Other Photo Apps; Printing - Motorola DROID Manual

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CHAPTER 18: Taking Photos and Videos
Similar photo-editing apps include Pic Paint and Camera Illusion, along with Photo
Workshop, which ships with your DROID. See Chapter 17, "The Android Market" for
more information on purchasing and installing apps.

Other Photo Apps

If you prefer not to use Picasa for your online photo albums, you can use Photobucket
or Facebook. You can also use any other service, so long as you have the proper app
installed. You can also share photos using Bump, an app that allows you to exchange
contact info by physically bumping the phone of another user. Bump was previously an
iPhone-only app, but it is now cross-platform compatible with Android users.
Android allows developers to have access to camera controls, so many apps allow you
to take photos or use the camera. Price comparison software like ShopSavvy and
Compare Everywhere use the camera to scan bar codes. Evernote allows you to take
and attach snapshots to notes. Camera Pro and Snap Photo Pro are paid apps that offer
higher-end camera features like a timer and grid marks for easier photo composition.
Camera Pro even offers to replace the Camera app as the default camera.
Google launched an experimental app for searching with pictures, called Goggles.
Goggles is best when used to scan man-made objects like DVD covers, text, and
famous buildings. Goggles analyzes any photo you take with it and attempts to identify
the object and find it in search. If it can't identify the object, it looks for visually similar
images.
Goggles is currently not much more than a novelty, but in the future it may end up being
an easier way to search than typing search terms into your phone.

Printing

If you want to print photos, documents, or other files without downloading them to your
PC or sending them to CVS, you can use the PrinterShare app from the Android Market.
Download the free Mac or PC desktop component from http://printershare.com, and
install the Android app on your phone. This lets you share that computer's printer
access. You can use a trial version to make sure it's compatible with your network and
do some limited printing. The $4.95 pro Android app allows you to print directly to Wi-Fi
printers and doesn't have a page limit.
Remember that the resolution on your DROID or DROID 2 is still only enough for quality
5 7-inch prints or smaller.