Hi, Richard, Does it work with the device locked? I'm testing it now, and I turned the option on to have it chime quarters.
Thanks, Teresa On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > The developer just pointed out to me that with the new do not disturb > feature, apparently we can set the hours for turning off things like this. I > haven't gone and played with that feature yet. > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Teresa Cochran > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Big Ben > > It's fun. I like it. :) It's easy to turn it off if you don't want the chimes > running. > > Teresa > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:12 AM, "Tess" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With all these chimes I tend to wonder how much battery your using if you >> let this run for any amount of time. >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:44 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Big Ben >> >> I have to put in another plug for Big Ben. I am rather picky about sound >> quality, and this is the best for real Westminster chimes from Big Ben >> itself. >> >> Here is a description from their web site: >> « Big Ben >> Anglophiles of the world, rejoice. Now you can get the time of day in >> style with a fully functional miniaturised Big Ben on your iPhone or >> iPad. Britannia rules. >> A throwback to a more innocent time. >> Back in the 1980s, an idealistic young developer with too much time on >> his hands created a revolutionary program for the fledgling Apple >> Macintosh platform. It simulated a famous Westminster clock tower in >> 256 glorious shades of grey. Those being simpler days, the Mac >> community gasped in awe at this ticking, tocking, bonging marvel and it was >> greeted with a level of enthusiasm not seen since the invention of >> penicillin. >> The developer's name was Riccardo Ettore and the software was snappily >> titled Big Ben . Today, we're pleased to offer you a revamped, rather >> more colourful incarnation >> - updated for the 21st century and ported to a magical device that's >> considerably easier to carry around than a Macintosh SE 30. >> Big Ben >> for iOS puts one of London's most cherished timekeeping landmarks >> right in your pocket, replete with authentic Westminster chimes that >> ring out on the hour, on the half hour and on the quarter hour. >> That's not all: if you enjoy tweaking things to your liking, you'll be >> pleased to learn we included some additional options. You can switch >> on a digital display and / or a hand that ticks away the seconds - >> features that they neglected to include when they built the real McCoy >> that's towered over the houses of parliament for the past 150 years. >> G'wan, treat yourself - you know you want to, really. It's a daft bit >> of fun and it'll only set you back a modest 59 pennies, luv. >> App Details >> Price: $0.99 / €0.79 / 59p >> Version 2.0 >> Size: 11.5MB >> Updated: 22nd April 2011 >> You cannot set it to not chime at certain periods, but if you go into the >> notification center, you can turn off sounds so it goes quiet. >> >> http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bigben/id301046876?mt=8 >> >> Richard >> >> your using... >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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