bigclock

BigClock is a freeware clock. It runs on any PalmOS compatible device.
( Features - Download - Awards - Screenshots - History - User Comments)

Features

Color support with background images
numbers displayed in very large letters
up to 4 worldtimes (+ local time)
up to 4 alarms
up to 4 timers/counters
four configurable sounds
snooze
silent alarm
backlight alarm
talelight alarm
am/pm and 24h format can be mixed
eight configurable display pages (grouped in two sets)
alarm "once", "every day", "selected days" or on selectable interval (e.g. chime every hour)
several timer modes like "alarm", "loop" and "alarm & go on"
money timer and alternating timers (chessclock)
alarms based on selectable worldtime
date detail with week, day and hour in year (and left in year)
Theme support with background images and customizable fonts
HandEra 330 high resolution support

Read the complete documentation online.

Download
Click here to download BigClock.

Awards

Coolest and Top50 on Eurocool

5 Stars on PalmPilotSoftware (ZDNet)

4 1/2 Planes on Pilotzone

Screenshots

History

New in V2.83

BugFix: Handera switching silk month view on pagechange
New: Beaming themes
New: HighColor (16 Bit) theme support
New: BigClock theme creator (windows application)
New: Theme webpage: http://www.gacel.de/bigclock/theme
New: Handera high resolution support (a Handera theme must be installed to enable this)
BugFix: Crash on "Reset all data"
As usually several small changes and bugfixes.
Source release on webpage finally updated

New in V2.82

New: Theme support in grayscale (only OS 3.5+ )
New: special LOUD alarm sounds
New: Lock timer layout option
New: Always start on first page option
Bugfix: running in flash
Bugfix: disable autooff while playing alarm sounds
BugFix: Exiting application from color options
BugFix: Improved sound test
Bugfix: Weeks left display in date detail
Changed: mayor internal changes
Changed: Manual now black on white

New in V2.81

Changed: moved to PRC Tools 2.0 ( and multi segment app)
BugFix: negative timer values
BugFix: Changed page names not updated
BugFix: 00:xx am -> 12:xx am
Changed: Analog time seconds hand single line
BugFix: Cross removed after alarm trigger once

New in V2.8

New: Color and Theme support
New: History for Alarm and Timer labels
New: Timer+ panel displays timer and controls
New: Money/Distance timer ("Multiply with" option)
New: Alternating timers (Chessclock)
New: Preferences option to ignore system alarm sound off
New: Improved user interface
Several bugfixes

New in V2.7

New: html manual
New: Timer displays >24h as dd/hh:mm
New: Timer relative to date (only PalmOS 3.1+)
New: Panel VTimer (no control, bold caption)
Changed: Snooze (now the snooze sounds current time + snoozetime when alarm screen is closed)
Changed: Layout options
Changed: Internal panel managment
Changed: Analag time panel
BugFix: Alarm Display ("snow" problem after alarm)
BugFix: some problems with snooze
BugFix: alarm checkbox updated with trigger "once"
BugFix: exit BigClock from Set Time screen
BugFix: Week left in Date detail

V2.61

New: BigClock Newsletter, subscribe at http://www.gacel.de/bigclock.htm
New: Analog time panels
New: Sysinfo panel
Added: Weeknumber in month view
BugFix: Alarm display, finally should work on all os versions in all special cases
BugFix: Truncated World name labels (this bug probably caused a lot of other problems like crashes)
BugFix: canceled snooze on selected days
BugFix: reset timer in go on mode sets direction down

V2.6

New: Month view panel
New: Timer mode "alarm & loop" (experimental, see manual for details)
New: Timer mode "go on" and "alarm & go on"
New: Option to disable Auto-off while timer is running
New: "Turn off Snooze" text on alarm screen
New: Backup options on hotsync
New: Text on Set Time Screen
BugFix: Display of Alarm Base
BugFix: "Table already has focus" error after alarm display
BugFix: Font size after alarm
BugFix: Edit Title of Local Time
BugFix: Date change in Set Time screen
BugFix: No Alarm sound if Alarms are set to Off in the preferences
BugFix: Memory leak on stop snooze
Changed: layout options display "24h" instead of "am/pm"
Changed: layout options display "24h" instead of "am/pm"
Changed: Moved sounds menu and added quick change buttons

V2.51

BugFix: Alarmsound test

V2.5

Bugfix: Crash on timer > 1 Minute
Bugfix: Date display format
Bugfix: Alarm Display
Changed: on multiple request: the original font
Changed: Date detail display
Changed: Timer controls display
Changed: All Text in resource for easy translation
Changed: source more ordered

V2.4

New: Edit for Worldtime name on world options screen
New: Tap above "Alarm" turns snooze of
New: If trigger is "Once" the checkbox gets disabled after the alarm
New: "Set Time" screen which updates worldtimes
Changed: internal bigfont storage and display
Bugfix: Alarm display in some special cases
Bugfix: Chime Trigger
Bugfix: Snooze Timer
Bugfix: Large Timezone offset
Bugfix: Unlock resource

