Today I can finally release the first public beta of Instago after the Maemo.org Coding Competition 2012 is finished. It feels great to finally be able to release and share it.

The greatest leap is obviously the abililty to log in to Instagram. After you authenticated yourself you can view your personal stream (photos of all the people you follow), like photos and follow / unfollow other users.

Following is the changelog, showing the improvements since the competition version (0.0.2):

• Added authentication with Instagram
• Added user feed (only when logged in)
• Added user profile page (only when logged in)
• Added user relationships (follow/unfollow, only when logged in)
• Added likes (only when logged in)
• Added likes via double tap on image (only when logged in)
• Added image URL sharing
• Added generic network error message
• Added notifications for Instagram actions
• Added automatic paging / loading for gallery images
• Changed alignment of user profile data
• Changed icon
• Changed Instago description text
• Changed name to “Instago” (capital)
• Optimized code

You can find the .deb file to download and install on the download page. The source is available on the project repository.

Please report all bugs either here (feedback is welcome, too) on the project page.

More information and general stuff is posted on my n9 development blog.

Happy testing!