Camera+ coming back to the App Store

Do you remember Camera + ? It was the amazing US$1.99 photography app from development house tap tap tap that ended up getting yanked from the App Store after the developers used the iPhone volume button as a camera shutter button.

In a postscript to a blog entry
today, tap tap tap let it slip that Camera+ is on the way back to the
App Store. The teaser comment says that it's currently in review, and
that this will be the "biggest update yet." Let's hope that they stay
within the sometimes ridiculous guidelines for App Store approval, and
that the app is as successful in its second incarnation as it was in the
first.

Camera+ might face an uphill battle for renewed market share, however.
One of the cool features of the app was its ability to share apps to
Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr with one tap. Since Camera+ went missing,
the relatively new and free Instagram
app has become very popular, and it also features easy sharing and fun
filters. However, Instagram doesn't have the zoom or exposure controls
that made Camera+ so useful, and a recent update deleted a popular
filter (Poprocket) that was enjoyed by many users.

However, competition is good for those of us on the receiving end of
the app wars, so it's good to see that Camera+ is going to be back soon.


Information By Shatter jb