Hi: Did you read the FAQ about what to do if your app doesn't alert? Mine worked fine. On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Geoff, > > After having a number of tornado and flash flood warnings yesterday and not > receiving any alert from Imap Weather Radio, I requested a refund from the > iTUnes store. Now I did feel a tad guilty because I did get a note from > someone named Matthew who was interested in how to make the app even more > accessible (not that it is much of an issue as is), but I had shared some > ideas. I suspect I won't hear back from him after sharing my disappointment > over the alerts. I thought this would be a really useful app and I don't have > a problem spending the money if it would meet my needs. However, I had the > radio sitting here and got all matter of alerts via the tones that are > generated when the emergency broadcast system is issuing alerts, but no alert > from the app and I had everything setup properly. So, if this issue is > addressed, I would reconsider, but I'd rather spend the $30 for a stand-alone > radio that does the job and get the alert, then spend $10 and never hear the > alert until the house is caving in on me. :) > Overall the app is accessible and the quality of the recordings are very > good. I also will say the responsiveness of the customer service folks is > very good as well. > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Greetings y'all, >> >> >> I was going to write Sarai off list to express appreciation for her >> excellent review and thanksgiving that she got through the recent turbulence >> that recently reigned supreme here in the SouthEastern United States. >> >> I started asking so many follow-up questions, however that I changed my mind >> and decided that others might be able to contribute to and benefit from the >> discussion, so here goes. >> >> If IMAP WeatherRadio indeed gives a loud and timely warning I believe it's >> worth the cost. So far either the conditions in my area lacked sufficient >> importance to trigger a major alarm, or the sound emitted would never awaken >> me from a deep sleep. Yesterday our region got several tornado watches >> which were extended several times. I saw an alert from ImapWeatherRadio, >> but if there was any sound at all it was the two tone beep that accompanies >> a push notification, tipicle of what my phone emits when the FoxNews app >> sends a "breaking news" alert, or when AtBat11 informs me that the Cubs lost >> again. I usually sleep right through those! I went into settings -> >> Notifications and confirmed that both sounds and alerts are enabled for >> WeatherRadio. Perhaps there needs to be an actual warning in order to >> receive a loud alert? I also observed that this app inserts an entry into >> settings, which is now empty, so perhaps they intend add the option of >> configuring different sounds in a future update. >> >> When this app was first discussed, it was stated that one could read text of >> the conditions and forecast without having to activate ImapWeatherRadio's >> audio. So far I have not determined how to accomplish this. The IMap >> dialog seemed to be the most applicable place to look, but none of the >> visible buttons (play, refreshmap, unlabeled, or Map's time stamp)) appear >> to cause the app to convey the text portion in a vo accessible manner. >> I also tried double tapping an area on the screen where I presume the map is >> displayed, but that only presented the "Map settings" dialog. This is >> hardly a deal breaker for me, but the earlier discussion has me thinking I >> must be missing something obvious. >> >> TIA and best regards. >> Geoff >> >> >> On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >> >>> Hi all: >>> I've received questions about the above application, so thought I'd write a >>> review of the application. Unfortunately, I had use of it yesterday. I'm >>> running an iPhone 4, iOS 4.3. >>> Imap Weather Radio is an accessible weather radio application, which can be >>> configured to alert you to any weather event of your choosing. It wil use >>> your GPS to send alerts where ever you are. You can also set the app to >>> alert for 5 locations based on zip, city, state, airport code, etc. Unlike >>> other radio apps which happen to have weather radio stations, Imap wakes up >>> your iOS device, sounds an alarm, and will send audio, and text alerts. >>> From experience, it works, and will send the alerts at the same time as a >>> Midland NOA Weather Radio. Fortunately, there isn't a delay in >>> notifications, wich was one of my concerns with push notification. It was >>> comforting to have this application when I lost all power due to >>> yesterday's storms. The app does activate location tracking, and >>> surprisingly, it doesn't cause to much of a battery drain. Last night, I >>> had Imap, as well as several other apps pushing data pretty hard to my >>> phone. At 5 P.M, I unplugged the phone at 100% battery power. Around 10 >>> P.M. I was down to 49%; that was with a constant stream of data being >>> pushed. Today, I started at 82% at 8 A.M. and I was at 70 >>> % at 6 P.M. This was on a calm day with normal phone use. Not bad, IMO. The >>> app is definitely worth the $9.95. >>> I hope this review helps. >>> >>> >>> Sarai Bucciarelli >>> Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on >>> www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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