Just mute the phone during the phone call or book. No big deal.
Christopher Hallsworth
On 20/10/2012 01:08, Lois Butterfield wrote:
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 <mailto:richard.turne...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Friday, October 19, 2012 8:04 PM
*To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
*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
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*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
<mailto: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
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