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Watchmaker v1.5.3

Size: 43 KB
Date: July 27, 2007 (Updated)
Type: Freeware
Requirements:
  • Any hardware
  • Palm OS v5.0
Download:
  • Watchmaker1.5.3.zip

Author: Jaap Steilberg
Email: n/a



Description:
Watchmaker is a clock with alarm, time setting and clock correction.

It features:

  • Analog clocks in high resolution. New: Multi-color digital clock.
  • Skin with big clockface and wristwatch design.
  • Digital skin with 3D-effect for time and date.
  • Digital skin with font style.
  • Intuitive user-interface: Time and alarm setting by touch-screen clockface.
  • Comet-Alarm: With a single tap on the clock-face, set an alarm within the next hour. New: Easy cancellation.
  • Daily and weekly alarm.
  • Sound support for libraries, repeat function and reminder screen on demand. New: Volume can be set independently, or follows system preferences.
  • Dynamic time setting with second adjustment.
  • Clock speed correction for a more accurate time.
  • AM/PM and 24h formats.
  • Layout and colors of the skins can be customized.
  • Skin-editor with tabs for layout and colors.
  • The panel shows day and month in the language of your Palm OS.
  • Application languages: English, French and German.
  • Anti flicker option, to avoid screen-flickering.
  • With a hardware button toggle between Watchmaker and the original Palm application. Take glance at clock with auto-off.
  • Needs Palm OS 5.0 or up, and high density display 320x320 or up.

Update Description:
21-Jul-07 v1.5.3:

  • New skin "Airport".
  • Bug fix: dismiss alarms with one tap on the native pop up.
  • Bug fix: The native popup will turn on the screen. (Treo 680 and up)
  • Bug fix: The share app function cannot cause a soft-reset anymore.
  • Bug fix: The next alarm function is now without drift correction time.
  • Bug fix: No blank screen under the keyguard.
  • Bug fix: Bypass the keyguard if using the 3 second auto-off.
  • Many thanks to maceyr of PalmDiscovery for beta testing.
05-Jan-07 v1.5.2 :
  • Updated for new Daylight Saving Time in USA and Canada.
  • The LED skin has a new option "Binary".
26-Sep-06 v1.5.1:
  • New skin "Digital LED" replacing font skin.
  • Optional native pop up.
  • "Next alarm" shows now alarms within the next 24 hours.
06-Jul-06 v1.5:
  • New gadgets for the panel: Battery indicator and display next alarm to fire.
  • Crescendo alarm: Gradually increase the sound volume for your wake up call.
  • Three new skins: In "Day & Night" the hour hand makes one revolution in 24 hours; with cities around the world.
  • New option: Keep handheld on, while charging.
  • Clock face setting and number block setting can now be mixed.
26-Apr-06 v1.4.3:
  • Optional language for day and month: Dutch.
15-Dec-05 v1.4.2:
  • Bug fixed: "Share Button" can fail, if some filenames on the handheld start with a space.
  • Bug fixed: Lock after hotsync, if you wait until power-off and start up again with the WatchM buttom.
  • Bug fixed: Canceling a running timer did not work.
  • Friendlier landing if you try to start WatchM on a low-resolution device.
v1.3.2 - September 14, 2005:
  • Problem solved: Blanking the screen, interfere with other applications.
  • The default for clock correction is now "Disabled".
  • Flash alarm: Tap repeatedly one digit on the clockface.
  • All prc's and readme's (English, French, German) are up to date now.
v1.3.1:
  • The hardware button shares now with ANY application you choose.
  • Less heap memory (RAM) needed.






Reviews:

** [Aug 2, 2007] by Georges
From the description, I thought it would work on a OS 5.4 Palm Z22. This is not the case - 320x320 is a requirement...

***** [Jul 24, 2007] by GratefulUser
This program is outstanding! Terrific features and a very nice interface. The flash alarm feature is the nicest bit of user interface design I have seen in a long time: brilliantly intuitive to use.

***** [May 24, 2007] by James McKinney
This program is now the ONLY alarm application I use. Probably the best piece of freeware software I've found!

***** [Mar 18, 2007] by Ivo Moelans
I love this program! I just upgrade from the 1.4.x version to 1.5.2. I thought it couldn't be improved but it was. Love the choice of alarm sets, the notification of the next alarm on the clock face and so on and so on... I use it the whole day through. It wakes me up,it reminds me when the 13:00 News begins, it replaces my wristwatch(which I hate to wear). I reminds when I have to take my daily medication and I program my TV-evening with it. In between some TV-programs I use the Flash alarm while zapping to kill the time. I also use the Flash alarm when parking at a place where there is a meter. Furthermore: the program is very well behaved. It never crashes or causes a reset. It is simply brilliant. Thank you very, very much. It made my Treo 650 into a sophisticated time-manager and it made my day to day life much easier.

***** [Jan 11, 2007] by Belthur
I just love this. The best clock I have ever seen in any platform. I love the Binary. I just have a small request. Can you throw in an option to show the time with seconds in Binary mode. Just to learn.

