From what i can scramble from Google translate at least, the app will sell for 2.49 Euros and 'the purchase of the app will initially sending 3 photos a day' or in other words, a max of 3 images uploaded.
which will of course be a huge dissapointment. I'm going to buy the app just to show appreciation that they are the first company to bring uploading to the platform, and the article also says they are working hard to bring this to WP7 and Windows 8/RT with both in beta currently, despite it's apparent functionality flaws.
Uhm. 3 photos/day? No way am I gonna pay for that. A FREE version could have that restriction, NOT a paying customer!
The article does say it will be increased:
The app will be available on Windows Phone at a price of € 2.49 , the price is to cover the cost incurred by the company for its development, the cost of maintaining the server (Azure) that will manage the whole and the hundreds of cards mothers of iOS and Android smartphones useful for sending the photos without going against the rules of Instagram. For this reason the developers decided that at the time this will not be a trial version of the application and that the purchase of the app will initially sending 3 photos per day (this figure corresponds to the average number of photos posted on Instagram, which however will be increased in the coming weeks ).
I imagine their server setup will not be ideal for the thousands of possible photo uploads per day from users, especially a company as small as theirs, ESPECIALLY in the first few days when all of us who have been waiting suddenly download it. If you bought SimCity you'll understand exactly what server problems incur; i'd rather have a relatively easy time uploading 3 a day than get infuriated at not being able to upload any.
Got a feeling some patience will be required in the weeks to follow.
They probably cap it because they have limited relay servers, and if everyone was unlimited they are probably worried about loading issues. Once they get some loading information after being live I assume they may change it.
From what i can scramble from Google translate at least, the app will sell for 2.49 Euros and 'the purchase of the app will initially sending 3 photos a day' or in other words, a max of 3 images uploaded.
which will of course be a huge dissapointment. I'm going to buy the app just to show appreciation that they are the first company to bring uploading to the platform, and the article also says they are working hard to bring this to WP7 and Windows 8/RT with both in beta currently, despite it's apparent functionality flaws.
Looks like you can create an Instagram account as well through the app, which is certainly a nice touch. Since Rubino said that it wasn't possible to do this, maybe this app is an updated version, which is why it hasn't come out yet. Has to be recertified and republished all over again.
I was intrigued when this app idea first broke the scene, but honestly I think im gonna hold off, mostly because I can just upload photos from my SkyDrive from my 3rd Gen iPod touch, but also the possibility of the official instagram app coming next month
Well atm I just send my pics to my email and share thru bluestacks ^^ I guess I'll buy the app and hold the devs to their word that they will increase the number of pics/day.
the comments on this post...and to all the hipsters that are yet to complain...
(in advance, to all those supporting the devs either by buying it or just by recognizing their efforts, i salute you!)
Instagram is prolly not giving a SH*T about you! They know how much WP needs them and yet they won't do anything, not even release a full API for 3rd parties (Venetasoft requested it and was denied, check the FAQ in the post)! Now some devs find a way around, spends money+time+effort on it: yay, you can finally post pics of your food and duckfaces! but NO, lets QQ cause it's paid, lets QQ cause it has an upload limit, lets QQ cause someone found a way to do what Instash1t yet didn't care not even to give some hope for!
1. it is paid to help maintain/expand servers 2. upload limit is temporary to avoid crashes on the 1st few days, they already stated they WILL increase this limit on future updates! 3. they will prolly add full functionalities with time (they said the primary focus was to deliver uploading images, since other apps can already browse Instagram) 4. go spam twitter or emails to your beloved Instahipster (who abandoned you so far) asking for an official app
srsly this pplz...someone finally gives them what they want and all they do is complain over and over! you've been waiting so long and who knows how much more until an official app? is it hard to be patient and wait to see how devs will improve this app?
haha yeah i went on a rampage but it's just because Instagram community kinda annoys me lol
p.s: i'm not buying the app cause i don't use Instagram but i congratz the devs on their effort, this is an important step for WP while there's no official app around!
On my 8x right now. Logged into my account on the app.
EDIT
Tried publishing a pic, and it timed out after a while... WARNING to those who are about to pay money and will likely get angry. Lol. I will give it some time. There will be kinks.
Tried for the 4th time, and it went into the queue. There is also upload history screen in the app that shows you about how long it should be in the queue. Mine said "1 minute" for several minutes. Their servers may not be fully running yet.
Overall, it took about 4-5 minutes to go from the queue to posted. We'll see how this goes because I was probably one of the first to download the app. I imagine hundreds of people will be downloading shortly and then we'll really know how those servers work.
I also just purchased the app! $2.50 is just 1 less coffee for the week!
Had a quick play around, as mentioned above some functions need a bit more work. Ive noticed when you apply one of the inbuilt effects/enhancements etc it makes the pic a little blurry/grainy.
tried to upload 2 pics.. both have been in the queue for over 20mins. :( :( Off to a bad start
I just had a picture show up on my account that wasn't my picture..haha. Hopefully that doesn't keep happening.
I was looking that the comments on the instagraph article on here and it seems like a lot of people are having the same problem. hopefully an update is coming soon
