aClock - a complete time management solution
 
 
  Features
 
 
Click here to purchase aClock at a very attractive price.
 

aClock is a complete time management solution for your mobile. It includes the following modules and features:

World Clock
  • Built-in 2000+ cities DST information.
  • Shows up to 10 city clocks on your mobile.
  • Meeting planner - if it's 9am, what time is it in Paris?
  • Online city database update service.
World Alarm
  • Aligned alarm time to a specified time zone.
  • Multiple alarms are supported.
  • Flexible alarm repeating preferences.
  • Support vibration, MP3/MIDI and all system supported audio files.
Time Map
  • Shows city clocks on a fantastic world map.
  • Shows day/night map.
  • Customize the display with various options.
Analog Clock
  • State-of-the-art analog clocks.
  • Handy calendar.
  • Shows day of year, week of year.
Stopwatch
  • Not only shows lap times, but also speed per lap.
  • Shows time with the big LED style digits.
  • Keep on ticking even in the background.
  • With accuracy up to 0.001s.
Date Calculation
  • Calculate duration between two dates.
  • What date is it in X days?
  • When are you 10000 days old?
  • Countdown to new year or another date.
Currency Calculation
  • Currency and foreign exchange rate calculations.
  • Type a formula and see the result in different currencies.
  • Automatically sum currency values.
  • Daily exchange rates update service.
 
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  Supported OSs
 
  • Android compatible devices.
 
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  How to purchase and register
 

aClock is shareware. Only US$9.95 to register. This product includes:

  • World Clock - show up to 10 world clocks
  • World Alarm - aligned alarm time to a specified timezone
  • Time Map - show city clocks on the world map
  • Analog Clock - the state-of-the-art analog clock
  • Stopwatch - an elegant stopwatch application
  • Date Calculation - the duration between two dates, date calculator
  • Currency - currency and foreign exchange rate calculations
  • One-year free software upgrades and on-line data update service.

You can purchase aClock from the following resale sites:


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All of our registrations are now handled through the above sites. They maintain a secure server to accept credit cards for all registrations.

Before you place the order, please be sure that you have downloaded and installed this application on your phone successfully. We also offer you a aClock trial license without any charge. Please try the application and only order it when you are satisfied it will meet your needs as there are no refunds available once you receive the registration code.

To purchase this application, you will be requested for Your Name and Device No information for registration. Your Device No can be found by executing aClock application, tapping the Register... menu item as shown below:

  1. Device No: The Device No is a 10-digit code that generated by our software from mobile hardware configuration. It's neither IMEI nor IMSI code, and is not also a unique identifier for your mobile. It will only be used for the purpose of generating the registration code.
  2. Your Name: Enter your name.
  3. Registration Code: Once we have received the order, your registration code will be sent via email. Please enter your registration code here, and then tap the OK button. It needs the Internet access capabilities to complete the registration. Please be sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you tap the OK button.

 

 
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  User's Manual
 
  Main Window
 

aClock provides the following modules. You can directly invoke one of modules from this Main Window.

World Clock World Alarm Time Map Analog Clock

 

  1. You can select and tap the module that you want to execute.

aClock will remember the last invoked module. That means if you tap the aClock icon from the launcher application, aClock will automatically invoke the last running module so you may not see this Main Window until you exit from the running module.

Pref Menu Command
  1. Change the first week of year setting.
  2. Specify the first day of week.
  3. Change the time format (12-hour <-> 24-hour).
  4. Specify the time range for Sun icon. By default, aClock shows the Sun icon for a city if the local time of the city is in the range of 8am to 6pm, and shows the Moon icon for the other time range.
  5. Specify the time range for Moon icon.
  6. If this option is on, whenever you start aClock, it will check if the home city time zone is the same as the current system setting.

 

Menu Commands

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Update City DB: Download the latest world city database from aClock server. This command needs the Internet access capabilities. Please make sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you execute this command.
  • Register: Invoking the registration form. To complete the registration, please fill in the Your Name field (it should be the same as the name as you provided when purchasing) and the Registration Code field. This command needs the Internet access capabilities. Please make sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you execute this command.
  • Flip Orientation: Once you open the keyboard, the orientation is fixed to landscape. When the keyboard is closed, you can select this command to flip the orientation. This command is only enabled when the keyboard is closed.
  • About: Shows the About form.
  • City DB Info: Shows the current city database version, and the other information.
 
