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Posted on 12 Jul 2010 at 11:44

Photoshop.com Mobile
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The iPhone version of Adobe's popular Photoshop image editor obviously isn't as sophisticated as the desktop version but it includes several useful options for tweaking your snaps while out and about. Cropping photos, applying effects or adjusting their contrast, exposure and saturation is surprisingly easy using the minimalist interface.

You can crop in a range of aspect ratios, including 1:1, 3:4, 4:3 and a custom ratio, and there’s also support for rotating your image, as well as flipping it horizontally or vertically. Exposure, Saturation, tint and Black & White controls are also available – you simply select the effect you want and then slide your finger from one side of the screen to the other to apply it.

For those times when a more far-fetched image is desired, there are several photo effects available. Sketch and Soft Focus change the image drastically, while other photo effects use colour washing – the most useful are Black & White, Warm Vintage and Vignette Blur.

Wikipedia
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While the mobile version of Wikipedia’s website works very well on the iPhone, the Wikipedia Mobile iPhone app focuses on improving the simplicity and speed at which you browse the online encyclopaedia.

There are some omissions in the app – most notable among them is the lack of multi-touch gesture support. It could be argued that this isn’t a huge deal because the content is well-formatted for the iPhone’s screen, though.

What is very useful is the suggestive search feature, which suggests pages as you’re typing into the search toolbar. The bookmarks feature is also well-implemented and allows you to quickly bookmark and access pages that you regularly visit. There’s also a history function that allows you to track down pages you’ve visited in the past.

The “Today’s Featured Article” is very well implemented too and, on the whole, it’s a well worth downloading if you find yourself browsing Wikipedia on a regular basis.

Author: Expert Reviews Staff