I listened to the demonstration of the App on You tube and was rather disappointed with the sounds as I know what Big Ben sounds like as I've stood in Parliament Square often enough to know how it really sounds. If it sounded like the real thing, I might have considered it.
Kawal. On 19 Oct 2012, at 17:43, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > 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.
