Photosynth App Update and Best of Bing Maps Summer Xbox & Kinect Contest

Capture the sights of summer and share them with friends using the updated
Photosynth app, available in iTunes today
(http://www.itunes.com/apps/photosynth )! We listened to the 3,500,000
people who downloaded the first version of the app and added some of the most
requested features: email, simplified sharing, and exploration of great
panoramas by other users. To celebrate the launch of these new features, we’re
even awarding Xbox360 with Kinect prize packages for the very best panoramas
shared with Bing Maps!

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The Photosynth app captures full 360° panoramas with a fun, interactive
experience and makes it simple to share with friends and family. Today’s update
adds email sharing and image cropping capabilities when you save a panorama to
the Camera Roll, which means you can more easily bring your panoramas into other
apps. We’ve also made sharing to Facebook and Bing Maps easier than before,
allowing you to share to both at the same time.

The new “Best of Bing Maps” feature lets you explore great panoramas created
by others and shared on Bing Maps directly within the app. View stunning
full-sphere panoramas from people around the world and get inspired by the
creative possibilities of Photosynth.

We’re excited about “Best of Bing Maps,” and we want you to get excited too!
Which is why this summer, we’re giving away an Xbox 360 with Kinect prize
package every week to the best panoramas shared to Bing Maps.* In the app, go to
the library and click “Best of Bing Maps” to learn more and enter the contest.
We can’t wait to see the amazing and creative panoramas you share!

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With the Photosynth App, you can:

  • See your panoramas take shape with each picture you take.
  • Get sharp, seamless, and high-resolution results looking in all directions.
  • See most panoramas within seconds of taking your last picture.
  • Explore the world’s best panoramas on Bing Maps through the “Best of Bing Maps.”
  • Zoom, pan, stretch, and view your panorama in landscape or portrait mode.
  • Save and view your panoramas on your device and view them online at
    Photosynth.net.
  • Share your panoramas to Bing Maps and see them throughout Bing.
  • Share your images or interactive panoramas with friends on Facebook
  • Send email panoramas directly from the app or save them to the Camera Roll.

The new and improved Photosynth app is available on a variety of iOS devices
(iPhone 4, iPhone 3Gs, iPod Touch fourth generation, and iPad 2) and will be
coming next to a Windows Phone near you. You can download the app for free from
the iTunes App Store today.

– Eric Bennett, Senior Program Manager, Bing’s Photosynth Team

*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to ages 14 and older who did not purchase any equipment for purposes of entering the Contest. Enter Contest by: 10/10/11. To enter and for Official Rules, including prize description, visit www.photosynth.net.  Void where prohibited. 

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