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Description: Take a photo, snap a webpage, or choose an existing image from your photo album and share it online via QuickSnapper.

Developer: Realmac Software

Price: £1.79 ($2.99)

Towards the end of 2008 Mac software developer Realmac Software delivered a handy desktop application called LittleSnapper. LittleSnapper offers many features but primarily allows snaps shots to be taken from your desktop or a website and be uploaded quickly to a image sharing website.

Just this week Realmac released an iPhone version of LittleSnapper for iPhone which to my knowledge offers some features that no other iPhone application has. LittleSnapper supports three methods of capturing an image, grab it from an album already on the iPhone, take a picture using the camera or grab a screenshot of a website. That last feature is very handy and unique.

In essence LittleSnapper for the iPhone brings all the essential features of its Mac based brethren but unfortunately drops a few handy tools. The ability to tag, rate and give images descriptions remains but there is no image annotation or editing tools.

Before I jump into the details I should mention on the outset that LittleSnapper’s interface right down to the icon is amazing. The main menu resembles a camera mode swivel knob, possibly the best method of offering a menu on an iPhone application I’ve ever seen.

Once you have an image it can be uploaded to Realmacs own QuickSnapper service – which isn’t very iPhone friendly – this also is a let down as the desktop version of LittleSnapper allows uploading to more popular services like Flickr and even a private FTP server. Hopefully they’ll expand the sharing capabilities in the future.

When your image is uploaded to QuickSnapper, LittleSnapper comes into its own again offering the choice of visiting the image in a browser, emailing a link or posting a link to Twitter. When posting to Twitter LittleSnapper for iPhone asks which client you’re using (Tweetie, Twitterific or Twitterfon) and takes you straight to that application with a nice tidy link ready for posting.

It’s the little touches just like Twitter integration and the superb user interface that make LittleSnapper for iPhone a top notch application. Even for those that aren’t in the business of snapping webpages LittleSnapper is great for taking photos sharing them with the world.

Pros

• Beautiful and functional user interface
• Integration with popular Twitter iPhone clients
• Capture entire web pages

Cons

• Only uploads to QuickSnapper service which is not entirely iPhone friendly
• No editing or annotations of images
• No real integration with LittleSnapper on the Mac

Verdict

Whether you love taking snaps of your favourite websites or just want a convenient place to upload photos, LittleSnapper deserves a place on every iPhone even if it’s just to grace it with its beauty.