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Now even wider -- Pano 3 for iPhone
Now Pano 3 (click opens iTunes) rewrites the rules for taking panoramas with your iPhone. The new version can automatically meld up to 16 photos, providing 360 degree panoramas. The team at Debacle added a way to resume interrupted panoramas, so if Mom called right as you were taking the fifth shot in your series of sixteen, you can pop back into Pano 3 and start right back up.
While the capabilities of Pano have increased, the price remains the same low $2.99US. I use this app a lot, and it's just about the most fun that you can buy for $3. If you have an iPhone and love to take photos, Pano's deserving of a place on your home screen.
After you've shot a few panoramas with Pano 3, take part in Debacle's I Love Pano Pano Panorama Contest. A group of TUAW bloggers are judges, and there are some great prizes.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
mark said 12:23PM on 4-08-2009
Anyone have some really good photographs they've shot with this program that they can show us? I'd like to see a full size image to judge the quality of the program.
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Julian said 12:33PM on 4-08-2009
Check out the flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iphonepanoramas/
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Adam S said 12:37PM on 4-08-2009
I will not be buying Pano 3 or any other software from this company from now on. I think it's insulting to sell the Pano app, and after 1 minor update (from the user standpoint), ditch it in favor of a new, "buy it again" version. Any company who version increments in order to get me to pay again is never getting my business. I recognize that "version 2" was a free upgrade, but these changes do not warrant a re-purchase, in my eyes. They are just standard enrichment of the original premise. Either way, clearly, they are looking to make money off the same customers instead of truly expanding the capabilities to reach new ones.
On top of this, this is now the second time TUAW has featured this app, so the Pano people are clearly enjoying plenty of pimping from the staff here, whose otherwise *useful* stream of iPhone reviews are serving as an impromptu advertisement. They are re-peddling the same program to the same people who paid once before, and in the end, it still just takes panoramic photos.
Before anyone calls me cheap for not spending a measly $3, I'd say that it's more the premise than anything. Boo, Pano people. Boooo!
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Matt said 1:06PM on 4-08-2009
Calm down, this is a free update for previous Pano purchasers. TUAW is just re-evaluating the app now that it has significantly increased functionality.
Adam S said 1:13PM on 4-08-2009
It looks it's showing in the App Store (different icon, even), but not showing as a free download for me. I am a paid customer with Pano on my phone.
Adam said 1:17PM on 4-08-2009
Hi Adam,
I'm Adam Cohen, a developer of Pano.
I would like to clarify -- *This is a FREE update.* Anybody who owns Pano gets Pano 3.0 for free. We have worked very hard to improve the software. We are very appreciative of our customers, and specifically opted to make it a free update for this reason. We do, of course, want to expand our user base, and we have chosen to do that in the purest way possible, by continuing to improve the software.
Sometimes Apple's updates take a while to filter through, but you should be notified shortly of the update. Alternately, you can just download it again, and you will not be charged if you already bought Pano. I hope you enjoy the new features.
Adam
Partner/Developer, Debacle Software
Adam S said 1:22PM on 4-08-2009
@Adam: Well, in that case, I look a little foolish. Perhaps if TUAW were to make a notation that this is a free update. I saw this, got excited, and immediately spotted it in the App Store, however, my phone reports no updates. Given that the article explicitly states it's still only $3, I figured it was marketing-speak for: this one ya gotta pay for. I really didn't think I was jumping to conclusions.
Sorry for the heated response and thanks for the reply. Still feel the same way about developers that pull this trick, but **very** happy to hear this.
Despite the comment - I'm a very happy paying Pano customer.
Matt said 1:43PM on 4-08-2009
Try checking for the update in iTunes rather than your phone. For some reason I always feel like the updates just don't show up correctly on my phone, but they always do in iTunes.
sharris said 12:55PM on 4-08-2009
It's a free update again, at least it was for me...
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Don said 1:21PM on 4-08-2009
Booo Adam S. Boooo!
Try to read next time. Updates are free on the iPhone app store.
I just bought this App! Reviews were great which is rare on the app store so I'm hoping for the best.
Also, another photo app that I bought last week is "Slideshow". check it out - it's like a little iMovie (For stills) with Ken Burns effects etc.
Not affiliated but like it.
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Adam S said 1:26PM on 4-08-2009
Nice try Don. I did read it. The article says the app costs $3. It does not say it's a free update. I already own the app. It's on my iPhone right now. The update is in the App Store. The update wasn't there for me. That's not such a crazy gap in logic, is it?
Either way, the developer has responded kindly and we've cleared things up now, lest anyone else see the same thing. Had the article actually said it was a free update, there would have been no confusion in the first place.
Justin said 1:46PM on 4-08-2009
There's also one call PanoLab Pro for $2.99 (on sale from $4.99) just for this week. Worth a shot (get it, shot?)! Check it out @ http://tr.im/panolab (opens in itunes)
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Samuel said 1:51PM on 4-08-2009
I'm curious, looking at the Flickr photo's it doesn't seem that the GPS details remain in the panoramic image, do they or don't they?
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Matt said 2:34PM on 4-08-2009
Here's one I took at the first-ever game at the new Yankee Stadium: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ngj4mBvnnw8/SdbYS-BrvEI/AAAAAAAAAj8/HaIGGDSdNA4/s1600-h/IMG_0405.JPG
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MacRadge said 2:58PM on 4-08-2009
I just bought it and I just love it.
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Scottio said 3:51PM on 4-08-2009
Just purchased this, but it's not working in 3.0 beta :(
Get no photo buttons on bottom of screen and when trying to tap the screen the app will quit.
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Adam said 4:28PM on 4-08-2009
Unfortunately, we don't officially support OS 3.0 Beta at this time. We are aware of the issue and will address it a bit closer to the official release time of OS 3.0. If you want to get involved in beta testing, send us an e-mail at support@debaclesoftware.com. This way you can get your hands on something working sooner!
Adam
Partner/Developer, Debacle Software
Scottio said 4:40PM on 4-08-2009
Thanks Adam, e-mail just sent.
FearlessFreep said 4:00PM on 4-08-2009
'Panorama' has had this capability since their last release as well. It is pricier at $9.99 but has some advantages over Pano, too. Bottom line is you can't go wrong with either one.
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required said 4:13PM on 4-08-2009
Is this capable of doing grids or just horizontal & vertical?
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