Yes I did and still no joy. On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
> 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. > 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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