It’s a testament to the success of the iPhone that even Apple competitors are making apps for the App store. The latest is company to do so is HP, who today released the iPrint Photo app – a program that lets you print 4 x 6 inch photos stored on your iPhone wirelessly through any Wi-Fi enabled HP printer. The free app lets you print any photo stored on your iPhone or iPod Touch – not just those you’ve taken using the iPhone’s crappy inbuilt camera – and works with Apple’s Bonjour technology as well. While it isn’t really revolutionary in terms of iPhone apps (even though HP stress it’s the iPhone’s first app to print photos without the need of a computer go-between), it makes printing off photos that much easier, which is a good thing. And it’s free, which makes it a must-download for any wireless HP printer owning iPhone users out there.
David
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:14 AM‘It’s a testament to the success of the iPhone that even Apple competitors are making apps for the App store.’
Well, yes, HP does make mobile phones, but Apple doesn’t make printers (no, I don’t think Apple is making StyleWriters right now). I think this app is more of a push to sell more HP printers, okay, HP ink, to iPhone users as opposed to cannibalising HP’s mobile phone market.
Nick Broughall
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:06 PM@David – you are 100% correct, of course. The app is definitely designed to help push HP printer sales. But HP also make PCs, and Apple make Macs and even though they run a different OS, I’d still say they compete…
aron Nelson
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:37 PM> iPhone’s crappy inbuilt camera
I’ve seen many good pictures taken with the iPhone’s camera. Maybe you just don’t understand what it takes to get a good picture with the limits of the iPhone’s camera?