***** [Jan 9, 2007] by KO
Does any one know how to disable alarm ? The manual is not clear about it.

***** [Jan 8, 2007] by TM
It wakes me everyday! I use it as my watch. Works flawlessly on Treo 650. A must have!

***** [Sep 15, 2006] by AnitaWho
Number one alarm clock! Version 1.5 runs flawless and this new crescendo is a great for you wake up call.

** [Sep 12, 2006] by Cy Schubrert
I'm giving this application a poor rating as there has been some regression since 1.4.2. Gone is the ability to set alarms using a number block. The next alarm option (listed as Next A. in Layout) doesn't appear to work. I installed 1.5 on one of my T|E's however I will keep 1.4.2 on the other T|E and on my TX as I feel it is superior to 1.5. On the other hand, 1.4.2 was an excellent application and it deserves an excelent (*****) rating. I hope the regressed functions return.

***** [Jul 28, 2006] by superbiji
Run very good in my treo 650. But while popping up alert and playing long midi.. I can not press any key (not responding) until midi stop. Thanks anyway

***** [Jul 9, 2006] by Clié Patra
Still excellent, but in this new version 1.5 I couldn't find an option to toggle the Help button??

***** [Jun 7, 2006] by TreoMan
This is unfair dskwared. As you read in the description above, you need a high density display 320x320, something you don't have on a Treo 600. On my Treo 650 Watchmaker is great!

** [Jun 4, 2006] by dskwared
This app is not compatible with the Palm Treo 600 SmartPhone. I know that another review below stated this, but had to find out the hard way.

***** [May 5, 2006] by Clié Patra
This is really the best clock for Palm handhelds. Runs great on my TH55. I love the way you can configure each clockface, and how you can set short cooking timers by just one tap on a round clockface. The low footprint of the .prc file, the overall look and feel, and the fact that it's FREE, make this THE clock for ANY Palm OS device. Forget the competition, even the commercial alternatives don't come close to this. THANK YOU for sharing this with us.

***** [Mar 12, 2006] by chris
Almost exactly what I've been looking for! Nice clean interface with full color customizability. I love that I can set the background to be black to make the clock easier to look at at night...why don't more programs do that? Only thing I would add is 480x320 support so I don't have to see the DIA.

***** [Feb 2, 2006] by Robert
A dedicated BigClock supporter, I was amazed by this HiRes wonder. I just wish it had a 320x480 version. Thumbs up and thank you!

***** [Oct 13, 2005] by KJH
This is an excellent program and runs flawlessly on my Zire 72. I LOVE not setting my alarm everyday. I can't believe this is free.

***** [Sep 18, 2005] by J.Riordan
Awesome program to set multi daily alarms. Can even pick what days you want alarm (I have one reminding me Mon-Fri to pick up son from bus stop) Very user friendly program. Thanks to reviewer MC about changing alarm sounds. GREAT FREEWARE!

***** [May 28, 2005] by MC
What an EXCELLENT app! I emailed the developer and got a reply back within a day! I wanted more alarms and he told me to run a second copy of the app by changing the WatchM name (eg.WatchM-2) and CreatorID WaMa (eg.WaM2) to something else and install another copy of WatchMaker. The new one will pick up the alarms I've previously set and I've got factory alarms on the WatchM-2! Also, to edit the Daily Alarm 1 name to something else, simply go to the specific alarm, click on the time of the alarm so you get the clock. Click on the >>> button to the settings. Then, edit the Daily Alarm 1 to your personal alarm note. If the developer didn't reply back, I probably wouldn't have known.Best thing about this app is that it's so SMALL in size! I love small APPS! Thanks again to Jaap!

**** [Dec 19, 2004] by Bengt
This program looks quite good and is exactly what I'm looking for... its neat and tidy and although has all function a watch really needs. But unfortunatelly I can't use it for my m130 because it only has OS 4.1. and I would be very happy if you could make a version that works on systems other than OS5.

** [Dec 19, 2004] by Frank
I regret this alarm doesn't work on a treo 600.

***** [Dec 19, 2004] by Ivo
Very neat interface with nice features, espacially the comet-alarm! I tried several clock apps, and wiped them out after 10 minutes, but this one will stay, I think. Good job! Make a better (smaller) icon, and it will be excellent. :)

***** [Nov 5, 2004] by puddintame
I've longed for my PDA to have an alarm clock that I didn't have to reset every day! This works great! Plus, the Comet Alarm comes in handy. Works great on my Zire 71

***** [Nov 4, 2004] by Patrick Lucas
Great Program! I would like more alarms though and the ability to choose an alarm sound when setting the alarm time. I would also like the option of showing a big digital clock instead of the analog face.

**** [Oct 31, 2004] by HY Leung
The clock correction feature is a very good idea but needs improvement. It only allows maximum correction of 5 seconds per day, but my Tungsten E slows down by more than 100 seconds a day!

***** [Oct 30, 2004] by Bill Quinlan
this is a terrific program. My only wish is that it would provide for more alarms. The author is very generous in making it free! I've seen lesser programs going for $5-10.

*** [Oct 30, 2004] by Billy
First of all, It's only support 5.0 OS...not any OS. I've Zire and doesn't work.


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