Fizz Weather 2.0 Released

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.fizzsoftware.com/pocketpc/fizzweather/index.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.fizzsoftware.com/pocketp...ather/index.htm</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050723-FizzWeather2.jpg" /><br /><i>"Fizz Weather is a fully featured application &amp; home screen plug-in. Supporting over 58,000 cities world wide we have one of the best, most comprehensive weather reporting tools for your mobile device. Features include: global coverage, 7 day full forecasts, 2 day forecasts (6 hourly intervals), current location conditions, weather maps with zoom and pan support, ski reports from popular global resorts, airport delays, weather warnings and alerts in the US, customizable interface with amazing new graphics and skins..."</i><br /><br />Fizz Weather 2.0 has been released. With support for over 58,000 cities and VGA/True VGA support, the new release can be sampled for free or purchased from <a href="http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=169101&productType=2">Handango</a> at a July price of $9.99.<br /><br />Note that localised English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch versions of the application are also available. [Affiliate]

[Jonathan1]

Woah. I'm going to have to try this out when I get home.

[ctmagnus]

Do me a favour, if you don't mind? Can you check to see if Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (www.kickinghorseresort.com) is listed as one of the ski resorts?

[Jonathan1]

Do me a favour, if you don't mind? Can you check to see if Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (www.kickinghorseresort.com) is listed as one of the ski resorts?

Its an "interesting" interface but as best as I can tell Golden BC isn't in the list.

[ctmagnus]

Does it accept the CAXXxxxx/USXXxxxx-style codes? PocketWeather and WeatherPanel can generate the codes if you can find a lesser-known location in their databases, and the only way I can get the local weather in Spb weather is by using that code (which, incidentally, is CAXX0167).

[Fizz Software]

Hi all, Just to let you know that Kicking Horse and Golden BC are supported as cities in their own right. Although Kicking Horse resort is obviously closed at the moment with regards to ski reports, we believe that it would be supported once open. Whistler/Blackcomb is still open and reporting successfully.

If a city is not listed in the initial list, then you can add it using the city lookup feature. Simply go to the city list and choose Add city, enter the name (or partial name) of the city, or the US zip code and select Lookup. If the city is supported (and 58,000 are!) then it will appear in the list and you will be able to select it. Full documentation is included in the zip file that you download.

Let me know if you have any more questions,

Nicky
Fizz Software

[rob_ocelot]

Looks very nice!

Do you have to enter the weather maps manually as a .jpg URL or do you start with large standard continental maps that you can zoom into your desired location?

[Fizz Software]

The weather maps are matched to the city that you have selected and yes, they will usually be large maps which you can zoom. We have access to many more maps showing different details and also in higher resolution, we will be utilsing more of these in future versions, so look out for these coming soon.

Nicky
Fizz Software

[StarTide]

I am having two issues. One is when changing cities on the today screen the background and text of the weather program become washed out, the text changes from black to white and is not readable.

Also, cannot get the preferred start page of the program to default to 7 days, it always seems to go to the day view.

Using an iPaq 1940 WM2003

Startide

[buzzard]

Will this program work with PPC2002 ?

[sheureka]

The weather maps are matched to the city that you have selected and yes, they will usually be large maps which you can zoom. We have access to many more maps showing different details and also in higher resolution, we will be utilsing more of these in future versions, so look out for these coming soon.I don't seem to be able to get maps for any of my cities - what's the trick? - sheureka

[Fizz Software]

Startide - Your issue with the start page is probably due to your copy of the program still being a trial, this works correctly in the full version. With regard to your Today screen problem, could you email a screen shot to support (at) fizzsoftware (dot) com and we will investigate further.

Buzzard - There isn't a publically available 2002 version at the moment, but again, if you email support we will try to help you.

Sheureka - Which cities are you trying to fetch the weather maps for ? Canyou fetch other weather data successfully ? The maps are fine as far as we know.

Nicky
Fizz Software

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[Scottwood2]

Any plans for including marine weather forcasts? I am interested in the US Great Lakes areas.

Thx

[Fizz Software]

We have access to Marine forecasts, Buoy conditions and Tide tables and hope to bring these to Fizz Weather in a future version.

Nicky
Fizz Software