Apple Thoughts: HP Read My Mind

"HP iPrint Photo is a free downloadable software application that allows you to quickly and easily print 4" x 6" photos. Images stored on your iPhone or iPod touch can print on most HP networked ink jet printers connected to a local WiFi network. Wireless printing is a fun extension of the iPhone / iPod touch's easy photo capture and viewing experience."

This is the kind of thing I love; a company thinking about what its users might want and then making it happen. In this case, HP took out its mind-reading hats and created an app that lets you print photos directly from your iPhone to an HP wireless printer. The quality is excellent, there's no configuration involved, and it's smart enough to pull the paper from the 4x6 tray meaning you just pick, click, and print. I've been hoping someone would figure out photo printing from the iPhone and after trying this one out, I'm glad it was HP. It works flawlessly as advertised. The camera on my iPhone just got a whole lot more useful.