Umbrella 8 for Windows Phone has potential to be an elegant weather source

Umbrella 8

Umbrella viii is a unique and eye-catching Windows Phone 8 conditions app that has a lot going for it. The app throws a lot of weather condition information your manner and includes Flickr integration to spice upwards the groundwork images.

However, while the pattern is appealing y'all have a reoccurring error and the navigation isn't as smooth equally information technology could exist. Still Umbrella viii is an bonny weather app worth trying and has a ton of potential.

Umbrella 8 has two sets of pages. You have the main pages that includes a page displaying your current location's conditions details (if activated in the settings), a page listing the cities, a settings folio, and an add location page. You lot besides accept a set of weather pages for your locations (more on this in a second).

Umbrella 8 main pages
Umbrella 8'southward location page and settings

Settings can be accessed through the Settings page or through a button control that appears at the bottom of the master pages. Settings cover Umbrella 8's live tile, Flickr integration, lockscreen settings and some general options. One of the general options is to allow Umbrella 8 to use your actual position.

When this pick is active, the app will display your location's weather data on the main pages. Tap on the page and you'll pull upwards your actual location's weather pages. When deactivated, you lot'll be greeted by Umbrella 8'south city list page where you'll have to tap on one of the icons to run into the atmospheric condition pages for that location.

This makes navigation a little on the cumbersome side and information technology would exist nice if Umbrella eight launched direct to a City's weather page.

Conditions pages include a weather summary that displays a cursory forecast and current temperature, a more detailed forecast folio, an hourly forecast folio, a fifteen twenty-four hour period forecast page, and a weather maps page.

Umbrella 8 weather pages
Umbrella viii'due south weather pages

Up under the iii-dot carte du jour from the weather pages includes options to update the atmospheric condition, delete the city, save the background epitome to your Windows Phone, pin the City to your Start Screen and share the weather with a friend.

Speaking of updating the weather condition information, there is an update button on the master pages and there is an selection to update the weather condition information automatically when you launch Umbrella eight in the settings. However, it generates an error that reads, "Object reference not set to an instance of an .." (the unabridged message is cut off at the meridian of the screen. However, Umbrella 8 doesn't update automatically so best to go out that disabled for at present.

Umbrella 8 has a lot going for it. The Flickr integration helps go along the app background from getting stale, the amount of weather condition information is respectable and the design is really attractive. While there is room for improvement, the bug in place are more frustrating than last. If the developer could tweak the navigation to make it a little more fluid and set the automated updates, Umbrella 8 would shine a lot brighter.

Umbrella 8 is a free app for your Windows Phone 8 device that you lot can discover here in the Windows Phone Store.

Thanks, Karthik, for the tip!

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