January 28, 2011

Alarm clock app design update

I did it again; just the other day, I set my alarm clock and didn't realize I hadn't switched the PM to AM!
To prevent that, I would've added a simple pictorial background in the built-in win phone 7 alarm app as a hard-to-not-miss visual indicator for the time of the day the alarm is set to. Easy!
 

And while we're at it, I don't like the tedious number scroll on the win phone 7.  And instead of bringing up the bulky keypad, why can't I just scribble the numbers in the huge touch device like the old palms and have the app interpret my handwriting? Faster!
 

Just fingering the letter 'A' should auto input 'AM' and vice versa.

The above design would not be easy to visualize mid day.  It would probably require this other layout. Reminds me of these old clocks I loved and we had around the house growing up. (the 2 o'clock probably needs to be tilted to the right more ;))
 

I'm loving the low fidelity finger painting mobile device app! :D

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