I've always been a fan of counting down to big events. Vacations, birthdays, weddings or what have you, I'm the guy who stuck the countdown timer on his Myspace page. I've tried many ways of keeping track of what events are coming up but sometimes things just get lost in the shuffle. Yesteday I came across a very cool app in the CrackBerry App Store that will solve all my countdown woes. CountDown Icon is an inexpensive, simple app that lets you place a countdown icon on your device. Set the event name and start time and fire it up. CountDown Icon shows the remaining days as an icon and can even pop up remiders as your see fit. Use it for big trips, birthdays, holidays, family functions and much more. CountDown Icon is available in the CrackBerry App Store for just $0.99.
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Keep track of upcoming events with CountDown Icon for BlackBerry
i can use that to countdown to the playbook....as soon as theres an office release date that is
How many events can you input into this at one time?
@DrewDT: just one right now. The goal is to represent the count in the homescreen icon, more than one set of numbers gets a little tight.
I purchased this app yesterday but the date gets cropped off so I need a method to reduce the font size.
It's a bit of a let down that you can't just have multiple events and have the count down represent either the closest event or an event of your choosing. It's not bad for 0.99 but I was really disappointed I couldn't have multiple count downs going at once. Hopefully in a newer version that becomes an option. If it has the ability to auto clear an event you would think it would have the ability to queue up a set of dates and plug in the next one in line.
I have to agree that it would be nice to be able to input multiple events and have it display the closest event. I recently purchased an app called ThinkOfMe which only covers Anniversaries and Birthdays by taking dates from the addressbook. If I click on the app itself it gives me a rundown of how many days remaining for all the dates entered.
Something like this would serve CountDownIcon well; display the closest event on the homescreen but if the user clicks on the app they get to see the countdowns of all the dates they entered. Also, being able to back up to media card would be important. I hope they are open to these suggestions. I would buy it in a heartbeat if it had that functionality.
I found Twinkle quite good for tracking multiple items.
And Twinkle is free
Thanks for this!
@DrewDT, @jzajac: Thanks for the comments, we'll explore stacked, multiple events in future versions of CountDown Icon.
Can I make a suggestion for those who review apps? A piece of info that I would consider relevant would be what the permission demands of the app are. Some also require a user account setup, which would also be nice to know before attempting to download. Just a suggestion. I like having a blog that introduces new apps.
What theme is that? Simple but slick.
It's the standard OS 6 theme on the Torch