  World Clock
 

There are three modes provided by this module, World Clock Mode, Meeting Planner Mode, and Delta Mode. To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode button on the top-right of the World Clock window.

World Clock Mode
  1. This field displays the time in seconds. Tapping this to toggle the visibility (show or hide).
  2. The Internet time: Tapping this to toggle the visibility (show or hide). The Internet time is a "new" way to tell time, invented and marketed by the Swiss watch company Swatch. The current Internet time is the same all over the world (no time zones or daylight saving time adjustments). The Internet time is based on a new Meridian (as opposed to the Greenwich Meridian). This new Meridian goes through Swatch's office in Biel, Switzerland and is called the BMT Meridian.

    Instead of dividing the virtual and real day into 24 hours and 60 minutes per hour, the Internet time system divides the day into 1000 ".beats". Each .beat is 1 minute and 26.4 seconds.
  3. Change mode: Tapping this to switch between World Clock Mode, Meeting Planner Mode, and Delta Mode.
  4. Home city: The first row shows the home city name, date and time.
  5. Change the time format (12-hour <-> 24-hour): Tapping the date or time column to change the time format. By default, it shows the date and time according to the format that is defined in the system. For your convenience, this application also enables you to change the time display format by directly tapping the date or time column.
  6. Sun/Moon icons: By default, it shows the Sun icon if the local time of this city is in the range of 8am to 6pm, and shows the Moon icon for the other time range. You can customize the time range from the Pref menu command of Main Window.
  7. City name: You can change the world city by tapping the city name, then select the Change city menu command. A form will be invoked for you to choose a new city. If you change the home city to a different time zone, you will be asked if you also want to change the system time zone.

    The city name will be shown in RED if the local time zone of this city is earlier than the current home time, and shown in BLUE if the local time zone of this city is later than the current home time.
  8. DST indicator: The "*" character indicates this city is in DST (Daylight Saving Time)
  9. Ledger-style coloring: You can change the color, or switch the visibility on or off from the Pref menu command.

 

Meeting Planner Mode

Sometimes, you may want to make an appointment or a conference call with coworkers that are working all over the world. In this case, you can use the Meeting Planner Mode to set the meeting time that you want to call without affecting the system time.

For example, you would like to have a conference call at 11:30 am, 1/5 Taipei time with your coworkers who are working in San Francisco and Tokyo. Before you send the meeting notice e-mail, you first need to know the corresponding San Francisco and Tokyo local time. To avoid changing the system time to 11:30 am, 1/5, you can change the Taipei time to 11:30 am, 1/5 with the functions as shown below.

  1. Change date: Tapping this field to change date.
  2. Change time: Tapping this field to change time.

Now, you know that the meeting time for your coworker in San Francisco is 7:30 pm, Thursday, 1/4 and the time for your coworker in Tokyo is 12:30 PM, Friday, 1/5. Of course, you can also set the time from Tokyo's time zone.

Delta Mode

If you want to know the world cities delta time from the home time, the Delta mode is exactly what you want.

  1. Change mode: Tapping the date or time column will cycle through the following information.
    • Delta Time
    • Current UTC
    • Standard UTC
  2. Delta Time Mode example
  3. Current UTC Mode example
  4. Standard UTC Mode example

Current UTC = Standard UTC + (Daylight saving time).

Menu Commands

Tapping the home city will show the following menu commands:

  • Change city: A form will be invoked for you to choose a new city.
  • City details: This command shows the detailed information about the current selected city.

Tapping the other world cities will show the following menu commands:

  • Change city: A form will be invoked for you to choose a new city.
  • City details: This command shows the detailed information about the current selected city.
  • Blank/Nonblank: If you only want to keep track of 5 world cities, because showing many cities may distract you, you can set useless cities as blank to help you track world city times clearly. You can also use this function to separate different city groups. To undo the blank, please execute this command again.
  • As home city: This command will assign the current selected city as home city. If you change the home city to a different time zone, you will be asked if you also want to change the system time zone.
  • Move up: This command will move the selected city up for changing the cities sequence.
  • Move down: This command will move the selected city down for changing the cities sequence.

