Bulk Import of Photos and Videos is Back in Phanfare App Under iOS 4
We released a new version of the Phanfare app for iOS today. The big news is that you can once again bulk import photos and videos under iOS 4.x. We used to support this and then didn’t for a while because Apple asked us to remove the feature as we were using private frameworks to implement it. With official support for bulk import back under iOS 4.x, we have added back the functionality.
The iPad does not yet run iOS 4.x. That is coming in November according to Apple. We have already tested the features on the iOS 4 beta on an IPad. Works great.
Using a camera connection kit you can import photos and videos to your iPad, bulk import them into Phanfare and then organize right from your iPad. In the background the fullsize original images and videos are synched to the Phanfare service. Imagine being on vacation with nothing but your iPad and being able to dump your SD camera to your iPad and then back up and publish your photos through Phanfare while on the go.
This new iOS release has some other features that we think you will really like:
- Secure mode. To make any changes to your account, your password is required. I call this Kid Mode. You can hand your phone or iPad to your kid and not worry about them deleting or editing your photos.
- Multiple songs per slideshow. Add more than one song to a slideshow. This has long been supported within Phanfare but not from the iOS app.
- Tap & hold to move a photo within an album on the iPad.
- Better laid out controls in full-screen image detail mode. You can swipe through your photos and hide and unhide photos directly from the full-screen mode.
- Transfer to flickr and facebook from iPad. This feature has been in the iPhone version for a while.
Let us know what you think of the new version of the app. We think it gets you one step closer to being able to primarily manage your photo and video collection from your mobile device.
