Hi: This app definitely saved me last night when I lost power because of the tornados. I didn't notice a major battery draine by having location tracking on. I'm using an iPhone 4. I was getting weather alerts, texts, and other location data pushed pretty hard, and had plenty of battery. I'm still at 70%. On Apr 28, 2011, at 7:00 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> I did confirm that the weather app was the problem. Rather than turning > location services off completely, I just turned it off for this app, and the > location tracking also stopped. I could understand this being used if the app > was running, but to keep location tracking on, even when the app is removed > from the app switcher is a major problem, other than that it's a good app. > On Apr 28, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> And I suspect that will impact battery performance. Not a wise design IMHO. >> After all, once you have set your location, unless it tracks your position >> to provide data on the location where you currently are, there is no reason >> to have this on continuously. >> >> On Apr 27, 2011, at 9:12 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> I actually got this app, it is very accessible. The radio part does not >>> actually play the NOAA weather radio, but rather, a computer voice reading >>> the current conditions and forecast. Looks like the voices they are using >>> are from Cepstral. This app has an interesting side effect though. Once >>> installed, location tracking stays on all the time. I could understand this >>> happening if the app was running, but even killing it in the app switcher >>> and turning off notifications does not turn the location tracking off. The >>> only way I could do this was to turn off location tracking in settings. >>> On Apr 27, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >>> >>>> Hey all. I was reading about this app for IOS devices and it sounds cool. >>>> My question is is there any accessible app like that for Mac? I tried >>>> using the weather widgit that Dashboard has and I didn't like it. It would >>>> be nice if there were an actual app for Mac like the one you're talking >>>> about. When I owned a PC, I really liked a program called Weatheraloud but >>>> it didn't show any watches or warnings. I'd like something for this thing >>>> that would read current conditions and forecasts like that for the Mac. >>>> I'll do a google search but I figured that I'd ask all of you guys as well. >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
