Monday, August 8, 2011

Digital clock & world weather widget for Android phones

 A full featured, size 4x2 skinnable digital clock and weather forecast widget was released for the Android market.

The widget features the following:
  • 6 widget skins to chose from (more skins coming in the future)
  • 2 weather icon skins
  • Portrait or landscape mode
  • 12 or 24 hour clock with date
  • Current location (city, country) taken automatically from cell/wifi or GPS, or specified by the user
  • Weather conditions for current location (condition and temperature, low and high temperatures and weather icon)
  • Detailed weather forecast display including the following:
  •     Local time
  •     Sunrise and sunset time for current location
  •     Humidity and wind conditions
  •     Current condition, temperature and low and high temperatures
  •     Current condition icon
  •     Last weather update time
  •     4 day weather forecast
  • World weather: Chose to display weather information for any number of different locations worldwide. Just select your favorite locations and you will immediately have updated weather and time information.

Weather information is provided by Google

Furthermore, the widget can be fully customized using the following options:
  • Chose the widget and weather icons skin
  • Chose the text color of any information displayed on the widget
  • Display 12 or 24 hour time with optional AM/PM indicator (if 12 hour format)
  • Display long or short weekday and month names
  • Beep every hour
  • Use current location to display weather info or specify any location you want
  • Get location updates from the network (cell/WiFi) or your GPS
  • Display temperature values in Celsius or Fahrenheit
  • Select automatic weather refresh period (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 hours)
  • Enter your favorite world locations to watch local times, current weather conditions and weather forecast information
  • Update weather on WiFi and/or GPRS
  • Chose whether you want to update while roaming or not
  • Play notification sounds on location and weather changes and updates
  • Select what application to launch when tapping the hours
  • Optionally display the battery level on the widget
  • Specify how to receive location updates (how often and for how much distance)

IMPORTANT!!!
  • This is a widget, not an application. To install it please refer to the help displayed when you run it. There is also a link to a video that shows you how to install it.
  • If you are using a task killer exclude the widget from it
Please report any issues/suggestions via e-mail.