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Pref: Invoking the preferences form. You can change the ledger-style color, or switch the visibility on or off.
 
  World Alarm
 
Alarm List
  1. Alarm List: It lists all you created alarms.
  2. Edit Alarm: Tapping one of alarms will invoke the Edit Alarm form for you to change the alarm settings. You can also delete the alarm through this command. Please refer to the Edit Alarm section for details.
  3. Disable/Enable Alarm: Tapping this check box icon to enable or disable the alarm.
  4. Add Alarm: Tapping this to add a new alarm. You can also add an alarm through the Add Alarm menu command.

 

Edit Alarm
  1. World Alarm allows you to specify a message for each alarm. This message will be shown on the alarm reminder form.
  2. Specify the time to go off
  3. If you want to align the alarm time to a specified time zone, you can tap this to select the world city.
  4. Specify this alarm is a one-time alarm or repeat alarm. For a repeat alarm, the alarm will continue to occur for you specified weekdays.
  5. Delete this alarm.
 
  1. This setting form enables you to use either Ringtone, Vibrate or Silent to remind you that the alarm time is up. If you select the Silent option, the alarm only remind you with the alarm reminder form without any sound or vibration.
  2. Tapping this to select a ringtone for this alarm.
    aClock also supports the ringtones that stored on the external SD card. Please copy the audio files to SD card's /aClock directory.
  3. Specify the ringtone or vibration repeat count.

 

Alarm Reminder Form
  1. Tapping this to close this form
  2. Tapping the Snooze button, the alarm will go off again after 3 minutes. You can change the snooze time via the Pref menu command.

 

Pref Menu Command
  1. If this option is on, the alarm reminder form will be automatically closed after the alarm has finished.
  2. Specify the snooze time in minutes.

 

Menu Commands

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Add Alarm: You can add a new alarm by using this command.
  • Sort Alarms: This command will sort all alarms by alarm time in ascending order.
 
  Time Map
 

This module shows city clocks on a fantastic world map. It synchronizes the home city and world cities settings with World Clock.

  1. This field displays the time in Seconds, Minutes + Seconds, or Minutes. You can tap this field to cycle through the options.
  2. Move the map: You can move the map left or right by dragging the map.
  3. Resize the map: Tapping the map will pop up a zoom control for you to change the map size. This zoom control can also be invoked by executing the Zoom menu command.
  4. Time box: For each world city, it shows a small square box to mark the location of city on the map, a time box that shows the local time and city name, and a link that connects the mark and time box.

    Move time box: You can drag the time box to a new position. To restore all time boxes position to default, please execute the Reset Time Boxes menu command.
  5. Day/night map: this can be hidden through the Pref menu command
  6. City location marks: They mark the location of world cities.

    Change world city: If you want to change a world city to another world city, you can drag its mark to the place of new city. It will show a form that lists the top 20 closest cities. You can select a city to replace the original world city. Please note that this function is not applicable for the home city.

 

Color Pref Menu Command

This module provides various options for you to customize the display. This menu command enables you to change the text and background colors of world cities. In addition, the window background color can also be customized by this com

  1. Change city text color: To change the text color of this world city, tapping this button will open a color picker form for you to select a new color.
  2. Change city background color: To change the background color of this world city, tapping this button will open a color picker form for you to select a new color.

 

Pref Menu Command
 
 
 

 

Shortcut keys

  • MENU + i: zoom in the world map.
  • MENU + o: zoom out the world map.

 

Menu Command

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Zoom: Show the zoom control for you to change the map size.
  • Reset Time Boxes: To restore all time boxes position to default.
  • Drag: Execute this menu command will disable you to move the map and time boxes. To enable the moving function, execute this command again.
 
  Analog Clock
 

There are three modes provided by this module, One Clock Mode, Three Clocks Mode, and Calendar Mode. To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode button on the top-right of the window.

One Clock Mode
  1. Change mode: Tapping this to switch between One Clock Mode, Three Clocks Mode, and Calendar Mode.
  2. Switch date information: To tap the date area, it cycles the information of "current date", "current day of year" and "current week of year".
  3. Change the time format: You can tap the time area to change the time format between 12-hour and 24-hour. By default, it gets your favorite time format from the system settings.
  4. Switch city/country information: Tap the city name area, it cycles the information of "city name" and "country and state name".
  5. Change clock face: To change the clock face, tap the clock.

