480px gets bumped to version 2.0, brings lockscreen support

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One of my favorite photography websites is 500px, it'due south got some really impressive work by all types of photographers and is a great place to get inspiration. Another perk is that compared to other photo sites, the layout is make clean and fast, so it'due south easy to navigate with the photos taking center stage. We showed you My 500px for Windows Telephone 8 a few days ago and want to present you lot with some other choice. An oldie, but goodie - 480px has been updated to take advantage of Windows Phone 8.

The biggest upgrade is the ability to utilize photograph streams as an epitome source for your lockscreen. You also accept a good diverseness of sources to use as the actual photo stream, like the categories 'popular, editor's option, or upcoming' or you can make your own off of a specific user, a users favorites, etc. We reached out to the developer and he said that this version of 480px for Windows Phone 8 has been completely rewritten to evangelize meliorate performance. He's also looking into uploads in future versions equally well as a Windows 8 port. In the concurrently, cheque out all the things you can look forrad to doing with the new 480px app for Windows Phone viii:

Log in and vote on photos or marking favorites
Browse categories or search photos
Live tiles of photo streams - pin your to your start screen!
Update your lock screen background with any image stream
Zoom in for full details of images
View your/other's stream
View your/other'south favorites
View your/other'southward friends
EXIF/Voting details
Choose large or small thumbnails
Share via e-mail or social networks

480px for Windows Phone 8 screenshots

Logging into your business relationship allows you to check out some quick statistics near yourself, such as the number of your photos that have been favorited. You tin can also view your friends photos, your photos, or your favorites. From there yous tin employ them as lockscreen sources, pivot them to the Kickoff screen, or add them to the master panorama view in the app.

The biggest reward 480px has over competing 500px apps in the Windows Telephone Store is its price. The app is free with no ads to be seen anywhere. If you visit 500px on a regular footing at that place actually is no reason not to download this app right at present. You can grab it here in the Shop of by using the QR code below.

QR code for 480px

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