Saturday, August 11, 2012

3D flip clock & world weather version 0.80

Version 0.80 of the 3D flip clock & world weather application was released today on the Google Play website. This latest version includes lost of improvements, bug fixes as well as new features.

Some of the most important bug fixes include problems with location auto-detection as well as problems with displaying specific locations. In addition, locations can now be exported to SD card and imported back.

Lastly, French localization was added to the application.

Please note: There was a problem in version 0.78 - 0.79 regarding the saving of extra locations on specific devices. This problem is fixed in the latest version, 0.80.

In case you have a problem, please report it via e-mail. To e-mail us, go to the application settings, choose Help, scroll to the end of the help file and tap the E-mail droid27 link

Monday, July 9, 2012

3D Sense clock & weather widget released

3D Sense clock & weather widget has been released on the Google Play store. The widget supports automatic location detection, weather forecast for multiple locations and much more. A detailed list of the features follows:

- Different skins to chose from
- Different weather icon skins
- Portrait or landscape mode
- 12 or 24 hour clock with date
- Optional display of the current week number, next active alarm and battery level
- 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:
- 4 day weather forecast
- World weather - chose to display weather information for any number of different locations worldwide
- Automatic or manual weather forecast refresh
- Launch up to four different applications by tapping different widget hotspots (everything is user defined)

The widget can be fully customized by changing the skin, weather icons skin, text colors and showing/hiding individual information.

Click here to watch a demo of the widget on YouTube.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

New version of 3D flip clock & world weather on Google play

A new update of the 3D flip clock & world weather application has just been released on the Google Play store. This update contains major changes, improvements and additions. Some of the most important changes are:

  • Fixed problems with support of International characters in the weather forecast information
  • Better handling of dynamic location
  • [new] Weather forecast layout changes (added new backgrounds)
  • [new] Added weather refresh button in the weather forecast page
  • [new] Added support for a new external theme pack (theme pack 5)
  • [new] Easier location setup at startup (for new installations)
  • [new]Added support for Swedish and Bulgarian weather forecast
  • [new] Better preview in widget font selection
  • Changes in weather icon and theme pack previews
  • [new] Open the weather forecast activity from the application tray (no need to have a widget in order to view the weather forecast)
  • Sunrise/sunset fix
  • Changes in 5x2 widget layout
In case you find any problems don't hesitate to report them by e-mail.



Thank you for all the support

New theme pack #5 for the 3d flip clock & world weather widget released

The Orange and red glowing theme pack (them pack #5) was just released on the Android Market. The theme was requested by a user and features 5 glowing skins in shades of orange and red. These new skins complement the skins in Theme pack #4 and match Mariux's Tron and Glow legacy themes or Tron based wallpapers. Please note that this is not a standalone widget; you need to have the 3D flip clock & world weather application installed in order to apply this theme.


Monday, April 2, 2012

Problems with 3d flip clock & weather widget upgrades

After the latest updates to the 3d flip clock & weather widget, several problems were reported by users, mentioning that the widget would not load or the weather would not display. In case you get a similar problem, please follow the steps below to reset the widget. Note that this will clear any settings (including additional weather locations you may have specified).

  • Go to the home screen
  • Tap the menu button
  • Tap Settings
  • Tap Applications
  • Tap Manage Applications
  • Find the widget in the list and tap it
  • Tap Clear data and then OK

Go back to the home screen, remove and add the widget again. Wait for a few seconds until the widget finds your location and updates the weather.

If you still have any problems send me an e-mail.

Monday, March 5, 2012

New theme pack for the 3d flip clock & world weather widget released

The 3d flip clock & world weather theme pack #4 was recently released on the Android Market. The theme was requested by a user and features 3 glowing skins in shades of green and blue that match Mariux's Tron and Glow legacy themes or Tron based wallpapers. Please note that this is not a standalone widget; you need to have the 3d flip clock & world weather widget installed in order to apply this theme.



Let me know if you have any ideas about new themes.

Updates for the clock widgets

New versions of the following widgets were published on the Android Market.

Sense flip clock & world weather widget
3d flip clock & world weather widget
Digital clock & world weather

The latest updates feature minor bug fixes as well as changes to the weather forecast screens (including better support for different layouts). You can also add or manage additional locations directly from the weather forecast page by tapping the location area (the top part of the forecast screen) or the menu button.

Another new feature that was added to the Digital clock & world weather widget is the ability to choose the weather forecast server. This option is the Weather forecast server and can be found under the Weather & location settings.