Show HN: We launched Pinstagram for iPad

by shiftb on 6/13/2012, 2:35 PM with 13 comments

Just over a month ago we built Pinstagram / http://www.pinstagram.co - it's a web viewer for Instagram that uses the waterfall layout to display your photos.

Today we're launching Pinstagram for iPad. It's completely native and exposes the same functionality as the webapp.

Please, let us know what you think: http://bit.ly/pinstapad

  • by parfe on 6/13/2012, 3:03 PM

    Did someone challenge you to see how many trademarks you can cram into a single name?

  • by kanamekun on 6/13/2012, 2:58 PM

    Pinstagram is a wonderful site and I use it all the time to view my wife's Instagram photos!

    But are you guys worried at all that the name infringes on Instagram's trademark? It's one thing to rebrand a website, but it's a lot harder to rebrand an iOS app.

    Or maybe you guys are already talking to Instagram and/or Facebook about joining their team, and they're ok with you using the TM in the meantime?

  • by christopherslee on 6/13/2012, 3:03 PM

    awesome! way to go guys. props for shipping something so that you can iterate.

    where do you think you are going with this? is this just a hackathon turned into a nighttime hobby? or do you think you can build a real business out of this.

    consumer facing stuff always scares me because it always seems like a hail mary to find a business model.

  • by shiftb on 6/13/2012, 2:35 PM
  • by creativeone on 6/14/2012, 8:48 AM

    Sent you an email re: tap2print app monetization

  • by dr42 on 6/13/2012, 3:49 PM

    Why horizontal layout only, I never use that orientation.

    The scrolling is a deal breaker for me, no smooth scroll, it's all flicker/jerky. iPad 3. I'm assuming it's just a wrapper around the web view. The buttons to like and comment are too small to hit with any accuracy.

    It's still better than the iPhone only app that I have to 2x.

  • by jsavimbi on 6/13/2012, 3:07 PM

    What, if any, API are you using to interface with Pinterest?