photos, as you would expect.

Android users will join a community of 30 million registered users, who contribute more than 5 million photos a day. More than 1 billion photos in all have been uploaded to Instagram, strictly from iOS devices. With the addition of Android devices, these numbers are sure to grow at a considerable pace.

Instagram for Android is compatible with smartphones running Android 2.2 and up. Tablets aren't supported at this time. Download Instagram for Android.

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Article from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57408672-94/instagram-for-android-is-now-available/
 
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Instagram For Android Now Available On Google Play Store [Review]

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Eagerly anticipated by Android users all over the world, the elusive photo-editing and sharing appInstagram – that was, thus far, iOS-exclusive – has just made its way onto the Google Play Store. The news comes as a pleasant surprise to the Android world, as there were no official announcements made regarding the app’s release date. However, now that Instagram is finally out for Android, you can start following your iPhone-owning friends’ photo-based activities on Instagram, browse the service’s online image repository in various ways, get into the social side of things by following other Instagram users, commenting on and liking their photos, use the popular ‘Lux’ effect to automatically adjust your images’ brightness levels, and of course, capture, apply filters to and share images from your Android device. The only feature that seems to be missing from the app as of now is the tilt-shift blur effect that works so well in the iOS version.
Needless to say, you need to have an Instagram account to use the app. Registration is absolutely free and can be done from within the app.
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The app’s homescreen comprises several tabs, the very first one of which (from left) is the home tab that lists the latest activities of all the users who you’re following on Instagram. Tapping the star tab reveals all the popular images shared publicly on the network. The tab with the heart icon is dedicated to displaying all the news, activities and notifications regarding you as well as your Instagram followers. The last tab on the app’s main screen is for your Instagram profile. It shows you the total number of photos you’ve shared so far, your followers, as well as the people who’re following you on the network.
The button in the top-right corner of the profile screen (beside the search button) reveals the app’s preferences menu, which allows you to set your photo uploads to private (other users can’t follow you without your permission), find friends on Instagram, view all the photos that you’ve liked, modify the app’s camera settings and more. You can use the aforementioned search button to discover images both by hashtags and users.
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Now to the all-important camera tab, tapping which lets you snap a fresh image, or import one from your device’s local storage. Once you get the required image, the app lets you crop it before launching its editor. Here you have all the gorgeous filters that Instagram is known for aligned along the bottom of the screen. Swipe across the filters browse through the list.
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The top segment of the editor holds (from left to right) the frame, Lux effect and rotation buttons. Once finished with editing, tap the arrow icon at the top-right of the screen to head on over to the sharing screen, from where you can add a caption the image, toggle the geo-tagging option on/off, and pick additional social media to which you would like to share the result. As of now, the app supports sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare whereas the support for Flickr will be added soon.
You can, of course, always launch an image viewer or the stock Gallery to view the local copies that the app saves to the sdcard/Pictures/Instagram directory and share them using any supported app.
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Now, after having seen so many other impressive alternatives to Instagram, I must say that, feature-wise, the official Instagram client for Android, is certainly not the absolute king of the photo-editing and sharing genre, but that’s just my opinion. Furthermore, being feature-rich isn’t the only thing that counts. It is the app’s ever-growing photo-sharing network that is constantly giving competitors a run for their money.
Instagram for Android is available for free on the Google Play Store, and requires Android OS v2.2 or higher to run.

Article from: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/instagram-for-android-review/
 
never heard of this before... 5 million photos a day are added.. :confused:
 
Never heard of this until recently when I keep seeing people post instagram things on FB..
 
so what makes it different from the other 1 million image hosting places?
 
well..it used to be apple only...so the apple people are mad that android ppl are now in their secret club...that made them feel special
 
again... there are countless image hosting companies... bandwagon to join this now?
 
The program itself lets you automatically apply different types of filters to your pictures. It's a hit with hippies everywhere.
Now that Andriod has it, it's turned into one of those "I used to __________ before it was was cool".
 
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