Rival conditions apps from The Weather Channel and AccuWeather have been revamped with iOS 5 compatibility and update art that give your local weather condition the feel of a top - flight picture game .
The Weather Channel for iPad
interlingual rendition 3.0 of The Weather Channel for iPad found on Thursday , with new animated backgrounds render your local weather conditions , a feature reminiscent of the MLB.com At Bat 11 effort — but one that is only available for user of the iPad 2 .
The Weather Channel for iPad
Users of original iPads will have access to the app ’s other features , though , including a spinning globe that offers quick coup d’oeil of weather around the creation , as well as customizable weather mapping . The accent on graphics may be why the app gobble up a sinewy 89.4 MB of storage blank — not as much as an HD video biz for iPad , perhaps , but more than 10 multiplication the amount used byAccuWeather ’s pad of paper apps . That made for a extended wait when I downloaded the app this morning .
The update Weather Channel app also position a new accent on fundamental interaction with its audience , let appendage of its iWitness Weather connection upload exposure of their local status — photos which are then overlaid on weather map find elsewhere in the app .
The update comes a few days after The Weather Channel ’s iPhone app was also revamped for iOS 5 compatibility . Updates in that app were focused mostly on performance issues , with the developers saying that they worked to better the speed and stability of maps and radar screen .
AccuWeather Platinum
AccuWeather PlatinumMeanwhile , AccuWeather last week relaunched its two tablet apps — AccuWeather Free and AccuWeather Platinum — with iOS 5 compatibility , and also with riotous nontextual matter than in former versions . The apps mix with iCloud , allowing setting within the app to be saved across devices . They also feature funding for both Notification Center and the tight Twitter desegregation witness in iOS 5 . The dispute between the two AccuWeather apps ? The $ 1 atomic number 78 version is advert - free .
The Weather Channel for iPad is loose , and compatible with tablets run iOS 4.2 or later on . The iPhone app is also liberal , and compatible with devices running iOS 4.0 or after . AccuWeather ’s apps lick only with iOS 5 ; the company say it will retrofit the apps for compatibility with translation of Io 4 in future updates .
