Well BlackBerry fans, today is the day. Well maybe not
the day but it's close enough. BlackGram, the first fully-functional Instagram client for BlackBerry 10, is now available. With BlackGram you can FINALLY get a native Instagram experience on BlackBerry 10
The app itself looks much like Instagram on other platforms but has
been built from the ground up specifically for BlackBerry 10. We've been
playing around with it a bit and although it does differ slightly from
standard Instagram experience, it's pretty amazing.
The app itself features everything you'd expect including account
creation, profile editing, full browsing, actual Instagram filters and
much more. It looks like Instagram, it feels like Instagram and it's
pretty damn close to Instagram.
Features include:
- Account creation
- Profile picture change
- Full browsing: followers, following, liked.
- Search users and tags
- Like, unlike, comment, follow and unfollow
- Select a picture from your albums or take a photo with the camera
- Edit the image with the integrated editor and native filters
- Original Instagram filters (server-side)
One of the small things to note is that a lot of the work of the
app takes place on the server side, meaning that A) it's a paid app to
cover costs and B) Your photos will take a bit to actually show on your
feed since they need to be encoded on the server beforehand. This
prevents Instagram from flagging the photos as coming from an unofficial
app.
That being said - Instagram is here. BlackGram is awesome. Go buy it.
