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Posted February 12th 2010 under iPhone
The BirdBox Alarm Clock created by design consultancy Luckybite (Durrell Bishop & Tom Hulbert), packaged under the Luckybits brand (for releasing products), is an interesting way of making money from the app store.
The app is free, but you pay for the self assembly card BirdBox. Its a neat idea for a revenue stream and I like it as a product too, its quirky fun and its nice waking up to the sounds of chirping birds, puts a smile on your day.
The app itself is great to use. The night mode darkens the screen only showing the clock hands, good for not being too bright when you want to sleep. Setting the alarm time you simply scroll an arrow on the clock face around. In daytime mode you can also get an hourly cuckoo clock style alert too. Unfortunately (like all apps) they can’t run whilst you are in sleep mode, so you need to keep the device powered and not locked. Not too bad if you already charge your phone overnight.
“The BirdBox turns your free app into a nesting box/cuckoo alarm clock. The box is made of high quality heavy card and comes flat. It is easy to assemble and has lots of nice features: Tap through the hole and the clock doors open to see the birds nesting » Lifting the lid also raises the iPhone out of the box » Choose the box colour you like and the app has a clock face to match”.
You can watch the video here. Someone has also made a review video here.
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