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The Weather Channel® MaxVersion: 1.5

Developer: The Weather Channel

Age rating: 4+

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9+ Applications in this category may contain mild or infrequent occurrences of cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence, and infrequent or mild mature, suggestive, or horror-themed content which may not be suitable for children under the age of 9.

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Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch (2nd generation)
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Filed Under: Weather

The Weather Channel® Max Review


Reviewed Version: 1.0

Paid version of weather includes several premium add-ons

by Jeff Merron, Macworld.com

The weather reporting business has its pros and cons. On the plus side, everybody’s interested in the weather, and the weather is (except in Los Angeles) ever-changing. But there are some negatives, too. First, unless you want to get very geeky, there’s really only so much you can say about weather, even when you’re speculating on future events. (You think we’ll get rain? Gonna be a hot one today?) Second, despite all kinds of advances in the field, both high tech (advanced radar, better forecasting models) and low tech (inexpensive weather stations enable individuals to add increasingly local data), the big players are on a fairly level playing field. There are arguments about which outlet has the best forecasts, but for most people, forecasts are generic, a commodity news item.

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Better than the free one.

TO cut to the chase this app is better than the free Weather Channel app. This however is not worth the 4 dollar price tag. Wait for the price to go down to 1 or 2 dollars then this app is worth it. The map is more accurate and no ads are great.

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