Thursday, August 16, 2012

Hands-on: major Pinterest app update for iPhone, iPad, Android

Hands-on: major Pinterest app update for iPhone, iPad, Android:





Pinterest really shines on the iPad, making browsing large collections of visual bookmarks fluid and fun.




Pinterest announced on Wednesday morning that its iOS app received a major upgrade to version 2.0, for the first time creating a universal application with iPad support. The company also released a version for Android devices as well, adding identical functionality to the iPhone version.
We took the apps (yes, all of them) for a spin and found the iPhone version in particular to be a marked improvement over the previous, nearly useless app. Heavy Pinterest users, however, will prefer the iPad version, with its built-in browser and pinning features.


Visual bookmarks


Pinterest is a social network that is a sort of like Delicious or Pinboard, but with pictures. It aggregates links to various items on the Web, using an image as the primary indicator. Your "pins" can be organized onto various "pinboards," which can be organized by a certain topic, event, or whatever you want. For instance, I have pinboards for Apple, photography, typography, vegetarian recipes, and crafts.
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