The ReLocker finally arrives…

…and it comes bearing gifts:

Beware…

One of the most tepid, dishwater-weak and featureless of the built-in Apple apps for the iPhone is the barely functional Photos app. Even the cheapest digicam or cam phone has more features than that one.

Well, someone’s finally done something about it and made a somewhat-free and more capable photo app. It’s called Camera PRO for iPhone, and offers a few shoulda-been-in-the-box features for free (and some not so free).

Considering that it’s just a matter of time before Apple beefs up their own software in a future update, these entrepreneurs from Amsterdam are striking while the iron is hot and is charging for additional “Premium” features. Some are in numbered trial mode, and others yet to come (including a send-to-Flickr feature).

Rather than take time explaining the app to you (and because they say a picture is worth a thousand words and I’m still too sleepy to type much), I just screen-capped the welcome screen on my iPhone, because everything’s there anyway:

It works, too. Here’s a shot I took using the default no-choice settings:

And using the zoom feature of Camera PRO where I didn’t move the iPhone:

Focus seems to be a problem still, but hey, anything’s better than what we got now, right?

V. 1.04 now available via Installer.

Whaddaya know? Looks like I must be doing something right. (Either that, or it’s really a slow news day.)

Was trolling the net tonight for news and info on the new iTunes 7.5 and if it would affect unlocked or jailbroken iPhones, so I googled the relevant keywords.

Surprised that I got back my own blog as the very first entry out of nearly a million other results. That must be worth something somewhere, somehow.

Cool, if I do say so myself.

Heh. Now back to regular programming.

Capped from my iPhone using iFuntastic. From TUAW’s Erica Sadun, an iPhone app called “Vista” Version 0.2. (The update from 0.1 came in just this morning, and you can’t see it here, but the cursor that comes right after “Press any key to continue” actually blinks, whereas in the previous version it was static.)

Vista is one of those totally useless but enormously fun “apps” she sometimes makes in-between her usuallly wonderful hacks and utilities. I love this girl. Vista for the iPhone is available free through NullRiver’s Installer. One variant only. Har har har.

Al Gore’s been put on the front page of the Apple website to honor him for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at making the planet aware of global warming. Another award! Way to go, Al.

We just wonder though if his being on the Apple board have anything to do with it. The bigger wonder is seeing Jobs be the suck-up this time around.

But, really, Al deserves it anyway.

(Sorry for all the screencaps and Macpics lately. Have been in Fort Ilocandia, Ilocos Norte for a conference for the past few days and it’s been hell posting anything from here. Things’ll normalize tomorrow, don’t worry.)