Interesting post! Just wanted to note though that Sequoia didn't invest the full $41 Million. The $41M includes investments from Bain Capital and the Silicon Valley Bank as well.

Ah, thanks, didn't know that. I will update my post later with a clarification :)

The 'haters' have died down a bit? Really? Judging from this (epic) App Store review, they're only just getting started.

http://mike3k.posterous.com/best-app-store-review-ever

Field. Day.

Thats the best thing I've seen in awhile. I think everyone in our company should read it as a guide to when UI goes bad

I got everyone in my group to download the app at a restaurant and try out color. It's pretty amazing and is a few UI tweaks away from being a 4-5 star app. If you are trying to build a better color, I would look into the pending patents they have in place. If you can work around the potential legal issues as a user I must say that the idea is brilliant and color is my default method of taking photos already.

Hm, 41 million could certainly pay for a lot of astroturfing..

user: weixiyen created: 1147 days ago

If this is astroturf, then http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=weixiyen is really impressive ground work.

The best thing Color could do would be to take a couple of percent from that $41mil and buy one of the really good Camera apps on iOS and Android.

Color is a compelling idea, but any interest I have in playing with it as early adopter is completely killed by the atrocious UI and limited camera functionality I would be subject to.