Hipster Releases Android App, Web App and Reaches 100,000 Users

Hipster, the photo-sharing service, aimed at sharing “one postcard at a time”, is making a big step forward today with the launch of their native Android app, a newly redesigned web app, and the announcement that they have reached their 100,000th user.

I spoke to Hipster founder Doug Ludlow yesterday, and he was very excited about the launch. An Android application was their largest feature request by far. In his words, a social network that is only available to half of the mobile user base is decidedly less engaging than one available to the vast majority of mobile users. The Android app will perfectly complement their existing iOS app, and Doug mentioned that in the coming year they would likely be releasing a version of their application for Windows Phone.

Hipster is taking a different route from applications such as Instagram, as they are releasing a fully featured web application at the same time. The reasoning behind this, according to Hipster, is that the web is still the place most consumers go to look at their friends post cards, and the newly launched app makes the discovery process much simpler and much more enjoyable.

The application is available on the Android Market, and the web app is live at Hipster.com.

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Yet another app that my phone is too weak to run. Damn you, Samsung Replenish, and your inferior screen size! DAMN YOU!

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Good luck to them for sure! However, it is interesting to note that this is the third product release this week that has taken their web app UI design lead from Pinterest.

Downloaded it to my Droid and it repeatedly crashed. Maybe it is not ready for primetime?

I kinda have to agree with Andrew here. Still, best of luck to them - 100k is a big milestone. Godspeed!

I preferred their old product which actually did something interesting. Hyperlocal Q&A.

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