Here's a sample of smart phone applications to satisfy our inner artist. This week-long feature will focus on different themes. Tomorrow's theme: music lovers.
Flickr Apps by various developers
Description: Flickr's mobile site is capable, but native apps offer easier and enhanced access to the photo-sharing purveyor. Flickr, Darkslide and Photostream for the BlackBerry, iPhone and Android, respectively, make it simple to upload and save pictures directly from and to your phone. Additionally, GPS-enabled smart phones can incorporate the location data of where the photo was taken. This makes cataloging and searching for photos easy.
Price: Free
Device: iPhone, Blackberry, Android
Collaborative Drawing Apps by Various developers
Description: Sometimes, all you want to do is doodle. In that case, check out Whiteboard by Elliot Lee and Bluebrush by Rob Mickle for the iPhone and Android, respectively. Both are Wi-Fi-enabled drawing apps that connect you and other users on a network for some collaborative creativity. And, who knows, maybe you'll be able to resist the urge of showing off a poorly drawn neon phallic symbol and create something truly artistic.
Price: Free
Device: iPhone, Android
Brushes by Steve Sprang
Description: If you managed to cram a full painter's workshop into an iPhone, you might have something like Brushes. This app moves beyond the simple, solid colors and brush strokes of other apps to mimic the imperfection and unpredictability of real paints and brushes. With its power and your patience, you can create some surprisingly realistic and beautiful drawings.
Price: $4.99
Device: iPhone
Photocalc by Adair Systems
Description: Got a fancy camera and need to make the most of it? This app might prove useful. Optimize your shots with a depth of field and flash calculator that locks in known variables (aperture, ISO, subject distance, etc.) and computes the rest. Additionally, it contains a handy reference guide that includes the sunrise and sunset based on your location given by the device's GPS. Annie Leibovitz better watch her
back.
Price: $2.99
Device: iPhone
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