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Instagram has released a new version of their award winning and one of our top must-have iPhone apps, which makes it simple and fun to make and share photos on your iPhone.

Instagram v2.1 gets a new and improved user interface and includes a number of new features such as Lux - a photo enhancement feature, a new filter called Sierra and improved iOS Notification Center integration.

Instagram has explained a bit more about the new features on their blog:

Lux

We’ve given you a new way to instantly transform the look and feel of your photos. In just one tap, Lux works its magic by making your photos more vibrant and bringing out details you couldn’t see before. Use it with a filter or without.

Simplified + Improved UI

We’ve simplified the look of Instagram. The improved header and menu buttons in this release are the first steps towards making it easier to understand and interact with our app.

Tappable Notifications

Now, when you tap on an Instagram notification in the iOS Notification Center, you’re brought directly to the relevant photo, comment or user profile page in the app.

You can check out the image below before and after using the 'Lux' photo enhancement feature. It's quite similar to Camera+'s popular 'Clarify' feature.

You can download Instagram 2.1 using this App Store link for free or update it via the Updates Tab in the App Store app.

As always, let us know what you think of the new and improved Instagram app.

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Apple unveiled its iTunes Rewind 2011 today. iTunes Rewind is Apple’s annual listing of the top applications. Under Apple’s Editorial picks,  photo manipulation and sharing app Instagram won the ‘iPhone App Of The Year’ award.

Other apps finding top spots in the listing include Angry Birds , Facebook and games like Fruit Ninja , Cut The Rope. Photo App Snapseed was second behind Instagram in the Editor’s Choice category. Instagram lets users apply filters to images in real time and share to social networks and their own private network.

[Via - TechCrunch]

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Instagram for iPhone has received a major update to version 2.0 after a year, that brings new revamped User Interface (UI) with easy to use controls for borders, tilt, toggle flash settings etc. , Instant live filters & live tilt-shift and new Filters.

Features of Instagram for iPhone version 2.0

Live filters would let you view the filters live while capturing an imageNew filters such as Amaro, Rise, Hudson, and Valencia are added, and more filters would be added in futureSelective blur is faster, Pinch, pan and rotate tilt-shift along with live previewHigh resolution images of 936 x 1936 pixels on the iPhone 4 (1536×1536 pixels on the iPhone 3GS) are now supportedYou can now turn off the borders for filtersOne click to rotate the photos easily

Download Instagram v2.0 for iPhone (iOS 4.2.1 and above) from the Apple iTunes Store for free.

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