It’s 9am in the morning here in Viterbo, Italy. It’s sunny outside, I’ve slept 5 good hours, girlfriend is still sleeping but the Espresso machine is already on ready to get rolling for some good black coffee. The day couldn’t have started better than this. Also, inbox is full and the phone doesn’t have too many missed calls. Hell, the world loves me today.
This is how I wake up pretty much everyday. I know, I have a damn good life around me. But you know, there’s something missing from the typical out-of-bed, ready-to-work workflow I described above: checking the actual weather for the day, and the upcoming days. I don’t know why, I’ve always been used to checking the forecast since I was kid; I remember that back then I watched the tv every morning before going to school, but being evolved into the perfect web 2.0 guy, the iPhone does the job quite perfectly now. And so before the making of the coffee (real espresso, not that Starbucks fake shit you americans drink) comes the “let’s check the weather” moment where I sit down, wake up the dog and fire up Outside to see what the temperature is like and what’s gonna happen during the week. Outside is a great and well designed app by Robocats, be sure to read our review if you missed it.
Today I’d like to talk about this new and simple application called “The Weather” which allows you to quickly see what the temperature’s like and get a basic forecast for the week. Also, we’ve got 9 promo codes to give away.
The Weather’s design is simple and geared towards usability. Once you’ve fired up the application and allowed it to fetch your current location, The Weather will pin your place on a Google Map and that’s it. You can search for a new location or favorite the one you’re in. Then you can check the “current weather”; switch to the second tab and here you go with this nice designed screen showing a lot of information in a rather small real estate. There’s the wind chill, temperature, humidity, wind speed, pressure and today’s forecast: everything you could ask for.
Last tab is Forecast which, as you can guess, gives you a forecast for the week. Each day is indeed another tab that, when pressed, brings you to that specific day’s forecast divided into moments of the day. Quite accurate, from what I’ve tested so far.
Overall, The Weather is a nice discovery.At $.99 in the App Store you might consider purchasing it.
But before you go spending money from your credit card, why not get the change to win one of the 9 copies we’re giving away? Entering the contest is simple.
Rules
Leave a comment here, and tell us why you’d like to win a copy of The Weather.Also, have you tried other weather apps for iPhone before?
We’ll pick up the winners on Wednesday, March 10th.
Good luck!
