Sam Oliver
The application from developer TapTapTap is once again available in the App Store at an introductory price of 99 cents. Dubbed "Camera + 2," the application was announced on Wednesday with more than 50 new features.
The post on the company's official blog by TapTapTap head John Casasanta makes no mention of developer's previous dispute with Apple, which led to the iPhone maker removing Camera + from the App Store. Those who owned the previous version of the application will receive the update for free.
"We've been pretty busy for the past several months working on the latest and greatest version of our flagship app, Camera+," the blog post reads.
New features include sliders for adjusting effects on photos, the ability to export geolocation and metadata when saving pictures to the camera roll, and a faster startup time. Not likely among them is an "Easter egg" or physical shutter button option.
The popular application was pulled from the App Store by Apple in August after it was discovered that the software violated Apple's developer agreement terms. The previous version of the software had an "Easter egg" feature that allowed users to make an iPhone volume control button act as a shutter button to take pictures.
The developer had previously attempted to include the feature, called "VolumeSnap," in a more direct way, but Apple rejected it. The company, which approves every application made for sale on the App Store, said that the volume shutter button could result in "user confusion."
Instead, TapTapTap included the feature in Camera +, but hid it. It revealed via its official Twitter account that entering a URL into the Mobile Safari browser on the iPhone could activate the feature.
Before it was pulled from the App Store, the popular application grossed nearly a half million dollars in its first two months of availability. As of Wednesday morning, it is the ninth most popular paid iPhone application on the App Store.
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So does the new app, camera +2, have the so called "volumesnap" feature or not?
The company [Apple], which approves every application made for sale on the App Store, said that the volume shutter button could result in "user confusion."
we are a stupid bunch, aren't we? i love it when corporate america protects me from myself.
we are a stupid bunch, aren't we? i love it when corporate america protects me from myself.
It?s a company protecting its self interests. Nothing wrong with that.
It could be argued that Apple is too cautious and caters too much to the lowest common denominator, but I?ll take that any day over the opposite.
Even with these checks and balances there are plenty of things people just don?t realize with their Apple products. For example, people still think the Fast App Switcher is a list of all the apps that are currently run/using up RAM.
And in other news, still sucks for anyone who is concerned about an efficient workflow. It finally launches into the photo mode, but the lightbox is still a useless pain in the ass.
So does the new app, camera +2, have the so called "volumesnap" feature or not?
I thought it went without saying that it doesn't.
we are a stupid bunch, aren't we? i love it when corporate america protects me from myself.
Nah, you're only stupid if you don't like the product and yet you still go ahead and buy it. And then complain that it's not what you wanted and is a waste of money.