1. Cam-u-flage on Facebook

    Finally there’s a fanpage!

    You can check it out here, and become a fan of Cam-u-flage on Facebook!

    Share it with your friends, upload photos that you have taken using the app, leave me comments, whatever you want, it’s all yours to enjoy!

    Sebastian

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  3. Black Friday sale!

    All applications will be on sale until Black Friday ends (on November 27th).

    I’ve made a 50% off on all of them, so spread the word and enjoy the sale!!

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  5. Touch & Copy Character 1.3 released!

    The new version of Touch & Copy Character has just been approved by Apple!
    I believe it’s going to available for update in a couple of hours.

    New feature added: An option to delete individual Favorite Icons. Just tap and hold on any of them to be asked for confirmation on removal on any of them (only on Favorites Tab).

    Fixed: Landscape Mode got broken in version 1.2, sorry about that.

    Hope you enjoy it. More updates will follow soon…

    Tell your friends if you like the app! And rate it on iTunes!

    Sebastian.

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  8. Cam-u-flage 1.2 released!

    The new version of Cam-u-flage has just been approved by Apple!
    I believe it’s going to available for update in a couple of hours.

    New feature added: An option to let the iPhone vibrate when finished saving images.

    Hope you enjoy it. More updates will follow soon…

    Tell your friends if you like the app! And rate it on iTunes!

    Sebastian.

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  10. Cam-u-flage tips

    Since the release of the 1.1 update Cam-u-flage allow you to choose your own picture to stay on top while taking undercover pictures.

    This is a great feature if you don’t like my excellent presets… but it’s also an oportunity to really camouflage your photo-taking. Why? Because you can take screenshots of your iPhone and use them!

    If you are new to iPhone you may not know this hidden feature on iPhone OS. You can take screenshots of any application, anytime, very easily. Just hold the Home button and the lock button together for a couple of seconds and then release them together. You should see a white flash and the camera shutter sound. Then you can go to the Photos app to see the screenshot.

    It’s obvious what are the best choices for screenshots: your springboard home page, the Messages app, the Mail app or just any game you like. Ha! People won’t understand what’s going on! Just enable the full camouflage toolbar and take pictures in full undercover!!

    Hope you like the tips! Comment on the post if you have another great way to use cam-u-flage!

    Sebastian

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  12. Cam-u-flage latest FAQs

    I want to let you all know about the latest FAQs you are all making on Cam-u-flage v1.1. I see a lot of great suggestions and questions coming from reviews and mails, so this are the answers if you are still wandering:

    About the camera shutter sound

    The iPhone camera makes a sound like a real camera when taking a picture. This sound is impossible for me to remove because of Apple’s limitations to developers. When you think about it, it’s quite alright for the sound to be on all the time, so you can know when a picture is being taken on a certain app. Of course, not quite what we need for our purposes of taking camouflaged pictures right? But, a limitation is indeed there. And I cannot get rid of it. You will have to mute your phone with the provided switch on the side of the phone to avoid the camera shutter sound. As soon as this stops being a limitation, I will update for sure.
    PS: To Apple: you can just make rid of this by making a simple question to the user about the need of using the camera, just like GPS does. So users can allow or not the use of the camera in applications as they see fit. :)

    I own an iPhone 3GS, I love my video camera and I need it cam-u-flaged!

    So do I !!! Wouldn’t that be just GREAT? But, again, another Apple limitation. The new iPhone 3.1 firmware allowed Cam-u-flage to exist. Prior to that, an application could not do what I do now with still pictures. Video is still not available for third parties. You will have to use the built-in camera app to record your videos. But again, as soon as Apple lets me, Cam-u-flage will record video.

    About the slow saving time on photos taken

    You may or not have noticed that Cam-u-flage does not save the pictures taken right away, just like the built-in camera application does. This is a bit strange, but it’s not Cam-u-flage’s fault. I have indeed reported this bug to Apple, as it takes 5-10 seconds to record a single photo to the phone’s memory, and that is VERY slow. Hopefully this will auto-fix with future iPhone firmware releases.

    That’s about it for now. These are the most common questions I receive via email or reviews. I really do appreciate your feedback, so keep it coming!!

    Hope this helps to understand a bit what can and cannot be done with present iPhone hardware and software.

    Cheers!
    Sebastian

    PS: Doing anything via jailbreak is COMPLETELY out of the question. Sorry guys. Apple way is the only way for me, and it’s going to stay like that. :)

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  14. At last!

    The new blog is ready. At last http://blog.sebastianarena.net is running!

    The new updated site is uploaded to add the “blog magic” to it’s current beautiful layout.

    I’m very happy to have this finally installed, and be able to share with all of you.

    I’m going to use this blog to keep you all posted about the latest news on my applications. Specially about upcoming apps, or updates to the existing ones.

    Of course, this new blog is all about having feedback on my work from you! You’ll find a public comment section on each post that I hope you will use it wisely to contact me and also sharing among yourselves some cool things regarding the apps. I have received a lot of positive reviews on my apps, with some GREAT ideas on how to use them, I hope this new channel will increase those ideas so we can all benefit from them! Keep them coming!

    Spread this to everybody who knows would like to check on the new blog.

    And if you haven’t done so, tell your friends about my great apps! :D

    Cheers!
    Sebastian

    PS: You can also follow me on Twitter to be even more updated on what I’m doing, and the ocassional promocodes I leave there ;)

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