Weather Globe 3d ($.99)

Version 1.0

REVIEW – “A great little app for travelers but not enough features for the average person”

I have yet to put a weather app on my iphone and I really liked the look of this one. It has a unique idea but its limitations keep it from being a good app for the everyday person. While it looks cool and loads quickly most people will not find weather information that applies to them  (me included!).

When you first open the app you are graced with the look of a globe covered in little weather icons that indicate the weather for that city. Simply use your finger to circumnavigate the globe and find the location that you are looking for. Use two fingers to zoom in and out just like you would using Safari web browser.

Want to know the weather in Alice Springs, Australia? How about Magadan in the Russian Federation? Or maybe even Addis Abeba, Ethiopia? Well this app will give you those locations and many more which makes it great for someone who spends their time traveling to place to place. It quickly and easily allows you to find the general weather in many of the main cities in a variety of countries.

This is all well and good but once you return home it’s unlikely that the app will apply to your hometown. Many major cities are represented but as can be expected no where near all of them. For example, my hometown of Orlando is not located here, but rather the closest city is Tampa. Knowing the weather an hour or so away is not exactly the most helpful if I am deciding whether or not to hit the beach.

If the city you are in or are heading to is represented then you get a quick and easy view of the weather as well as a forecast for the week. The interface works quickly and works great which is something that I like quite a bit. The other interesting feature is that this app does not require a wifi connection, rather it will load from a cache.

The app also includes a moon feature which allows you to see what phase the moon is in, how old it is and how bright it will be in the night sky. It is a nice little feature that I appreciated.

Overall I love the interface of this app and the fact that it works quickly. I hope that the updates will include more cities and some more features. The only problem is that once the updates are released the price will go up, so you may want to pick this app up now and look forward to what the future brings to it.

-Stephanie S.

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Developer – Quantum Singularity Apps

URL: http://qiphone.blogspot.com/

DEVELOPER NOTES

#New# Sale!!!
Lots of cool features coming!
Get it before the next update as the price will go up again afterwards!!!

WeatherGlobe3D is a great way to view the weather all over the world with more than 700+ cities included!
It provides a quick and easy way to do so with a good amount of 3D eye candy to make this trivial task more fun!
The loading time is next to nothing and you can view the weather even when your iPhone/iPod touch has no connection to the Internet with it’s innovative cache mechanism! Heavily optimized for mobile connections to provide a fast response and minimum data traffic!

Features:

- Fast loading time less than 2 secs.
- Mobile connection optimized, less than 1KByte per request!
- View the weather with a simple touch on the city of interest.
- More than 700+ cities.
- Current and 5 days weather forecast with weather type, temperature, humidity and wind direction.
- 3D representation of Earth.- Great controls using touch, move and pinch.
- World Clock for all included cities.
- Sunrise and Sunset times for all included cities.
- Innovative cache mechanism for offline viewing.
- View of Moon’s current phase and info.
- GPS Support, view the weather in your current location.
- Localization, view Fahrenheit or Celsius based on you device’s localization selected.

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