 

Three Clocks Mode
  1. This mode not only shows the home city time but also shows two world cities time. The two world cities information are got from World Clock top two world cities. So, if you want to change the world cities, please return to World Clock to do that.
  2. As the One Clock Mode, you can tap the date, time and city name area to change the display format.

 

Calendar Mode
  1. Calendar: In this mode, it shows an additional calendar for you to browse.
    Slide your finger up/down on the calendar to change year.
    Slide your finger left/right on the calendar to change month.
  2. Today: It's Today.
  3. Previous month: Tapping the left arrow to show the previous month.
  4. Next month: Tapping the right arrow to show the next month.
  5. Choose a month: Tapping this to select the month that you want to see.
  6. The calendar follows the "first day of week" and "first week of year" settings. You can change them through the Pref menu command of Main Window.
  7. As the One Clock Mode, you can tap the date, time and city name area to change the display format.

 

Color Pref Menu Command

This module provides various options for you to customize the display.

 

Pref Menu Command
  1. Disable the mobile's auto-off function when this module is running. If you check this option, please be sure that your phone is charging via power adapter or USB.
  2. Show the week number on the calendar
 
  Stopwatch
 

 

Stopwatch buttons

 

  1. Tap the Start button to start stopwatch.
  2. Tap the Lap button to record the current time and without stopping the counting.
  3. Tap the Pause button to pause the counting.
  4. To stop the stopwatch, you can tap the Stop button.

 

Stopwatch Modes

StopWatch not only shows you the time per lap but also the speed per lap and recod time.

  1. Tap this box to switch display modes between Lap Time, Speed per Lap, and Record Time.
    You can customize the speed format via the Preferences form.

 

Pref Menu Command
  1. Enter the length of a lap.
  2. Specify the lap length unit. It can be meter, mile, km, or any string.
  3. Specify the time unit. It can be hour, minute, second, or centisecond.

 

Menu Commands

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Export Logs: Export the elapsed and lap time logs to SD card, clipboard, or email to someone. If you export the logs to the SD card, it will be saved to /aClock/Stopwatch directory of the SD card.
 
  Date Calculation
 

There are two modes provided by this module, Duration Between Two Dates Mode and Date Calculator Mode. To switch between modes, please tapping the Mode button on the top-right of the window.

Duration Between Two Dates Mode

This mode enable you to calculate the duration between any two dates.

  1. Change mode: Tapping this to switch between Duration Between Two Dates Mode and Date Calculator Mode.
  2. Start date: Choose the start date.
  3. Start time: Choose the start time.
  4. End date: Choose the end date.
  5. End time: Choose the end time.

 

Date Calculator Mode

this mode enables you to add or subtract days to or from a given date.

  1. Start date: Choose the start date.
  2. Start time: Choose the start time.
  3. Add or subtract function: Tapping this to toggle the functions.
  4. Specify the weeks, days, hours or minutes
 
  Currency Calculation
 

With this module provided currency functions you can calculate the sum of values in up to 3~4 (it depends on the size of screen width) different currencies at the same time, receive updated foreign exchange rates online.

  1. Change currency: Tapping this to invoke a form that list 50+ currencies sorted by currency code. You can choose the desired currencies from the list.
  2. Input currency values: Tapping this to enter a value to convert. You can also input a formula for the value. For example, 11.5 + 4.5 * 3 or 2 * (3 + 4).
  3. Auto sum the values: Show the sum of the values for each currency.
  4. The last update time of currency database.

 

Edit Currency Menu Command
  1. Change the base currency.
  2. Tap this to enter the exchange rates relative to the base currency.
  3. Reset the manual edited currency exchange rates to default values.

Please note that the manual edited currency exchange rates will be reset if you download a new currency database.

Menu Commands

More menu commands will be explained below:

  • Update Currency DB: Download the latest currency database from aClock server. This command needs the Internet access capabilities. Please make sure that the Internet connection is enabled before you execute this command.
  • Clear All: Clear all values to zero.
 
