Friday, February 3, 2012

World clock & weather widget for Android


World clock & weather widget for Android has been released today on the Android Market. This widget provides local time & weather information for selected locations worldwide. It comes in two sizes, 4x1 and 4x2 widget. The 4x1 widget displays 2 locations and the 4x2 displays 4 locations.

The widget supports an unlimited number of locations. Following is a list of the main features:

- 7 different skins to chose from (more skins coming in the future)
- 4 weather icon skins
- Works in portrait or landscape mode
- 12 or 24 hour clock with date
- 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
- Unlimited number of locations; enter all your favorite locations and easily keep track of the current time and weather conditions

The widget can be fully customized with the following options:

- Chose the widget and weather icon skins
- Chose the text color for the time, am/pm indication, date, location, current weather condition and current temperature
- Display 12 or 24 hour time with optional AM/PM indicator (if 12 hour format)
- Beep every hour (optional)
- Select the date display format
- Optionally show or hide specific elements of the widget (weather icon, date)
- 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 alternate weather forecast service (MSN) - default is Google

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Sense Flip clock & weather released


A new clock & weather forecast widget is available on the android market. This widget flips, similar to the HTC sense flip clock and it supports a different skins. Like the 3D flip clock & world weather widget, it supports automatic location detection, weather forecast for multiple locations and much more. A detailed list of the features follows:


- Flip animation
- 9 skins to chose from
- 4 weather icon skins
- Portrait or landscape mode
- 12 or 24 hour clock with date
- Display the current week number
- 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.
- Refresh location or weather by tapping on the widget
- Launch up to four different applications by tapping different widget hotspots (everything is user defined)
The widget can be fully customized with the following options:
- Chose the widget and weather icon skins
- Chose the text color for the am/pm indicator, date, location, current weather condition, current temperature and hi/lo temperatures
- Display 12 or 24 hour time with optional AM/PM indicator (if 12 hour format)
- Beep every hour (optional)
- Select the date display format
- Display a manually selected location's time instead of phone's time
- 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
- Optionally display the next alarm
- 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 (including sunset and sunrise), 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
- Launch more applications by tapping the weekday or month
- Optionally display the battery level
- Specify how to receive location updates (how often and for how much distance)
- Select alternate weather forecast service

Watch a demo of the widget on YouTube. Sense clock & weather

As always, comments and requests are welcome.

Do you like the widget? Rate it and leave a comment on the Android Market.