Twitter Getting Photos In Order Ahead Of iOS 5 Integration

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Gruber posted about this here: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/05/31/twitter-ios-5

I have a feeling that what Gruber is hinting at is the possibility that iOS 5 will provide an API for services/apps to hook into that level of the OS, meaning it wouldn't be limited to Twitter.

My understanding was the reverse. Twitter integration at the OS level, allowing you to Tweet from any app (and not needing to go through any Auth at an individual app level). Remember that Gruber places incredible significance in Twitter. How else to explain his 6.2 iPhone/Android Twitter Client posts each week?

I wonder if TwitPic's motivation for striking the controversial deal with World Entertainment News Network was to mitigate the big drop in ad revenue they will see if Twitter launches their own photo service.

I keep thinking about whether this will spell doom for the photo services, but then I begin to remember that I use TweetBot and not Twitter for iPhone - and why. :)

I look forward to how the increased competition will force the photo service providers to prove their product.

I feel that this is a part of a major Camera.app overhaul. Right now, it's been left up to third parties to create the best camera experience (see Camera+), which Apple has never liked any developer doing. Something very similar to iPhoto for iPhone would be my guess.

It would be nice. I know quite a few people who sync their iPhone very rarely and would love Albums at the very least in the Camera app. Apple's attitude of "just use iPhoto on the desktop" is very old-fashioned.

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