I too think it sounds great. The only problem is when it sounds during a call or a book or anything else you want to hear. I ended up not having it on most of the time because of that.
It’s hard to believe that big sound comes from that tiny speaker. Lois From: Richard Turner Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 8:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Big Ben We must be talking about two different apps. I've been there as well and this sounds to me like the real thing. Certainly way more real than the Westminster Chimes app, which sounds electronic. Richard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Big Ben 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. -- 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.
