Comments on: iPhone App of the Week – MyWeather Mobile

By: Jon N

Jon N — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:56:06 +0000

I just switched from WeatherBug to The Weather Channel’s iPhone app (free!). It has the typical weather.com current, hourly, 36 hour and 10 day forecasts. It also has radar, severe weather alerts, and Weather Channel video for your selected location. You can select your location by city, zip, or current GPS location and save to favorite locations. You can’t grab locations from contacts and it doesn’t have trend information. Although, weather trend data is available on weather.com so I wouldn’t be surprised to see that hit the app in the future. When it comes down to it, I’d much rather save $10 and use the feature-rich weather channel app.

By: Ron Loewen

Ron Loewen — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:30:01 +0000

Terry, leave it to you to discern the exceptional attributes of the My Weather iPhone app. You have a really knack for zeroing in on apps and technology that are high value game changers. While most people think weather applications are generic, “me-to” products, you picked an application that offers unique value, value worth the investment. The MyWeather feature set obliterates WeatherBug and the other free apps. One note: MyWeather is getting raves for their customer service. The developers listen to their customers, quickly respond to user comments….pro and con, and are quick to implement user suggestions. The company behind MyWeather Mobile is a mega-name in the weather technology sector. The Mandarin version of the app will soon be available in Hong Kong and China.

By: Jude Mansilla

Jude Mansilla — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:41:01 +0000

Terry, this isn’t so much about the app (as I’m currently a BlackBerry user), as much as it is that you mentioned you’re in Michigan. I was at your presentation yesterday night in Birmingham, and you did a fantastic job with that, man! You generated a lot of excitement about CS4, and your feature highlights generated (as I’m sure you heard) many an ooh and ahh. Thanks for coming out to see us.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:18:52 +0000

I don’t know what version of the built-in app you’ve been using, but the one on my iPhone shows a six-day forecast including precipitation icons. Granted, MyWeather Mobile goes into more detail on specific stats for those who want them, but the built-in app has more features than you give it credit for.

By: David Flory

David Flory — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:03 +0000

You didn’t describe the feature which is the most important to me, the weather radar map. Here in Texas it allows me to view to the movement of thunder storms and predict for myself whether I have time for a walk before the sky opens up with torrential downpour. This app has the best radar mapping I’ve seen.