14 DAY TRIAL // Twitpic is now available on the App Store supporting iPhones and iPads running iOS 5.0 or newer. Twitpic is the original photo sharing solution for Twitter and arrives on iOS one year late.
Twitter photo sharing is no doubt one of the most popular social activities involving Apple’s platforms.
With an ecosystem already crowded by solutions like Instagram and TweetDeck, Twitpic stands little chance to stand out on iOS, a year after its debut on desktop computers.
Yet Twitpic Inc. has been determined to have a native iOS app for iPhone and iPad users. It’s not universal, meaning iPad owners don’t get an interface that leverages the 10-inch real estate, but everyone can have the Twitpic experience on their iOS device of choice.
“The first ever photo sharing site for Twitter comes to the iPhone! Twitpic is the easiest and best way to share your photos and videos with your Twitter followers,” reads the official description on the iTunes App Store.
The key features include:
★ Quickly and seamlessly share your photos and videos with all of your Twitter followers ★ Edit your photos with beautiful filters and easy to use enhancement tools ★ Browse your Twitter photo timeline with photos from people you follow in a beautiful interface ★ Browse photos from the most popular Twitpic users ★ Manage your Twitpic photos and videos in your own timeline
A service often used by citizen journalists to upload and distribute pictures in real-time as an event is taking place, TwitPic has several characteristics that make it a companion for Twitter.
For example, TwitPic usernames and passwords are the same as the ones in Twitter and comments to photographs are sent as a reply tweet. TwitPic URLs are automatically shortened, which eliminates a hassle many Twitter users have to deal with.