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with your smartphone's big screen and good lens it's now easy to take gorgeous panoramic photographs that capture large scenes if you don't have a new iPhone 5 or the latest Apple operating system where panoramic functionality is included here are CNET's 2 favorite panoramic apps that you can download when you activate Photosynth and start taking photos of the scenery the screen will show a dotted line around the first photo you capture as you move the camera left right up or down the camera will beep when you need to hold it still to capture the next picture in the sequence I just love that handy guide when you're finished the Apple stitched together your panorama in just a few seconds and the best part of this app it's totally free 360 panorama works in a similar way but without as much guidance for how to stitch the photos together still create beautiful spreads and share them to a gallery where you can also see other people's creations this app costs $0.99 but is well worth every penny in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News