PhotoCLOCK offers no auto-lock prevention, no way of muting the annoying once-a-minute countdown audio, and no way to set which pictures appear on screen-it’s completely random. Within each frame, the photos are panned and zoomed, at times causing the images to look pixelated. These photos appear only during the final five seconds of each minute, accompanied by a 24-style countdown beep. Placed around this clock are two, three, or four photos, randomly chosen from a selection of images the user specifies in the settings menu, and placed in black frames with a layout reminiscent of the split-screen portions of the show 24. The app displays the time in 24-hour format, inside a smallish box at the center of the screen, whether in horizontal (home button on the left only) or vertical orientation. Unfortunately, the app actually displays photos less than 10% of the time, severely hampering one of its main features. ($1) to pay equal attention to both photos and time-telling. Given its name, one might expect PhotoCLOCK 1.0.1 from BottleCube, Inc. This app will no doubt delight users who typically leave their devices docked on their desks throughout the day. While we think PhotoFrame should also work in landscape orientation, and the addition of an alarm would be a nice touch, it does a very good job of turning an iPhone or iPod touch into a digital photo frame and stylish clock.
The time is displayed in a size large enough to be seen at a glance from a reasonable distance away, making PhotoFrame fine for desk or night stand use. When active, the program disables the device’s auto-sleep mode, and uses roughly the top two-thirds of the screen for displaying photos, with the time (including seconds), day of the week, and date listed in a stylish box at the bottom. Operating in vertical orientation only, PhotoFrame lets users configure slideshows of up to 20 photos, with options to adjust the slideshow speed between 5 and 120 seconds per slide, and toggle a 24-hour mode on and off. PhotoFrame 1.2 from Chilli X ($1) is a combination digital photo frame and clock application for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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