Flickr App iPhone iPod Touch Review

January 2nd, 2010 | Review, Tools

Receiving the iPod Touch as a gift is going to be life changing. It’s not just the plethora of applications nor their diversity. The key is the interface rethinking; applications are no longer designed around a full size screen and a keyboard. Flickr has given us an app that has adapted well to the platform.

Flickr iPhone app application

See the screenshot of the Flickr application for the iPod Touch and iPhone. Starting the app places you on a screen where a stream of your contacts recent uploads fades in and out.

Along the bottom Recent, You and Contacts are just a click away. Each takes you a viewing screen designed around those specific items.

In the upper right corner you’ll notice a camera. That’s the ‘just a click away’ uploader function of the app., Just click, pick and upload. Optionally the title, description and tags can be edited before upload.

The application allows favoriting, commenting and forwarding. Forwarding can only be done via email and requires email already be set up for the device.

Viewing on the iPhone or Touch is done in groups of 40 photos. Viewing one’s own photos, the app selects the 40 most recent. The same is true when Recent and Contacts are chosen.

Within a group of photos, sliding works well but there are no ‘pinch’ and ’swipe’ gestures that work.

The overall layout is usable but is slightly finger unfriendly. Some of the links are quite close together and not buttons but direct links.

Quality: 4/5

Usability: 4/5

Continued use/re-use: 5/5

Value/cost: 5/5

If you use Flickr and have an iPhone or iPod Touch I’d rate this as a must have app. The link at the beginning of the article should take you straight there.

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Future apps I’ll be reviewing: Sudoku apps, News apps, other games. Suggestions welcome.

Flickr App iPhone iPod Touch Review

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