i think it depends on your device settings... on my n900 with "power kernel" installed, it takes about 10 secs to load. on my n9 it takes about 1-2-3 secs. currently i did not perform any optimization to speed up it, may be i'll do that later please update to latest 0.4.2. the photo upload to checkin work there as expected, i.e. tap "Add photo" select photo from gallery, tap share settings, and tap upload. after that depending on your internet connection speed(after uploading photo to 4sq server), you will be redirected to checkin where your photo will be added to checkin details.