V2.3

Bugfix: no alarm after reset
"Pause" in the sound dialog works for the system sounds too
Version display in about fixed
Bugfix: negative worldtime offset smaller 1h

V2.22

Some internal changes
Default panels on second set changed
Timer type on timer panel displayed
Sound-Test interruptable

V2.21

Bugfix: Hour display on date detail

V2.2

New: TaleLight support
New: Timer alarm second exact while Palm off
New: Small icon
Bugfix: Week of year (i hope it works now correct *g*)
Bugfix: Negative Worldtimes are incremented
Bugfix: Chime with 00:00

V2.1

New: Detail date display with week/day/hour of year, weeks/days/hours left in year
New: Panel with two worldtimes
New: Empty panel
New: Chime feature (alarm at selectable interval)
New: Name of timebase in alarm options and under checkbox
New: Changing options of active alarm/timer
New: Two layouts to switch
New: Faster checkbox switch
New: Alarms are now even displayed if an other alarm is currently open
Bugfix: Alarm while datebook alarm is displayed (stack usage redruced)
Bugfix: Y/M/D display
Bugfix: timer "simple mode"
Bugfix: lockup with all days disabled

V2.01

Bugfix: alarm names
Bugfix: autoclose
the up/down keys now can close the alarm screen

V2.0

up to 4 alarms, 4 worldtimes and 4 timers
option: alarm triggered "every day"/"on selected days"/"once"
silent alarm
free configurable snoozer
timezones setable as hours/minutes in options
backlight/snoozer/silent alarm in timer
4 free configuarable alarmsounds
pagenames can be changed
new icon
bugfix: update without deleting old version possible

V1.7

bugfix, large snooze times
bugfix, only right halve of alarm checkbox worked
limit the maximum of snooze alarms

V1.61

bugfix, changing app while in options/layout

V1.6

am/pm bugfix
snooze feature
auto close of alarm screen
alarms based on worldtime
alarm with backlight
up/down button to change screen

User comments

"Just downloaded version 2.5 of Big Clock. The program is better than ever! The new features work great! Thanks!"

"BigClock is an excellent program. I think it should be given a 6-star award instead of five, simply because this program is an wonder. This is a MUST program to download. You have all my support."

"Jens, thank you so much for making what may be one of the most useful freeware Palm apps around. What makes it particularly useful is the ease of the user interface--reminds me a bit of something I might find on my old Newton MessagePad 2100. Thanks again!"

"Thanks for Big Clock. Downloaded it along with three others -- anaclock, cesium and another, which I forget the name of, because it's gone already. Yours is the best. A keeper. Good work"

"Just want you to know I love your BigClock program. I had downloaded and was shareware testing Cesium. Then I found your's on Pilotgear. I find your's at least as good functionally and with more features I like such as tone setting of alarms and such. Admittedly it's not as "user friendly" (but AOL is user friendly for all the wrong reasons, know what I mean?) but that's because of all the flexibility and ability to set BigClock up as I like it. Which is more important in my opinion. Thanks for a useful program."

"Thanks again for BigClock. It has better features than _many_ of the commercial programs. My favorite is the ability to add a small note to alarms, and countdowns, and now, the new sounds."

"Thanks for a great program! It does everything I want and more!"

"Ich benutze seit kurzem ihre "Big Clock" auf meinem Palm III. Ich bin Pilot bei der Lufthansa und dauernd auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs. Ihre BC ist genau das Programm auf das ich seit langem gewartet habe. Ich benutze es hauptsaechlich um Weckzeiten für verschiedene Zeitzonen einzugeben. Ausserdem benutze ich die Timerfunktion auch im Cockpit waehrend des Fluges recht haeufig. Das Programm ist sehr übersichtlich und leicht zu bedienen. Vielen Dank."

Just wanted to say thanks for your freeware program Big Clock+. I just recently purchased a Palm III and was extremely disappointed to find that I had spent all that money and the thing didn't even have a daily alarm. I have owned Sharp organizers etc. before and I just assumed that the Palm III would have the features I take for granted on an electronic organizer. I started looking at all the downloads that were available and was getting pretty depressed thinking I was going to have to shell out more money to get what I think should be a standard application. I am sure glad I kept browsing until I found your freeware program. I have only been using it a couple days but I think it works just fine. Thanks again for providing such an essential application for free.

"First of all, let me congratulate you on what I believe to be one of the most useful pieces of software I have installed on my Palm III. After all, it wakes me up every morning, which is not an easy task to do..."

"I just downloaded the Big Clock v2.01 and installed it on my Palm III. I have been using Clockworks, but I like your program better. Thank you for making it freeware.

"First time, I installed your Big Clock ver.1.7 November. I felt "I want more world time area" then. Yesterday, I got&installed your new Big Clock(ver.2.01) It is wonderfull!! New version has 4 world time areas. Now, Big Clock is one of my favarite application."