The Weather Network WeatherEye™ & Giveaway Contest
Karl Woll | January 8, 2009 7:42 amThe Weather Network has recently launched a new mobile application, called the WeatherEye™, which is very handy for outdoor recreation purposes.
WeatherEye™ Mobile:
Currently available as a free and easy download for both iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as all Blackberry® smartphones; the recently released WeatherEye™ Mobile application provides on the go and up to date weather information to over 5,000 cities in Canada, the United States, and Internationally. The application provides short and long term forecasts, current conditions, weather alerts, and severe weather warnings. WeatherEye™ Mobile also boasts the following key features:
- One touch access to general weather information
- Ability to add up to 20 cities (iPhone and iPod touch only)
- Active home screen icon that updates current conditions every 30 minutes (BlackBerry only)
- Links to mobile.theweathernetwork.com for additional information including: satellites and radar maps, traffic flow, flight tracker and health reports.
In the coming weeks, users will also have access to satellite and radar maps. To date, nearly 125,000 WeatherEye™ Mobile downloads have been completed via the iPhone App Store.
WeatherEye™ Desktop:
Currently available for Windows 98-XP, Vista, Mac OSX, and Yahoo!; the WeatherEye™ Desktop application provides the same forecasting, current condition, alert and severe weather warnings as the Mobile application, while also featuring weather updates for up to three different cities at the same time. WeatherEye™ Desktop also features direct links to video weather news, as well as RSS feed links. This free and easy download is available via The Weather Network site: http://outdoorvancouver.ca/wnfdesktop/
In promotion of these applications the Weather Network is offering a giveaway contest to the readers of Outdoor Vancouver. You can enter using the form below (Until midnight Jan 23, 2009) and the winner will receive the following package:
- The Weather Network branded winter survival kit (incl: batteries, matches, emergency blanket, candle, flashlight, gloves, hand warmers & emergency first aid supplies
- The Weather Network branded thermometer keychain (2)
- The Weather Network branded pen set
The Contest is now closed, congrats to Donna K!
