Another Reason To Buy An iPhone 4: Making Panographs Is Easy

Here’s one more trick exclusive to the iPhone 4: Launch new app You Gotta See This, pan the camera over a large subject and the app will create a panograph — a collage of still photographs that together form a larger image — using the series of still images just captured while you were waving your iPhone around. The key to this wizardry is the 4”s gyroscope, which helps the app place the images exactly where they should be — which is why the app won’t work on any iPhone but the 4.

Once created, masterpieces can be saved, emailed or shared via Twitter or Facebook.

You Gotta See This is $2; hopefully the developers will use some of the profits to buy the app a better name.

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Yargo
I can’t believe that Apple is so greedy that they hoard all the good names and charge devs exorbitant fees for non-suck versions. You’d think with all the money they’re making off the App Store – - – - dammit!!
Ferd
I think Yargo posted in the wrong place…
Eli – you have to excuse the devs on the name, they are from Germany, so I’m sure it’s their way of being funny. Besides, their company name is Boinx Software, so maybe they just aren’t any good a picking names…
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Wow, this is an awesome app. I already have bought too many camera apps as of late from iTunes. Camera+ being the last one…gosh
imajoebob
This is a pretty great app. If it works as advertised. Does it create a larger image, or reduce it to the maximum sensor size?
I like the name.
reader5272
No image in the article about images?
trospero
Critical comments about the app in buyer reviews point out that it saves only a very small image size, which, considering what the iPhone4 is capable of, is almost unforgivable. You should be able to save print resolution images from such an app. I’m hesitant to buy it for that reason.