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  Release Note
 
  • 1.53 - released on Feb. 26, 2010 Download
    • fixed the failed to download currency data problem.
    • add more flags for some currencies.
  • 1.52 - released on Nov. 24, 2009
    • support OS v1.6(HTC Tattoo, QVGA), v2.0 (Moto Droid).
    • enable users to create clock from pictures or captured photo.
    • add country flag for XPF currency.
    • update city/country database.
  • 1.50 - released on Jul. 12, 2009
    • support OS v1.5
    • new Stopwatch module.
    • enable users to change clock face.
    • Slide your finger up/down/left/right on the calendar to change year/month.
    • fixed the bug of "still alarm if cancelling the last alarm"
    • the show week setting will be changed if you tap the "This Month" button.
    • removed the "Flip Orientation" menu.
  • 1.40 - released on Apr. 6, 2009
    • the settings of Time Map, Analog Clock, Date Calc and Currency modules will be reset if you upgrade to this version.
    • reorganized World Clock menu items.
    • added [*] button to select city form, tap it to list all candidates.
    • changed default alarm repeat time to 10 from forever.
    • added [Disable] button to alarm edit form.
    • added [Set To Home City] button to alarm edit form.
    • use system alarm icon if alarm is set.
    • show notification icon for auto close alarms.
    • always show time map in landscape mode.
    • added a software digital keypad for you to enter the currency value more easily.
    • automatically download the newest exchange rates on startup.
    • enhanced currency selection dialog, show country flag in the list.
    • support 160+ currencies.
    • find a currency by typing in the currency selection dialog.
    • changed Currency icon.
    • man minor enhancements are added.
    • won't auto close form for vibration alarm.
    • remove "Alarm Reminder" from recently list.
    • fixed some minor bugs.
  • 1.30 - released on Nov. 25, 2008
    • replaced the old color picker dialog with a new true color picker dialog.
    • vibrate when you select the Vibrate option in World Alarm module.
    • vibrate when you start to move the time box or city location marker in Time Map module.
    • supported alarm ringtones that stored on SD card (put the audio files under the /aClock directory of SD card).
    • show alarm icon on the status bar if alarm is set.
    • larger calendar for portrait mode.
    • follow system's date format settings.
    • fixed some untouchable issues (larger calendar left/right buttons).
    • fixed the settings lost (or restored) problems when you open/close the keyboard.
    • fixed the crash problem if you open/close the keyboard when aClock is connecting with server.
    • changed the background color for Mode button.
  • 1.20 - released on Nov. 14, 2008
    • fixed the problem of "registered successfully, but still cannot run".
    • fixed some bugs if you open/close the keyboard when running.
    • need to uninstall the old version first if you upgrade to this version.
    • added a software digital keyboard for Date Calculation module and Edit Currency form.
    • added a new "Flip Orientation" menu command for Main Window.
    • added shortcut keys for all menu commands.
    • added MENU-i ( zoom-in) and MENU-o (zoom-out) shortcut keys for Time Map module.
  • 1.10 - released on Nov. 11, 2008
    • added a software digital keyboard for you to enter the currency value or formula more easily.
    • supported 150 currencies.
    • some minor bugs fixed.
  • 1.00 - released on Oct. 28, 2008
    • the first new release.
 
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  QA
 

  • What security permissions does aClock need?
    aClock needs the following security permissions:
    • Network communication
      • full Internet access: Need this to download the updated city, country and currency data from our server.
    • Phone calls
      • read phone state: Needs this to generate the Device No for registration. The real phone device ID, SIM card serial no,...,etc. privacy information won't be sent out by aClock.
    • System tools
      • prevent phone from sleeping: Needs this to prevent phone from sleeping when accessing the Internet, or Analog Clock module is running.
      • set time zone: Needs this to change phone system time zone when you change the home city in aClock.
      • modify global system settings: Needs this to set system next alarm time information.
      • automatically start at boot: Needs this to automatically start aClock's alarm service at boot.
      • disable keylock: Needs this to temporarily unlock the keylock when alarm goes off.
    • Hardware controls
      • control vibrator: Needs this to vibrate the phone when alarm goes off.

 
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  Appendix
 
To get the latest version, please visit http://android.a0soft.com. If you find any incorrect information, please also e-mail your problems to support@a0soft.com.
 
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