A little something for the BlackBerry Storm users today. Came across the ‘Hourly Chime and Speaking Clock’ app a little earlier today, and it’s certainly noteworthy. The app will make your Storm chime each hour, plus… a whole lot more. Check out the official description from the folks at AIM Productions:
Keep track of time with this nifty little utility on your phone. With this tiny tool, your phone will chime on each full hour, like most digital watches. But there is much more.
The chime sound is fully customizable. There are 18 chimes installed with the program, ranging from very modest time pulse signals and subtle zen-style sounds to sonars, bells, church bells, Big Ben, etc…. Ofcourse you can also set any of your personal favourite MP3 (or other soundfile formats) as chime sound. Or, you can even let your phone TELL you the time in “Speaking Clock” mode. You can select the chime to be played once every hour, or use the “churchbell” mode to play the chime X times the actual hour.
Since you probably don’t want to be woken up each hour at night, you can choose to play the chime only during the hours you want it, i.e. only from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. Hourly Chime runs fully in the background, has very small file size and consumes very little battery power.
This one is available in English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish. You’ll need a BlackBerry Storm ‘or compatible’ device running OS 4.6+. To get started, head on over to MobiHand for more info on the Hourly Chime and Speaking Clock. A purchase will set you back $6.99.