Back in my BlackBerry days when I took a brief hiatus from my iPhone to rekindle the love fest that got me hooked on smartphones to begin with, I stumbled across a pretty good weather app called BerryWeather. It wasn’t terribly deep or full of features but it looked pretty nice to most eyes — something many BlackBerry apps simply can’t claim. I have since strayed from my roots but do find it interesting to keep up with BlackBerry app news most days. If you’re looking for a fairly robust and aesthetically pleasing BlackBerry weather app, BerryWeather has been updated to 2.0! The greatest new feature (to me) is the ability to set the weather as your custom background — a pretty cool trick if I do say so myself. Other improvements include updated weather maps/radars, visual tweaks throughout, weather advisories and so much more. It is on the higher end (coming from someone used to cheap Android and iPhone apps) at $9.95. But for the weather junkies yearning to have functionality and style, BerryWeather is worth a gaze or two.
Coming off of yesterday’s review of BerryWeather, HandyWeather is following closely vying for your dollar and dedicated spot on your berry. As far as weather information is concerned, HandyWeather does a good job of laying out the information on the screen in a decent manner that is easy to read. Though, while the app isn’t ugly by any means, I much prefer BerryWeather’s visual appearance. HandyWeather is quick and simple to set up. However, settings hounds who love to control everything may find the apps settings menu a bit sparse as there are hardly any options to adjust yourself. Also, the lack of a “live” homescreen icon like BerryWeather’s makes this app less useful for those quick glances where you just want to see the temp/condition before heading out. Actually navigating to the app and opening it isn’t that long of a process, but, every feature counts. Finally, those still looking for a good weather radar app for Blackberry will be disappointed as HandyWeather doesn’t have one in sight. In quick conclusion, I would still have to rate BerryWeather as my favorite Blackberry weather application so far.
There’s so much more to know about HandyWeather – such as the unique graph like weather screen. For a much deeper and thorough review, head on over to my full review at **BB Geeks to get the full scoop.
Full Review Here (Copy/Paste):http://www.bbgeeks.com/software-reviews/handyweather.html
- February 23, 2009 2:21 pm
Blackberry users who also happen to be closet weather freaks or just simply want to know what the weather is take note as BBWeather has been updated to 0.84, albeit as an alpha so be careful as glitches and bugs aren’t ruled out. The developer, Tateu, from Blackberry Forums wants all to know that bugs and glitches are an ongoing fix and that 0.84 adds some notable new features. A new hourly forecast screen is now available as well as some new added shortcuts. All Blackberry devices running OS 4.3 and higher get in on the new update. Storm users take heed that their are some current image scaling issues however it is a known issue and will be fixed in future updates. The incorrectly scaled images can be scrolled through so nothing is really cut off per say. For the full list of new features as well as more forum discussion, check out BlackberryForums. Point you BB browser here to download BBWeather 0.84, and for more pictures come inside!
