Re/code:
Apple confirmed to Re/code that it has bought SnappyLabs, but declined to comment further on the deal.
SnappyLabs had sold the SnappyCam app — which allows the internal iPhone camera to take high-resolution images rapidly — in the Apple Store. It was founded by John Papandriopoulos.
Best part of this story was the snotty last line.
Lol! Snotty is the perfect word. 😀
Yup. That’s Kara in a nutshell. “You may have broken the story but at least Apple talked to us to confirm it!” 🙂
This sucks. Gone from the App Store now. That was a pretty great app for taking pictures of kids.
LOL. Yep, that’s exactly how it came across.
Par for the course and not just Apple. Look at what Google did with Bump, etc, etc, etc.
DOn’t worry – it will be back. Built in to iOS this time though.
And still require a 5s to use the feature? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of them adding something like that backwards.
If it is software only, it’ll go back pretty far; I’d wager iOS has the farthest backwards compat’ for mobile. There are times higher processing is needed and Apple is pretty comfortable saying “the experience won’t fit our minimum expectations so [device X] is the minimum.” [device x] may be the current or just one gen back. #laserfocused
I love this aspect of their bravado though.
I’m not arguing backwards compatibility of new OS’s, I’m saying, for example, Siri was not brought to older devices. The point was made it was because it didn’t have a good enough microphone. Maybe that’s true, but it sounds fishy to me.