My previous article covering an iPhone-to-Universal migration inspired me so much that I spent two days on getting the HD-upgrade for SpeakerClock ready to ship.
Changes
- Universal app, runs on iPhone and on iPad in native resolution
- Portrait Mode, now all orientations are supported
- Now screen flashes in the appropriate color when threshold to yellow or red is passed
- In-App Purchase for 5 presets instead of one
- Lot’s of minor usability improvements
I didn’t know if Apple would approve an iPad-ready app if it did not support all orientations. So I implemented a mode for portrait orientations for iPad and retrofitted it for iPhone as well.
A big thank you goes to Erica Sadun who inspired me to take on these changes. When I met her on the Voices That Matter Conference in Seattle she played around with SpeakerClock as if it where the coolest of all toys, making me really proud of it. But I cringed seeing the iPhone-app on her iPad so I definitely had to make a HD-version. I dedicate this one to Erica.
I also added the information on how to start and stop the timer to the instructions. Some people did not understand that you can do so by simply tapping the screen.
Also this version marks the end of the “free trial” for SpeakerClock 1.0. As soon as it goes live I will raise the price. So if you want to get it for free, then better get it now. If you liked 1.0 then the new + button is your chance to show your appreciation, it will give you 5 instead of 1 preset. A preset saves the timer starting value, the yellow and the red threshold values.
Personally I use SpeakerClock whenever I’m recording YouTube videos. A couple of times I went over the maximum of 10 minutes and my handy timer prevents this for good. Here’s a demo of the old and new features.
SpeakerClock 1.1. has been submitted to Apple for approval.
UPDATE: … has been approved.
UPDATE 2: … has a nasty bug where it would crash on all iPhones with an OS Version less than 4.0. So I already submitted an 1.1.1 update.
UPDATE 3: The 1.1.1 hotfix is now available on the app store.
Categories: Updates
