Keep on Top of Current Conditions — With Lock Screen Weather on Your iPhone

Adding Lock Screen Weather to your iPhone or iPod touch can make a difference. After all, who wants to arrive at the meeting – or anywhere for that matter – soaking wet or freezing cold?

You’ll never have to with Lock Screen Weather on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The app gives you instant access to current, custom weather conditions as live wallpaper. All at the tap of a button. No need to start up or even unlock your device. Just launch Lock Screen Weather once and set your preferences. After that the weather forecast for your hometown (or pretty much any other city in the world) will be at your finger tips.

 No Jailbreak Required

There’s a complete range of icons and temperatures are given in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. The reports are updated regularly and the app includes an optional five-day forecast. Best of all, this clever little addition doesn’t require a jailbreak.

So what’s the downside? According to numerous comments sprinkled around the web, this app drains battery power at a mind-boggling rate. The system plays a silent track that allows the screen to be updated regularly but also plays havoc with your battery life.

Fortunately, Lock Screen Weather app isn’t as hard on your pocket book as it is on your battery. It’s available at the App Store for only $0.99.

A fresh snowfall is lovely to look at, but it creates havoc with the morning commute.  At least — it used to.  Now there’s “Winter Wake Up,” a smart new alarm clock app from Boondoggle that knows you need a few extra minutes on mornings when the weather’s not the best.

It’s easy to use — you simply specify how much earlier you’d like to be awakened in the event of inclement weather.  You might need an extra ten minutes to scrape the windshield of your car if there’s frost.  Maybe an extra twenty minutes to shovel the walks, in the case of a snowfall.  Just set it — and forget it.  During the night, Winter Warm Up monitors local weather conditions and then “decides” whether they warrant giving you an early wake-up call.

There’s even a check-box option for extreme winter conditions, which says “Don’t bother to wake me if the weather’s too bad.  I’ll work on Saturday.”  But before you select that one, you may want to consult your boss.

Winter Wake Up is available now, for both iPhone and Android.  It’s the perfect app to have in these dark days of winter.  The only downside is that you can no longer use the weather as an excuse, when you show up late to work.