The developer just pointed out to me that with the new do not disturb feature, apparently we can set the hours for turning off things like this. I haven't gone and played with that feature yet.
Richard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:23 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Big Ben It's fun. I like it. :) It's easy to turn it off if you don't want the chimes running. Teresa On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:12 AM, "Tess" <tess...@gmail.com> wrote: > With all these chimes I tend to wonder how much battery your using if you let > this run for any amount of time. > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Richard Turner > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:44 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Big Ben > > 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 > > your using... > > -- > 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 > toviphone+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 > toviphone+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.
