You can get Instagram for the iPhone, iPod Touch, Android phones and Android tablets, but the iPad version is mysteriously missing. What's wrong with the iPad?
Instagram is all about taking photos and sharing them, so I can only guess that the company (now owned by Facebook of course), thinks that people don't take and share photos using their iPad. This is wrong. The iPad is not as portable as the iPhone, but there are still plenty of photo opportunities around the home and some people do carry iPads around with them when they are out too. Does Instagram not think that iPad owners take photos?
Even if Instagram is right, it still wouldn't be a good reason for not producing an iPad version. I have Instagram on my Google nexus 7. This is a 7in tablet and it is just one inch smaller than an iPad Mini, so why can't I have Instagram on an iPad Mini? Even if your iPad never leaves the house and you never take photos with it, Instagram has some fantastic photos and I would love to be able to sit and view them on the iPad's big screen. (Not being able to see the photos full screen - on any device - is another irritation.)
Instagram is a social network too, and even if you don't take photos on the iPad, you could view and post comments and join in the discussion on an iPad. If there was an iPad version that is.
Pictacular
Theofficial app does actually work on the iPad, but it looks awful. It runs either as a small iPhone window in the centre of the screen, or you can double the size and make it nearly fill the screen with a blury image. This isn't good enough Instagram.
There are some third party apps that you can use instead and Pictactular and Padgram are two that are worth checking out. However, they don't support video clips yet. I hope this will be added soon.
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