With Thanksgiving just passed and winter holidays coming just around the corner, I'm sure many of you have been or are planning to travel to visit friends and family. Two things that come to my mind upon departure and arrival are the time and weather. Here are some unique and unusual apps and applications for keeping up with the when and how cold/warm, wherever you are...
W E Δ T H E R: The main reason why I care about the weather forecast? Because F.D.F: fahrenheit fetermines fashion, of course! I'm sure many people have essentially the same concern when it comes to weather, and W E Δ T H E R will help match your outfit with the forecast. Using your location (or by entering a zip code), the app reports the day of the week, date, location and current weather. Most importantly, it delivers suggestions for the type of clothing to wear based on the temperature. I'm obsessed.
Chameleon Clock: Using the iPhone's built-in camera, Chameleon Clock makes your phone or tablet appear like it's blending in with your surrounding environment. The app either samples a color through the camera or plays live video of your surroundings, living up to its moniker. The app offers an opportunity to enjoy cool photos specific to your locale, definitely an interesting way to keep track of time while emphasizing you're away from home.
Flip Clock: Like many design-minded OS X users out there, I have the Flip Clock screensaver installed on my personal computer. I have yet to upgrade my MacBook to Snow Leopard, so the absence of a Flip Flock screensaver version for Snow Leopard has yet to affect me. However, I just discovered Snow Leopard users can now get the Flip Clock screensaver (again) with a new version created by Richard Skinner.
The Weather, City Edition: This is another simple, yet beautiful screensaver design that reports the weather, date, and time of a city of your choosing. A unique spin is Weather City Edition rotates between telling you the weather for right now, today, and tomorrow.
Time in Words: I've always been more of a words versus numbers person, which is what I find most intriguing about Time in Words app. It's a clock that tells the time in words in five minute intervals. Give your phone a shake if you need an exact time. The app comes in English, French, German and Spanish.
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People may want to know that:
Weather is browser based. So, any platform really.
Flip Clock is for both Mac OSX and Windows.
Chameleon Clock and Time in Words are iOS only apps.
The Weather, City Edition is Mac OSX only.
One again AT....if you're posting just apps for apple products, put that in the %#€&ing title. You constantly use "apps" when you mean "iPhone apps" or "iPad apps". There are other operating systems, you know; quite common ones.
It's bizarre to assume people don't have Android or any other operating system...or well, just Android. I totally understand leaving out BlackBerry users. Some of these apps have to be available to Adroid users or are in development for Android. Why do half your research?
Seriously WHAT is an Android
What about Solar for iPhone?
I am very disappointed that Android was left out.
Once again, it's another i-centric post. Sigh. Can you at least mention it in the title so I don't have to open the post.
can someone post the link to the Fahrenheit Determines Fashion app? i can't seem to find it through google or through itunes :(
It's not really clear in this post, but the title of that is Wevther, and it's actually just a website, not an app. Click on the link at the start of that paragraph, and it will take you there.
Can't tell if you're joking or not but will assume you aren't:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)
It's ..more than common:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/11/27/iphone-market-share-in-us_n_2196861.html
@ spiffyonion - Fahrenheit Determines Fashion it's just a phrase not an app. http://wevther.com/ is the "app" in question. (it's just a website) and can be accessed using any browser.
@epicjohnlee @picantel Our regular app roundups include iOS, Android, and Windows Phone options...this one was admittedly iOS-centric. Although I use a Galaxy S3 myself (alongside iOS devices), our writer above only has an iPhone and in this case wanted to recommend apps/applications she uses herself rather than just list resources she has yet to try.
If anything, our comments section is an opportunity for readers to share their own opinions and recommended favorites (and our team has often gotten the "heads up" because readers have shared some links and resources).
I think the issue here was the the post title didn't identify it as iOS-centric. Therefore people got excited, clicked through....and oh wait, this totally means nothing to me because it's only iOS.
By using "app" in the title it implied that it was NOT iOS-centric. i.e. thi isn't a post about apps. This is a post about iOS apps. "Imaginative Weather & Clock iOS Apps for Your Travels" would have been a better title.
Again, not so much that it was iOS, it's that it wasn't IDENTIFIED as such. Since that's basically the only feedback on this post, you might want to take heed...
Note to Canadians - don't bother with wevther unless you're traveling in the US (or want to bother looking up the zip code of your future US destination); it doesn't work in Canada.