How can I hear what it sounds like before buying it if I can see the one you are speaking about?
Kawal. On Oct 20, 2012, at 1:04 AM, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:59 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <richard.turne...@gmail.com> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
