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By analyzing the metadata in uploaded pictures, Flickr is able to see which cameras their users are taking pictures with.  When it comes to the camera phone market, the iPhone now tops that list.  What does this mean?  Is the iPhone that popular or does its software just make it easier to get the pictures on your computer than most other phones?  If you ask me, it’s the latter.  With the iPhone also being an iPod, people have to sync it a lot more than normal phones, which makes it more common to also take the photos off and put them on your computer and to the web.  Another reason the iPhone may top this list is because of third party apps available through Installer.app that allow users to easily upload pictures to Flickr right from the phone itself.  Finally, people are able to email photos directly to Flickr from the device.

However, although the iPhone does make it easier to upload the photos in the first place, I think it also gives users more of a reason to.  Despite having such few megapixels and failing in low light situations, the iPhone camera takes much better pictures than I’ve ever taken with any other phone.  When held still, it takes pretty crisp photos with nice color.  The only thing that would make the camera better, besides more megapixels of course, would be more features.  A zoom would be nice, especially if Apple added some off those quirky Photo Booth effects.  What do you think?

What are your top feature for camera improvement in the 3G iPhone?

Computers.  Displays.  Cell phones.  Music players.  Online music.  Storage.  Networking.  Apple is already in a ton of markets, many of which, unfortunately, are tightly tied together.  However, Apple is still a relatively young company and can branch out so much more.  The questions is, if at all, where?  Will they enter the digital camera market?  The gaming market?  The GPS and auto market?  Or maybe even video cameras?  It could be any of the above, especially given the fact that Apple has applied for so many patents lately.  It will be interesting to find out, but heres my thoughts:

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For all of those who truly believe that Aperture is sub-par (such as myself), the amazing alternative, Adobe Lightroom, has been updated to version 1.4. You may be asking yourself, “what magical powers does this delicious upgrade bring?”. And my answer to you is “printer driver bug fixes”. Exciting, huh? If you’re printer has been buggy with Lightroom and, specifically, Leopard, this update might just help you.

Also released today alongside the Lightroom update is an update to the Photoshop Camera RAW plug-in. The update brings support to many RAW formats, including the brand new Canon 450D, Nikon D60, and many more RAW formats. The Photoshop Camera RAW plug-in works with nearly all Adobe Photoshop apps, including Lightroom, so new RAW formats should work seamlessly with Lightroom as well. You can grab the Camera RAW 4.4 update here, and the Lightroom 1.4 update here.

Product Page [Lightroom 1.4] [Camera RAW plugin] Via [MacMinute]