I recently succumbed to laziness/bandwagoning/marketshare and upgraded to an iPhone 4 from my 2 year old HTC Fuze. Goodbye keyboard :( Goodbye customization and free tethering even though I’m on the same carrier :( Goodbye nonexistent app development :)
Yes, one of the most compelling reasons to get an iPhone these days is for the numerous apps and games. (Yes, I hear Droid has a comparable marketplace but even now I am a slave to shiny, shiny products. If I didn’t still have 6 months on my AT&T contract Evo would’ve been a major contender.) So I’ve been hunting for good apps to fill my screens with. (Ugly icons are a major negative.) I hadn’t been planning on downloading any camera apps but Camera Plus came to my attention through the Blizzard photo club mailing list, and even though it costs $2 the idea of a lazy-man’s photoshop (and the pretty icon) compelled me to buy it.
Honestly, my ‘free only’ rule went out the door with Sally’s Spa and it’s been a slippery slope since.
Some experimenting with crappy photos:
The filters over night shots come out really grainy and the HDR effect has the tendency to generate excessive halos on most photos, but I admit that I like the over-exposed toy camera look and generic grunge effect. There’s also a ‘hipster’ filter which resembles the outcome of the Hipstamatic app, and a nice polaroid border in those moments when I’m yearning for trends of yore.